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Our Music Choice is Ella Fitzgerald singing ‘How High The Moon’. This great song was written in 1940 by Morgan Lewis with the excellent lyrics by Nancy Hamilton. In the past we have recommended the Les Paul/Mary Ford version, and, of course, the genius Charlie Parker used the chord sequence for his several versions of ‘Ornithology’. For Ella, the song […]
Read moreJoni Mitchell singing ‘Big Yellow Taxi’. This 1970 protest song may seem an odd choice for this website. The young Mitchell had a pleasing, tuneful voice and this song – her own composition – was original and superior to other protest ‘folk’ songs by fakes like Bob Dylan. The repeated lyric “They paved paradise to put up a parking lot” […]
Read moreMary Ford (with Les Paul’s backing) singing “It’s A Lonesome Old Town” in 1951. Blues-style song written by Kisco and Tobias. Extremely atmospheric guitar and Mary’s oh-so-feminine voice.
Read moreA young Sarah Vaughan (1958) singing (live) the excellent Walter Gross composition of 1946, ‘Tenderly’.
Read moreEydie Gorme singing the modern jazz classic ‘Round Midnight’.
Read moreAnita O’Day at the 1958 Newport Jazz Festival singing “Sweet Georgia Brown” and “Tea For Two”. One of the few singers who could make scat singing enjoyable.
Read moreThe sweet-voiced Mildred Bailey (1907-1951), part Native American from Washington State, and early mentor of Bing Crosby, singing ‘I Don’t Stand A Ghost Of A Chance With You’. This very romantic song was composed in 1932 by Victor Young and lyrics by Ned Washington. Bailey, an overweight and diabetic sufferer recorded this classic in 1939 with the John Kirby band […]
Read moreCaterina Valente (again) 1953 singing Ernesto Lecuona’s masterpiece, Siboney, named after the Cuban town.
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