Saturday, 12 July 2025

Series 30, Prog 17

LIVE AT GREAT AMERICAN VENUES

Intro: A Little White Ship - Todd Gordon: Love dot com


I Wish I Were in Love Again - Mel Tormé: Live at The Crescendo

Secret Love - Carmen McRae: Live at Bubba’s!

Have You Met Miss Jones? - Joe Williams: Swingin’ Night at Birdland

You’ve Got a Friend - Ella Fitzgerald & Count Basie Orchestra: Jazz at the Santa Monica Civic ’72

I’m Way Ahead of the Game - Tony Bennett: Live at The Sahara

I’m Having a Good Time - Alberta Hunter: Downhearted Blues (Live at The Cookery)

What a Little Moonlight Can Do - Dee Dee Bridgewater: Live at Yoshi’s

How Blue Can You Get? - BB King: Live at The Regal

God Bless the Child - Esther Phillips: CTI Summer Jazz at The Hollywood Bowl

I’ve Got You Under My Skin - Frank Sinatra: The Main Event (Madison Square Garden)

Call Me Darling - Peggy Lee: Peggy at Basin Street East (The Unreleased Show)

Spirit in the Dark - Aretha Franklin: Live at The Fillmore West

The Surrey with the Fringe on Top - Nat King Cole: Nat King Cole at The Sands

When You’re Smiling - Judy Garland: Judy at Carnegie Hall


Image: Carnegie Hall by Helena Lopes




Thursday, 3 July 2025

Series 30, Prog 16

TAKE-OFF!

Intro: A Little White Ship - Todd Gordon: Love dot com


Come Fly with Me - Frank Sinatra: Come Fly with Me

Flying - Carmen McRae: For Once in My Life

Leaving on a Jet Plane - Peter, Paul & Mary: Album 1700

Flying Home - Ella Fitzgerald: 78rpm single

One Day I’ll Fly Away - Randy Crawford: Now We May Begin

Straighten Up and Fly Right - Nat King Cole: Super Best Nat King Cole (Vol 1)

Where Flamingos Fly - Toni Harper & Marty Paich Orchestra: Night Mood

Flip, Flop & Fly - Big Joe Turner with Count Basie & His Orchestra: Flip, Flop & Fly

Fly Me to the Moon - Peggy Lee: Pretty Eyes

Flying Down to Rio - Fred Astaire: The Complete London Sessions

Sone of the Jet (Samba Do Avião) - Salena Jones: Salena Sings with the Jobims

I’d Fly - Diane Schuur & Richard Cocciante: Friends for Schuur

Let’s Fly Away - Lee Wiley: ’S Wonderful

Fly Too High - Janis Ian featuring Steve Madaio: Night Rains

Jet Propelled Papa - Helen Humes: Today I Sing the Blues

Hi-Fly - Mel Tormé: Comin' Home Baby!


Image: Chris





Series 30, Prog 15

MEDLEY OF MEDLEYS

Intro: A Little White Ship - Todd Gordon: Love dot com


Blue Skies/On a Clear Day (You Can See Forever)/A Foggy Day - Ella Fitzgerald: Live from The Cave Supper Club, Vancouver, Canada

Porgy & Bess Medley: Summertime/They Pass By Singin'/I Got Plenty o' Nuttin'/It Take a Long Pull to Get There/It Ain't Necessary So/Strawberry Women/Oh, Bess, Oh Bess, Where's My Bess/Bess, You Is My Woman - Mel Tormé & Friends

Easy Living/Days ff Wine and Roses/It's Impossible - Carmen McRae: The Great American Songbook

Say It Isn't So/Blue Skies/Here's That Rainy Day - Perry Como: Sing to Me, Mr C

Gershwin Medley: Rhapsody in Blue/Swanee/The Man I Love/Oh, Lady Be Good/Somebody Loves Me/I Got Rhythm/It Ain't Necessarily So/Summertime/Strike Up the Band! - Bing Crosby & Al Jolson: Bing Crosby Meets Al Jolson: The Complete Radio Duets

Beatles Medley: Golden Slumbers/Here, There And Everywhere - Roberta Gambarini: So in Love

Fabulous Forties Medley: Little White Lies/Tangerine/Love Walked In/Mam'selle/Cherokee/On the Sunny Side of the Street - Dick Haymes: Dick Haymes Comes Home! Live At The Cocoanut Grove 1973

One Kiss/My Romance/The Most Beautiful Man in the World - Peggy Lee: Peggy At Basin Street East (The Unreleased Show)

West Side Story Medley: Jet Song/Something's Coming/Cool/Tonight/A-Me-Ri-Ca/Gee, Officer Krupke/Maria - Sammy Davis Jr & Johnny Mendoza: At the Cocoanut Grove


Image: Feyza Tuğba

 



Series 30, Prog 14

TURNING UP THE HEAT

Intro: A Little White Ship - Todd Gordon: Love dot com

In the Heat of the Night - Nancy Wilson: Welcome to My Love
Too Darn Hot - Mel Tormé: Swings Shubert Alley
My Old Flame - Margaret Whiting: Past Midnight !
Warm Kiss (and a Cold Heart) - Jeri Southern: Southern Breeze
Steam Heat - Ella Fitzgerald: Ella Sings Broadway
Warm All Over - Ella Fitzgerald: Ella Sings Broadway
It’s Too Hot for Words - Billie Holiday with Teddy Wilson & His Orchestra: The Real Billie Holiday
The Long, Hot Summer - Dick Haymes: Look at Me Now!
Le Jazz Hot - Julie Andrews: Victor, Victoria (Soundtrack)
I’ve Got My Love to Keep Me Warm - Dinah Washington: September in the Rain
Just One of Those Things - Rosemary Clooney: Sings the Music of Cole Porter
Heat Wave - Susannah McCorkle: Let’s Face the Music (The Songs of Irving Berlin)
Slow Hot Wind - Sarah Vaughan: Sings the Henry Mancini Songbook
It Don’t Mean a Thing (If It Ain’t Got That Swing) - Ella Fitzgerald, Jimmy Jones Trio & Duke Ellington Orchestra featuring Ray Nance: Côte d'Azur Concerts (Disc 7)

Image: Tom Swinnen (shottrotter)









Thursday, 12 June 2025

Series 30, Prog 13

REALLY DEEP!

Intro: A Little White Ship - Todd Gordon: Love dot com

Deep in the Night - Sarah Vaughan: Sarah Vaughan with Michel Legrand
Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea - Dick Haymes: Moondreams
How Deep Is the Ocean - Dena DeRose: A Walk in the Park
(Close Your Eyes) Take a Deep Breath - Eydie Gorné & Steve Lawrence: Eydie Gormé’s Delight
River Deep, Mountain High - Annie Lennox: Coldest (EP)
Deep in a Dream - Ed Townsend with Nelson Riddle & His Orchestra: Glad to be Here
A Thousand Kisses Deep - Barb Jungr: Hard Rain - The Songs of Bob Dylan & Leonard Cohen
A Deeper Blue - Full Swing (Featuring Lorraine Feather, Angel Rogers & Tom Stone): The End of the Sky
Dig a Little Deeper - Mahalia Jackson: 78rpm single
Deep Down Love - Jackie Wilson: Somethin’ Else
Deep Song - Billie Holiday: Love Songs
Deep Night - Frank Sinatra & Harry James: Love Is a Kick
How Deep Is Your Love - Jacqui Naylor: You Don’t Know Jacq
Deep in the Heart of Texas - Ray Charles: The Genius Hits the Road
Deep Purple - Carol Sloane: I Never Went Away

Image: Tobias Reinert




Wednesday, 4 June 2025

Series 30, Prog 12

SUNSHINE

Intro: A Little White Ship - Todd Gordon: Love dot com

Hello Sunshine - Aretha Franklin: Aretha Now
Sunshine Cake - Frank Sinatra & Paula Kelly: 78rpm single
Sunshine of Your Love - Ella Fitzgerald: Sunshine of Your Love
Brighter Than Sunshine - Aqualung: Strange and Beautiful
You Brought Me More Sunshine Than I Can Use - Pearl Bailey: For Adults Only
Sunshine Superman - Donovan: Sunshine Superman
Sunny - Ernestine Anderson: Sunshine
You Are My Sunshine - Count Basie & The Alan Copeland Singers: Basie Swingin’ - Voices Singin’
Hello Sunshine - Bobby Darin: Inside Out (bonus track)
Sunshine After the Rain - Elkie Brooks: single
Walking in the Sunshine - Frank Sinatra & Harry James: 78rpm single
You Are the Sunshine of My Life - Ella Fitzgerald: Montreux ’77
Good Day Sunshine - The Beatles: Revolver
Bring Me Sunshine - The Mills Brothers: My Shy Violet
We’ll Sing in the Sunshine - Jane Morgan: In My Style
Sunshine - Nancy Wilson: Life, Love and Harmony
Ain’t No Sunshine - Nancy Wilson: Kaleidoscope
The Best is Yet to Come - Todd Gordon & RAF Squadronaires: Evergreen

Image: Goumbik



Tuesday, 3 June 2025

Series 30, Prog 11

FEATURING THE GUITAR

Intro: A Little White Ship - Todd Gordon: Love dot com

My Guitar - Peggy Lee: Guitars a là Lee
Invitation - The Four Freshmen: Four Freshmen and Five Guitars
Blue Guitar - Helen Merrill: The Complete Helen Merrill on Mercury
Granada - Frank Sinatra: Swing Along with Me
It’s Sunday - Frank Sinatra & Al Viola: single
Johnny Guitar - Janet Seidel: Don’t Smoke in Bed
The Owl and the Pussycat - Dory Previn: We’re Children of Coincidence and Harpo Marx
Slow Eyes - Tony Romano: A Moonlight Affair
While My Guitar Gently Weeps - The Beatles: The Beatles (White Album)
An Open Fire - Johnny Mathis: An Open Fire, Two Guitars
Quiet Nights Of Quiet Stars (Corcovado) - Jacqui Dankworth & Charlie Wood: Just You, Just Me
The Old Gibson - Ted Bjurwill: single
Bang, Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down) - Nancy Sinatra: How Does That Grab You?
Superstar - Peggy Lee: Norma Delores Egstrom from Jamestown North Dakota
Nina - Noël Coward: The Noël Coward Album

Image: thepaintedsquare