One place jazz musicians have often turned to for inspiration is the women in their lives. On this show Nick highlights those people by playing a set of jazz tunes with women's names.
MUSIC DETAILS:
# | Artist: | Song: | Composer: | Album | Label: | Duration: |
1 | Benny Goodman | Margie | Gershwin / Kahn / Gershwin | Victor | 02:31 | |
2 | Sam Rivers | Beatrice | Rivers | Fuschia Swing Song | Blue Note | 06:12 |
3 | Bud Powell | Celia | Powell | Jazz Giant | Norgran | 02:57 |
4 | Chet Baker | Marilyn | Baker | Isn't it Romantic? | BCD | 03:31 |
5 | Duke Ellington | Clementine | Strayhorn | HMV | 03:01 | |
6 | Louis Armstrong | Chloe (Song of the Swamp) | Morét / Kahn | Columbia | 03:01 | |
7 | Thelonious Monk | Liza | Gershwin / Kahn / Gershwin | The Unique Thelonious Monk | Riverside | 03:12 |
8 | Ingrid & Christine Jensen | Margareta | C Jensen | Infinitude | Whirlwind | 08:07 |
9 | Bill Evans | Emily | Mandel / Mercer | The Complete Fantasy Recordings | Fantasy | 05:03 |
10 | Karyn Allison | Nancy (with the Laughing Face) | Van Heusen / Silvers | Ballads: Remembering John Coltrane | Concord | 04:43 |
11 | Jann Rutherford | One for Jo | Rutherford | Discovery | Tall Poppies | 03:55 |
12 | Nat King Cole | Laura | Mercer / Raksin | Penthouse Serenade | Capitol | 02:40 |