Harold Arlen's songbook includes a whole lot of tunes that would be familiar to most audiences. This hour we listen to Wynton Kelly with "Come Rain or Come Shine", Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie with "Get Happy", and a beautiful version of "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" from Jane Monheit.
MUSIC DETAILS:
1 | Wynton Kelly | Come Rain or Come Shine | Arlen / Mercer | Someday My Prince Will Come | Vee-jay | 05:50 |
2 | Art Pepper | When the Sun Comes Out | Arlen / Koehler | Winter Moon | Galaxy | 05:47 |
3 | Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers | It's Only a Paper Moon | Arlen / Harburg / Rose | The Big Beat | Blue Note | 06:41 |
4 | Wes Montgomery | One for My Baby (and One More for the Road) | Arlen / Mercer | So Much Guitar! | Riverside | 07:42 |
5 | Charlie Parker & Dizzy Gillespie | Get Happy | Arlen / Koehler | Yardbird Suite | Meteor / Collector's Edition | 03:40 |
6 | Sarah Vaughan & The Count Basie Orchestra | I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues | Arlen / Koehler | Send In the Clowns | Pablo | 05:04 |
7 | Johnny Griffin | Out of this World | Arlen / Mercer | Black and White Box of Jazz | Pulse | 08:03 |
8 | Jane Monheit | Over the Rainbow | Arlen / Harburg | Come Dream With me | N-Coded Music | 06:41 |
9 | Glenn Miller | Ding-Dong! The Witch is Dead! | Arlen / Harburg | Bluebird | 02:33 |