Two hours of arguably the best of the best singers; I’d also argue that they are among the best of the best storytellers, too. This week was all about finding singers and songs that tell a story. That’s my story and I’m sticking to it.
SONG TITLE / Artist / CD Or Album Title
- NEVER NEVER LAND / Jeff Hall / “Life: Collected”
- ITSY BITSY BLUES / Cynthia Bane / “Clearly”
- THE THREE BEARS / Bobby Troup / “Tell Me You’re Home”
- WHAT’S YOUR STORY, MORNING GLORY? / Kristin Korb / “What’s Your Story?”
- IN THE EXTRAOUTOSPHERE / Cormac Kenevey / “The Art Of Dreaming”
- SURREY WITH THE FRINGE ON TOP / Heather Bambrick / “You’ll Never Know”
- THE FOLKS WHO LIVE ON THE HILL / Paul Jost / “Simple Life”
- ONCE UPON A TIME / (Mystery Vocalist) / Charles Boyer / “Gigi And Other Romantic Songs”
- THE TROLLEY SONG / Betty Carter / “The Audience With Betty Carter”
- DINNER FOR ONE, PLEASE, JAMES / Joe Williams / “Ballad & Blues Master”
- LITTLE BLUE MAN / Chaise Lounge / “DotDotDot”
- THAT AFTERNOON IN HARLEM / Mark Winkler / “The Company I Keep”
- AT THE RENDEZVOUS / Clint Holmes & Joey DeFrancesco / “Rendezvous”
- STEPSISTERS’ LAMENT / Cecile McLorin Salvant / “For One To Love”
- LEOPARD-SKIN PILL-BOX HAT / Janet Planet / “Sings The Bob Dylan Songbook”
- MISS OTIS REGRETS / Johnny Hartman / “This One’s For Tedi”
- CLOSE ENOUGH FOR LOVE / Ethel Ennis / “Ethel Ennis”
- OVER THE RAINBOW / Dave Brubeck & Paul Desmond / “Live At Storyville”
- WALTZ FOR DEBBY / The Real Group / “Live”
- I KEEP GOING BACK TO JOE’S / Tom Rust / “Are We There Yet?”
- ALBATROSS / Judy Collins & Lara Downes / Holes In The Sky”
- THE HUMAN TOUCH / Nina Simone / “Nina Simone & Piano”
- THE RULES DON’T APPLY / Lorraine Feather / “Math Camp”
- PARIS MISMATCH / (Theme Music) / Cody Owen Stine
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