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set 1
Lee Morgan / Indeed! / Little T [alt take] / Blue Note [1538] / 11.4.56
Max Roach / Jazz in 3/4 Time / Lover / EmArcy / Hollywood 3.21.57
Duke Ellington & his Orchestra / [Duke Ellington & His Men] / Five O’Clock Rag / RCA Victor / 9.26.41
Little Jack Little & his Orchestra / I Wished on the Moon / Columbia / 6.28.35
Luke Jones & his Orchestra / Take the U Car / Atlas / LA c. 1948
Carmen McRae / Book of Ballads / The Thrill Is Gone / Kapp / 1958
bed
Bucky Pizzarelli / Flashes – Solo 7-String Guitar, Volume 3 / Arbors Jazz / 2004
set 2
Lester Young / The Jazz Giants ’56 / I Guess I’ll Have to Change My Plan / Verve / 1.12.56
Oscar Peterson / The George Gershwin Songbook / I’ve Got a Crush on You / Clef / LA late fall 1952
Joe Venuti / I Got Rhythm / radio transcription, Bing Crosby GE show #22 / Palm Springs 3.5.53
Teddy Wilson & his Orchestra / He Ain’t Got Rhythm / Brunswick / 1.25.37 / vocal = Billie Holiday
Joe Turner / Howlin’ Winds / National / Chicago 12.9.47
Jane Russell / [Girls and More Girls] / Bye-Bye Baby / from 20th Century Fox movie, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes [Lion] / Hollywood 1953
Otis Rush / It Takes Time / Cobra / 1958 / with Willie Dixon & his Orchestra
set 3
Jackie McLean / New Soil / Greasy / Blue Note / 5.2.59
Bennie Green / Glidin’ Along / Sweet Sucker / Jazzland / 3.9.61
Mills Brothers / Baby, Won’t You Please Come Home / Melotone / 11.25.31
Artie Shaw & his Orchestra / Day In Day Out / Bluebird / 8.27.39 / vocal = Helen Forrest
Bing Crosby / Songs I Wish I Had Sung the First Time Around… / Ain’t Misbehavin’ / Decca / Hollywood 4.17-18.56
set 4
Curtis Counce / Carl’s Blues / I Can’t Get Started / Contemporary / LA 1.6.58
Shorty Rogers / Chances Are it Swings / A Very Special Love / RCA (Living Stereo) / Hollywood 12.12, 20.58
King Cole Trio / Beautiful Moons Ago / Excelsior/Capitol / LA 3.1.43
Patti Page / In the Land of Hi Fi / My Kind of Love / EmArcy / Hollywood 5.8.56 / with Pete Rugolo & his Orchestra
Jerry Butler / You Don’t Know What You Got Until You Lose It / Mercury / 1968
The Alphabetical Four / I’m Gonna Walk Right In and Make Myself at Home / Decca / 11.18.43
last soulful song
Alton Ellis / Sunday Coming / It's True / Coxsone / Kingston, Jamaica 1970
