Both Wes Montgomery and Dexter Gordon would have turned 100 recently. Nick celebrates their centenaries with a look at some of their highlights.
MUSIC DETAILS:
# | Artist: | Song: | Composer: | Album | Label: | Duration: |
1 | Ray Brown | FSR | Brown | Bam Bam Bam | Concord | 05:27 |
2 | Paul Desmond Quartet | Tangerine | Schertzinger | Like Someone In Love (Live) | Telarc | 09:45 |
3 | Anita O'Day | I Love You | Porter | Anita O'Day Swings Cole Porter with Billy May | Avid | 02:00 |
4 | Joe Lovano | Stella by Starlight | Young | I'm All for You | Blue Note | 05:47 |
5 | Sarah Vaughan | Lullaby of Birdland | Shearing | Sarah Vaughan (with Clifford Brown) | Verve | 04:00 |
6 | Tierney Sutton | Caravan | Tizol / Ellington | Introducing Tierney Sutton | Arecords | 06:35 |
7 | Bill Martin Septet | More than a Score | Martin | Over to You | private | 04:55 |
8 | Bill Evans | Someday My Prince Will Come | Churchill / Morey | Portrait in Jazz | Riverside | 04:57 |
9 | Miles Davis | Dear Old Stockholm | Trad | Round About Midnight | Columbia | 07:52 |