Saturday, 18 October 2025

Series 31, Prog 11

HERE’S TO THE LADIES

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


Jazz Is His Old Lady (and My Old Man) - Earl ‘Fatha’ Hines & Marva Josie: Jazz Is His Old Lady

Don’t Weep for the Lady - Betty Carter: The Modern Sound of Betty Carter

The Lady Is a Tramp - Mel Tormé & The Marty Paich Dek-Tette: Lulu’s Back in Town

Lady Sings the Blues - Billie Holiday: Lady Sings the Blues

Lady Day - Frank Sinatra: Sinatra & Company

Sigh No More, Ladies, Sigh No More - Cleo Laine: Cleo Sings Elizabethan

The Lady’s in Love with You - Ian Shaw: The Abbey Road Sessions

Sea Lady - Norma Winstone: Somewhere Called Home

Lady Luck - Billy Eckstine: No Cover, No Minimum

Lady Lonely - Toni Harper & Marty Paich Orchestra: Lady Lonely

The Lady in Red - Mark Murphy: Let Yourself Go

Sophisticated Lady - Carol Sloane: Sophisticated Lady

Oh, Lady Be Good - Ella Fitzgerald: At The Opera House (2nd Concert)

You’re a Lady - Peter Skellern: You’re a Lady

Two Ladies in de Shade - Chris Connor & Maynard Ferguson: Double Exposure


Image: Mike Murray



Thursday, 9 October 2025

Series 31, Prog 10

HEY, BABY!

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


Steppin’ Out with My Baby - Fred Astaire: The Astaire Story - Vol 2

Baby, Baby - Carmen McRae: Something Wonderful

Gee, Baby, Ain’t I Good to You - Nancy Wilson: Tender Loving Care

I’m Nobody’s Baby - Vic Damone: My Baby Loves to Swing

My Baby Just Cares for Me - Nina Simone: Little Girl Blue

Get On the Right Track Baby - Ray Charles: Yes Indeed!

My Melancholy Baby - Mildred Bailey & Her Orchestra: 78rpm single

Lean Baby - Frank Sinatra: Sinatra/The Great Years

Is You Is or Is You Ain’t My Baby - June Christy: Big Band Specials

I Found a Million Dollar Baby (in a Five and Ten Cent Store) - Nat King Cole: The Very Thought of You

Everybody Loves My Baby - Jimmy Rushing: Jimmy Rushing and the Smith Girls

Nobody Like My Baby - Ann Richards & Stan Kenton: Two Much!

Baby, Don’t You Quit Now - Tony Bennett: I’ve Gotta be Me

You Must Have Been a Beautiful Baby - Peggy Lee: Somethin’ Groovy!

Talk to Me, Baby - Mark Murphy: Who Can I Turn To?

Baby, Won’t You Please Come Home - Sarah Vaughan: Sarah + 2

Juke Box Baby - Perry Como: single

Don’t Cry Baby - Aretha Franklin: The Tender, The Moving, The Swinging Aretha Franklin

One For My Baby (And One More For The Road) - Ella Fitzgerald: Sings The Harold Arlen Song Book (Vol 2)

Ooo-Wee Baby - Jimmy Witherspoon: Hey, Mrs Jones




Series 31, Prog 9

LIVE IN LONDON

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


A Foggy Day (in London Town) - Carmen McRae: Carmen McRae in London

They Can’t Take That Away from Me - Carmen McRae: Carmen McRae in London

Old Devil Moon - Tony Bennett & London Philharmonic Orchestra: Get Happy

When I Live My Dream - Georgia Mancio & Ian Shaw: Live at ReVoice!

Like Someone in Love - Sarah Vaughan: Ronnie Scott's Presents Sarah Vaughan Live

I Get Along Without You Very Well - Frank Sinatra: Lost London Concert

The Laziest Gal in Town - Marlene Dietrich: Dietrich in London

I’m Not in Love - Peggy Lee: Live in London

Just A-Sittin’ and A-Rockin’ - Cleo Laine & Tubby Hayes: Palladium Jazz Date

I’m Hip - Blossom Dearie: Blossom Time at Ronnie Scott’s

There Foolish Things - Frank Sinatra: London: Disc 3 (Live At The Royal Albert Hall)

You’d Be So Nice to Come Home To - Anita O’Day: Live at Ronnie Scott’s

By Myself - Judy Garland: I Could Go On Singing (Soundtrack)

Take the “A” Train - Ernestine Anderson: From Concord To London (Live at Ronnie Scott’s)

A Song for You - Rosemary Clooney: Live at The London Palladium

A Foggy Day (in London Town) - Sarah Vaughan: Ronnie Scott's Presents Sarah Vaughan Live


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Friday, 26 September 2025

Series 31, Prog 8

SEEING THE LIGHT

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


I’m Beginning to See the Light - Ella Fitzgerald: The Duke Ellington Song Book

I Saw the Light - Barb Jungr: The Men I Love/The New American Songbook

Lights Out - Nat King Cole: Touch of Your Lips

Light of Love - Peggy Lee: single

Someone To Light Up My Life (Se Todos Fossem Iquais a Voce) - Frank Sinatra: Sinatra & Company

When Lights are Low - Dena DeRose: Introducing Dena DeRose

Winter Light - Georgia Mancio & Alan Broadbent - single

Long as I Can See the Light - Creedence Clearwater Revival: single

Light Out of Darkness - Shirley Horn: Quiet Now, Come a Little Closer

Then the Lights go Out - Jimmy Witherspoon: Singing’ the Blues

Speed of Light - Lorraine Feather: Café Society

You Light Up My Life - Aretha Franklin: Aretha

There's a Broken Heart for Every Light on Broadway - Mel Tormé: Sings Sunday In New York

City Lights - Polly Gibbons: Many Faces of Love

Let’s Put Out the Lights and Go to Sleep - Lena Horne: Give the Lady What She Wants

After the Lights Go Down Low - Vic Damone: Linger Awhile with Vic Damone


Image: Shirsendu Adak



Thursday, 18 September 2025

Series 31, Prog 7

THE NEXT WAVE

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

It Only Happens Once - Samara Joy: Samara Joy
On the Street Where You Live - Steven Feifke Big Band featuring Veronica Swift: Kinetic
The Man with the Horn - Calabria Foti: Prelude to a Kiss
No More - Jazzmeia Horn: Love & Liberation
I Remember - Paul Marinaro: Not Quite Yet
Guess Who I Saw Today - Samara Joy: Linger Awhile
I’m Hip - Veronica Swift: Confessions
It Could Happen to You - Steven Feifke Big Band featuring Benny Benack III
The Month of May - Georgia Cécile: Only the Lover Sings
Ghost Song - Cécile McLorin Salvant: Ghost Song
He’s a Real Gone Guy - Judith Owen: Come On and Get It
Social Call - Benny Benack III & Veronica Swift: A Lot of Living’ to Do

Image: Iclal Capoglu Cinal


Monday, 15 September 2025

Series 31, Prog 6

SENDING…

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


Please Send Me Someone to Love - Thelma Houston: A Woman’s Touch

Send for Me - Nat King Cole: Looking Back (sans rhythm)

Send in the Clowns - Carmen McRae: Live at Bubba’s

Sent for You Yesterday (and Here You Come Today) - The Mills Brothers & Count Basie: The Board of Directors/Annual Report

Send Me Yesterday - Nancy Wilson: Yesterday’s Love Songs, Today’s Blues

The Birth of the Blues - Sammy Davis Jr: That’s All

He Won’t Send Roses - Carol Kidd & Nigel Clark: Tell Me Once Again

Gonna Build a Mountain - Bing Crosby & Count Basie: Bing ’n Basie

My Baby Sends Me - Rosemary Clooney: The Voice of Your Choice

Angel Eyes - Mark Murphy: Love is What Stays

Cherry Red - Big Joe Turner: Boss of the Blues

Children, Go Where I Send You - Nina Simone: Amazing Nina Simone (bonus track)

Send Me to the ‘Lectric Chair - Dinah Washington: Sings Bessie Smith

Send Me the Pillow You Dream On - Dean Martin: Dean Martin Hits Again

Gimme a Pigfoot - Teresa Brewer & Count Basie: The Songs of Bessie Smith

Be Careful, It’s My Heart - Frank Sinatra: Ring-a-Ding Ding! 


Image: Tamanna Rumee



Tuesday, 9 September 2025

Series 31, Prog 5

TOP OF THE MORNING

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

Nobody Knows the Way I Feel This Morning - Joe Williams: Presenting Joe Williams & Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra
Early in the Morning - Ella Mae Morse: single
Good Morning Heartache - Billy Eckstine: For the Love of Ivy
Softly, as in a Morning Sunrise - Lorez Alexandria: Deep Roots
Cloudy Morning - Peggy Lee: Mink Jazz
Touch Me in the Morning - Peggy Lee: The New Collection
Three O’Clock in the Morning - Lou Rawls: Lou Rawls and Strings
I Got the Sun in the Morning - John Altman Orchestra featuring Joan Viskant: Sure Thing
Monday Morning Quarterback - James Darren: Pamela Phillips-Oland personal collection
In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning - Carol Sloane: The Songs Sinatra Sang
Sweet Morning - Andy Williams: The Village of St Bernadette
Good Morning - Memphis Minnie: Hoodoo Lady (1933-1937)
Oh, What a Beautiful Morning - Ray Charles & The Count Basie Orchestra: Ray Sings, Basie Swings
The Sun Forgot to Shine This Morning - Ella Fitzgerald: Jukebox Ella
Manhã de Carnival (Morning Of The Carnival) - Perry Como: Lightly Latin
The Morning After (the Night Before) - Ann Richards & Stan Kenton: Two Much!

Image: Martin Damboldt