Series 31, Prog 2

IF A PICTURE PAINTS A THOUSAND WORDS…

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

Paint Your Pretty Picture with a Song - Carmen McRae: At the Great American Music Hall (Vol 1)

The Old Master Painter - Frank Sinatra: 78rpm single

If I Had a Talking Picture of You - Sylvia Syms: Torch Song

Summer Wind - Todd Gordon & Carol Kidd with the RAF Squadronaires: Evergreen

Painted from Memory - Elvis Costello & Burt Bacharach: Painted from Memory

Just One of Those Things - Rosemary Clooney: Sings the Music of Cole Porter

Portrait of Jennie - Nat King Cole: Super Best Nat King Cole (Vol 1)

Portrait of My Love - Matt Monro: Stranger in Paradise: The Music of Matt Monro

New Coat of Paint - Carol Grimes: Mother

If - Frank Sinatra: Some Nice Things I’ve Missed

Portrait in Black and White (Zingaro) - Dena DeRose: Travelin’ Light - Live in Antwerp

These Foolish Things - Nat King Cole: Just One of Those Things

Vincent (aka Starry, Starry Night) - Don McLean: American Pie

Make Me Rainbows - Ella Fitzgerald & Count Basie: A Perfect Match/Ella and Basie

Image: Steve Johnson

Series 31, Prog 1

UNTIL…

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

Do Nothin’ Till You Hear from Me - Ed Townsend & Nelson Riddle: New in Town

Till There Was You - Peggy Lee: Latin ala Lee

I Hadn’t Anyone Till You - Bob Manning: Lonely Spell

I’m Gonna Live Till I Die - Sarah Vaughan: The Explosive Side of Sarah Vaughan/The Benny Carter Sessions

Till The Heart Caves In - k d lang: Drag

Till Then - Sammy Davis Jr & Count Basie Orchestra: I Gotta Right to Swing

Until I Met You (aka Corner Pocket) - Diane Schuur: Diane Schuur & The Count Basie Orchestra

Till - Tony Bennett: To My Wonderful One

Until the Real Thing Comes Along - Billie Holiday: A Hot Jazz Classic Set

Wait Till You See Her - Tony Romano: A Moonlight Affair

Until You Were Gone - Aretha Franklin: Soul Sister

Until It’s Time for You to Go - Peggy Lee: Two Shows Nightly (Copacabana, New York)

Until (aka The Mole) - June Christy: Big Band Specials

I’ll Love You (Till I Die) - Carmen McRae: The Very Thought of You

Till the Clouds Roll By - Mel Tormé: It’s a Blue World

You’re Nobody ’Til Somebody Loves You - Dinah Washington: Dinah ’62

Until - Cécile McLorin Salvant: Ghost Song

Till the End of Time - Ed Townsend & Nelson Riddle: New In Town

Image: ann-h

Series 30, Prog 20

BREAKFAST, LUNCH, DINNER…

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

This Could Be the Start of Something Big - Mark Murphy: This Could Be the Start of Something

Nice Girls Don’t Stay for Breakfast - Judith Owen: Come On and Get It

Dinner for One, Please, James - Nat King Cole: Sings for Two in Love

The Lady Is a Tramp - Patti Page: In the Land of Hi-Fi

Blues for Breakfast - Tony Bennett: The Good Things in Life

Breakfast in Bed - Carmen McRae: Just a Little Loving’

Seems Like Old Times - Vaughn Monroe: 78rpm single

Dinner at Eight - Mavis Rivers: Take a Number

No One Ever Tells You - Frank Sinatra: A Swingin’ Affair

The Ladies Who Lunch - Deborah Shulman & Larry Zalkind: Lost In The Stars/The Music of Bernstein, Weill & Sondheim

Autumn in New York - Todd Gordon & Carol Kidd with the RAF Squadronaires: Evergreen

Dinner with Gershwin - Donna Summer: single (produced by Richard Perry)

Miss Otis Regrets - Carmen McRae: Live at Century Plaza

The Look of Love - Frank Sinatra: Softly, as I Leave You

Ode to Billie Joe - Nancy Wilson: Welcome to My Love (mono)

Image: Cottonbro

Series 30, Prog 19

LITTLE BY LITTLE

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

Three Little Words - Nellie Lutcher: Our New Nellie

Dream a Little Dream of Me - Janet Seidel: Moon of Manakoola

Go Away Little Girl - Steve Lawrence: Winners

Goodbye Little Dream, Goodbye - Susannah McCorkle: East to Love/The Songs of Cole Porter

Little Brown Jug - The Modernaires: The Modernaires Sing the Great Glenn Miller Instrumentals

I Had a Little Sorrow - June Christy: Ballads for Night People

I Was a Little Too Lonely (and You Were a Little Too Late) - Nat King Cole: After Midnight

Every Little Bit Hurts - Aretha Franklin: Run-in’ Out of Fools

Little Girl Blue - Johnny Hartman: And I Thought About You

Take a Little Time to Smile - Shirley Horn: A Lazy Afternoon

A Little White Ship - Todd Gordon: Love dot com

Give a Little, Get a Little (Love) - Carmen McRae: Something Wonderful

Little Green Apples - Bing Crosby & Count Basie: Bing ’n Basie

What a Little Moonlight Can Do - Billie Holiday & Teddy Wilson Orchestra: Teddy Wilson-Billie Holiday

Little Unhappy Boy - Nancy Wilson & Cannonball Adderley: Nancy Wilson with Cannonball Adderley

Little Jazz Bird - Mark Murphy: Let Yourself Go

A Little Bit - Madeleine Peyroux: Half the Perfect World

Little Pony - Lambert, Hendricks & Ross: Sing a Song of Basie

Try a Little Tenderness - Frank Sinatra: Nice ’n’ Easy

Image: Thirdman

Series 30, Prog 18

THE UNFORGETTABLE NAT KING COLE

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

Unforgettable - Nat King Cole: The Nat King Cole Story

Sweet Lorraine - Nat King Cole: 78rpm single

Ballerina - Nat King Cole: single

You’re My Everything - Nat King Cole: I Don’t Want to be Hurt Anymore

Send for Me - Nat King Cole: Billy May Sessions

Nature Boy - Nat King Cole: Nat King Cole Sings the Blues

When My Sugar Walks Down the Street - Nat King Cole: Billy May Sessions

When I Fall in Love - Nat King Cole: Love Is the Thing

Once in a While - Nat King Cole: Just One of Those Things

The Rules of the Road - Nat King Cole: Let’s Face the Music!

Paradise - Nat King Cole: The Very Thought of You

Let There be Love - Nat King Cole: Nat King Cole Sings - George Shearing Quintet Plays

I’ve Grown Accustomed to Her Face - Nat King Cole: Sings My Fair Lady

There’s Love - Nat King Cole: L-O-V-E

This is Always - Nat King Cole: Tell Me All About Yourself

Those Lazy-Hazy-Crazy Days of Summer - Nat King Cole: Those Lazy-Hazy-Crazy Days Of Summer

Tenderly - Nat King Cole: Sings for Two in Love

Joe Turner’s Blues - Nat King Cole: At The Sands

Nat King Cole

(March 17, 1919 - February 15, 1965)

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

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)