Wednesday 26 October 2022

Series 23, Prog 16

FEEL 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 Dar 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)


Photo: Jeremy Bishop



Thursday 20 October 2022

Series 23, Prog 15

THAT’S PRETTY 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


Photo: 7inchs



Friday 14 October 2022

Series 23, Prog 14

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

Photo: Hassan Ouajbir


Thursday 6 October 2022

Series 23, Prog 13

EASY ’N' NICE!

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

Nice ’n’ Easy - Frank Sinatra: Nice ’n’ Easy
Living is Easy - Cleo Laine: Born on a Friday
It’s Easy to Remember - Perry Como: An Evening with Perry Como
You’re Not so Easy to Forget - Morgana King: For You, For Me, For Evermore
Easy Living - Kurt Elling: Flirting with Twilight
Easy as You Go - Carmen McRae with the Dave Brubeck Quartet
You’re East to Dance With - Fred Astaire: The Astaire Story (Vol 4)
Am I That Easy to Forget - Diane Schuur: The Gathering
Make It Easy on Yourself - Earl ‘Fatha’ Hines & Marva Josie
Easy Street - Anne Phillips: Born to be Blue
Easy Rider - Bobby Darin: If I Were a Carpenter/Inside Out (Bonus Track)
Be Easy, Be Tender - Ann Richards: The Many Moods of Ann Richards
Free and Easy - Bobby Troup: Bobby Troup and His Stars of Jazz
Easy Evil - Peggy Lee: Let’s Love
Easy Come, Easy Go - Johnny Hartman: I’ve Been There
Take It Slow and Easy - Barbara Dane: On My Way
(You’d Be So) Easy to Love - Frank Sinatra: Ring-a-Ding, Ding!

Photo: Leonie Fahjen