this show was jazz recorded live before an audience, presented in mostly chronological order. I liked the mix of raucous and refined, and when it was both (Here's That Rainy Day) and three VERY different versions of How High the Moon. And two really spectacular versions of Cheek to Cheek.

	Name	Artist	Album
1	Blues for Helen	Basie Small Group	From Spirituals To Swing
2	Weary Blues	New Orleans Footwarmers	From Spirituals To Swing
3	Blues With Lips	Count Basie Orchestra With Hot Lips Page	From Spirituals To Swing
4	Good Morning Blues	The Kansas City Six	From Spirituals To Swing
5	Topsy (Swing To Bop)	Charlie Christian, Joe Guy, Kenny Clark, Kenny Kersey & Nick Fenton	from iTunes
6	Stars Fell On Alabama	Louis Armstrong	Louis Armstrong And The All Stars At Symphony Hall
7	How High The Moon	Wardell Gray	The Wardell Gray Story, Vol. 2: The Chase
8	How High The Moon	Dave Brubeck	Jazz at Oberlin
9	Song Is You	Dave Brubeck, The Dave Brubeck Quartet	Jazz Goes To College
10	I May Be Wrong	Gerry Mulligan	In Paris-Vol. 1
11	Laura	Gerry Mulligan	in Paris Vol 2
12	I Loves You Porgy	Ella Fitzgerald	from iTunes
13	World Of Trouble	Lou Rawls	Lou Rawls - Anthology
14	C.C. Rider	Jimmy Witherspoon	The 'Spoon Concerts
15	How High The Moon	Modern Jazz Quartet	from iTunes
16	Bags' New Groove	Paul Desmond & The Modern Jazz Quartet	from iTunes
17	Here's That Rainy Day	Oscar Peterson	At Montreux
18	Liza	Ruby Braff	Live At The New School-Complet
19	Cheek To Cheek	Eva Cassidy	Live At Blues Alley
20	Cheek to Cheek	Tierney Sutton	I'm With the Band

 

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