It was Jazz Week in Tucson when I put this show together. I’ve been a big fan of the genre since my early twenties. Included in this show are lots of classic vocals and several Duke Ellington tunes. It holds up quite well. I hope you like it!

Part One

Part Two

Playlist:

PART ONE

Let The Good Times Roll/Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five

You’d Be So Nice To Come Home To/Julie London

Watermelon Man/Mongo Santamaria

Don’t Get Around Much Anymore/The Ink Spots

Stompin’ At the Savoy/The Benny Goodman Quartet

Alright Ok, You Win/Peggy Lee

Oye Este Guaguanco–La Lupe

One Mint Julep/Poncho Sanchez

Blue Moon/Mel Torme

In A Mellow Tone/Ella Fitzgerald

I Got It Bad (And That Ain’t Good)/Ivie Anderson and Johnny Hodges

It Don’t Mean A Thing If It Ain’t Got That Swing/Louis Armstrong

El Manisero/Albita

Campina–Afro Cuban Jazz Project

Frenesi/Betty Carter

PART TWO

I’ll Be Seeing You/Billie Holiday

Sleepy Lagoon/Harry James and His Orchestra

Dream–The Pied Pipers

But Not For Me/Chet Baker

Hershey Bar/Stan Getz

Back Water Blues/ Dinah Washington

Perdido/Sarah Vaughan

Peter Gunn Mambo/Jack Costanzo and His Orchestra

Peanut Vendor/Anita O’Day

Besame Mucho–Andy Russell

The Very Thought of You/Wynton Marsalis

The Very Thought of You/Nancy Wilson

Gee Baby Ain’t I Good To You–Oscar Peterson

Let’s Fall In Love/Diana Krall

Have You Met Miss Jones?–Tony Bennett