Playlist: 29 Jun 2013

Intro: If You Could Read My Mind - Todd Gordon & Jacqui Dankworth: Ballads from the Midnight Hotel

1. Try Matty's - Aretha Franklin: Spirit in the Dark

2. Dancing on a Dime - Maxine Sullivan: Sings The Music of Burton Lane

3. Worried Life Blues - Ray Charles: single

4. Nobody Knows That - Kat Edmonson: Way Down Low

5. Stardust - Nat King Cole: Love Is the Thing

6. Some Sweet Day - Alberta Hunter: Remember My Name

7. Some of These Days - Alberta Hunter: The Glory of Alberta Hunter

8. Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out - Alberta Hunter: Amtrak Blues

9. On the Sunny Side of the Street - Alberta Hunter: Look for the Silver Lining

10. Two-Fisted (Double-Jointed, Rough and Ready Man) - Alberta Hunter: Live at The Cookery

11. I Fall in Love Too Easily - Tony Bennett: Perfectly Frank

12. You're Getting to be a Habit with Me - Dolores Gray: Warm Brandy

13. The Windmills of Your Mind - Frank Sinatra Jr: Spice

14. These Boots Are Made for Walkin' - Ella Fitzgerald & The Duke Ellington Orchestra: single

15. Don't Cry Baby - Billy Eckstine & Count Basie: Basie/Eckstine Incorporated

Outro: Holding On - Todd Gordon: Made in Korea

Album Cover: Talkin' Verve and Les McCann Ltd

In this week's programme the Les McCann track, The Great City - written by Curtis Lewis - was featured on two albums: Talkin' Verve and the rather obscurely-titled Beaux J PooBoo/Les McCann Ltd.

Playlist: 22 Jun 2013

Intro: If You Could Read My Mind - Todd Gordon & Jacqui Dankworth: Ballads from the Midnight Hotel

1. Guilty - Madeleine Payroux: The Blue Room

2. This Can't Be Love - Judy Carmichael: I Love Being Here with You

3. These Foolish Things - Carmen McRae: Live at Birdland West

4. All Of Me - Frank Sinatra: The Columbia Years (1943-1952) - Vol 7

5. It’s All Right with Me - Sinne Eeg: Remembering You

6. I Don’t Stand a Ghost of a Chance with You - Etta James: Mystery Lady/Songs of Billie Holiday

7. Trust in Me - Harry Nilsson: The Complete Schmilsson in the Night

8. There Will Never Be Another You - Nancy Wilson: Gentle Is My Love

9. The Great City - Les McCann: Talkin’ Verve

10. I’m in Love Again - Marlene Ver Planck: Once There was a Moon

11. I Got It Bad - Cher: Bittersweet White Light

12. The Shadow of Your Smile - Lou Rawls: Live!

13. In a Persian Market - Sammy Davis Jr: Here’s Lookin’ at You

14. Meditation - Lena Horne: Lena Goes Latin

15. But Not for Me - Mark Murphy: Playing the Field 

Outro: Holding On - Todd Gordon: Made in Korea

Album Cover: Blues Cross Country

One of Peggy Lee's best Capitol albums: Blues Cross Country with rousing arrangements courtesy of Quincy Jones - including the fantastic rendition of Kansas City featured in this week's edition of The Singers and The Songbook which is a special tribute to Miss Lee.

Playlist: 15 Jun 2013

MISS PEGGY LEE (May 26, 1920 - Jan 21, 2002) 

Intro: If You Could Read My Mind - Todd Gordon & Jacqui Dankworth: Ballads from the Midnight Hotel

1. I Don’t Know Enough About You - Peggy Lee: Single

2. You’ve Got Possibilities - Peggy Lee: Big Spender

3. You Fascinate Me So - Peggy Lee: Pretty Eyes

4. The Folks Who Live on the Hill - Peggy Lee: The Man I Love

5. Kansas City - Peggy Lee: Blues Cross Country

6. Life Is for Livin’ - Peggy Lee: Things Are Swingin’

7. Lover - Peggy Lee: Lover

8. I’m a Woman - Peggy Lee: Peggy Lee Sings Leiber and Stoller

9. Superstar - Peggy Lee: Norma Dolores Egstrom

10. The Hungry Years - Peggy Lee: Peggy

11. Is That All There Is? - Peggy Lee: Is That All There Is?

12. Always True to You in My Fashion - Peggy Lee: Beauty and the Beat!

13. My Old Flame - Peggy Lee: Is That All There Is?

14. Release Me - Peggy Lee: Something Groovy!

15. Let’s Love (Reprise) - Peggy Lee: Let’s Love

16. Call Me - Peggy Lee: Guitars a la Lee

Outro: Holding On - Todd Gordon: Made in Korea

Album Cover: Lorez Alexandria the Great

It was Michael Parkinson who introduced me to the talented singer, Lorez Alexandria. She was one of the few vocalists to appear on the famous Impulse jazz label, and the title of this album still tickles me...