Okay, I know I was celebrating International Jazz Day a little early. But I was eager to feature a few of the singers from around the world who are fighting the good fight to keep jazz alive, thriving, and swinging. I also asked some of my favorites to record messages introducing a song or singer important and influential to them. Not surprisingly, these wonderful singers all chose American singers as their gold standard. If only that were true here in the country where jazz was born.
(Country) / SONG TITLE / Artist / CD Or Album Title
- (Argentina) / I’M GONNA LOCK MY HEART / Karina Corradini / “Bridge To Infinity”
- (Brazil) / THE VERY THOUGHT OF YOU / Tony Bennett & Ana Carolina / “Viva Duets”
- (France) / IL POETA / Sarah Lancman / “Intermezzo”
- (Ireland) / MOVIES / Cormac Kenevey / “This Is Living”
- (Introduction by Cormac Kenevey:)
- CHEEK TO CHEEK / Mel Torme / “Mel Torme Sings Fred Astaire”
- (Poland) / LAZY AFTERNOON / Beata Pater / “Tet”
- (Italy) / ALMOST IN YOUR ARMS / (Mystery Vocalist) / Sophia Loren / “I Wanna Guy”
- (Belgium) / BLUES FOR IKE / Django Reinhardt / “Nuages”
- (Sweden) / YOU’VE CHANGED / Ellen Andersson / “I’ll Be Seeing You”
- (Introduction by Ellen Andersson:)
- DOXY / Kurt Elling & Branford Marsalis / “Upward Spiral”
- (Austria) / STICK TO WHAT YOU GOT / Marina & The Kats / “Stick To What You Got – Radio Edit”
- (Switzerland) / MAKE SURE YOU’RE SURE / Nicole Herzog / “Intimacy”
- (Ireland & Wales) / COOL LIFE / Judith Owen & Ian Shaw / “The Beautiful Damage Collection”
- (Wales) / HOW LITTLE WE KNOW / Ian Shaw / “Shine Sister Shine”
- (Introduction by Ian Shaw:)
- BETTER DAYS / Dianne Reeves / “The Best Of Dianne Reeves”
- (Australia) / IT’S ALL ABOUT LOVE / Sarah McKenzie / “Secrets Of My Heart”
- (Canada) / CHEZ MOI / Emilie-Claire Barlow / “Seur Ce Soir”
- (Introduction by Emilie-Claire Barlow:)
- SURREY WITH THE FRINGE ON TOP / Mel Torme / “Mel Torme Swings Shubert Alley”
- (Germany) / DAY DREAM / William Evans / “Schlitten”
- (Mexico) / MY FOOLISH HEART / Iraida Noriega / “Quien Eres Tu?”
- (Introduction by Iraida Noriega:)
- ESPERANTO / Kurt Elling / “Live In Chicago”
- (Germany) / BEING ME / Esther Kaiser / “Learning How To Listen”
- (New York, NY) / PARIS MISMATCH / (Theme Music) / Cody Owen Stine
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