29 Jan 2022

Irving Berlin Songbook (1)

From Inside Out, 5:01 pm on 29 January 2022
Irving Berlin and stars of the movie Alexander's Ragtime Band

Irving Berlin and stars of the movie Alexander's Ragtime Band Photo: Boston Globe, Public Domain, via Wikimedia Commons

 

John Coltrane playing "Russian Lullaby", Charlie Byrd with "Alexander's Ragtime Band"... and probably the only jazz tune in the repertoire that invokes Satan. Irving Berlin's got all bases covered!

 

 

Want to hear more? Go here for Part 2!

 

 

Artist:

Song:

Composer:

Album:

Label:

DUR:

1

Tony Bennett

Let's Face the Music and Dance

Berlin

The Beat of My Heart

Columbia

0:02:24

2

John Coltrane

Russian Lullaby

Berlin

Soultrane

Prestige

0:05:39

3

Kenny Ball and his Jazzmen

Puttin' On the Ritz

Berlin

Midnight in Moscow

Kapp Records

0:03:08

4

Ella Fitzgerald

Get Thee Behind Me Satan

Berlin

Ella Fitzgerald sings the Irving Berlin Songbook

Verve

0:03:49

5

Charlie Byrd

Alexander's Ragtime Band

Berlin

Blues Sonata

Riverside

0:05:30

6

Robert Glasper

Blue Skies

Berlin

Mood

Fresh Sound

0:09:28

7

Jane Monheit

Cheek to Cheek

Berlin

In the Sun

N-Coded Music / N2K Records

0:04:48

8

Kurt Rosenwinkel

How Deep is the Ocean

Berlin

Intuit

Criss Cross

0:09:38

9

Bob Crosby's Bob Cats

All By Myself

Berlin

 

Columbia

0:02:56

10

Ray Brown Trio

Remember

Berlin

Bass Face

Telarc Jazz

0:07:14

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