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In Part 2 of a 2-part show, Nick checks out jazz tunes inspired by the moon - featuring Ella Fitzgerald, the Auckland Jazz Orchestra and Caitlin Smith, and Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers.
MUSIC DETAILS:
1 | Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers | It's Only a Paper Moon | Arlen / Harburg / Rose | The Big Beat | Blue Note | 06:41 |
2 | Bobo Stenson | Moon and Sand | Engvick / Palitz / Wilder | Very Early | ECM | 06:20 |
3 | Charlie Haden & Pat Metheny | The Moon's a Harsh Mistress | Webb | Beyond the Missouri Sky | Verve | 06:40 |
4 | Monty Alexander | That Old Devil Moon | Harburg / Lane | The Good Life - Monty Alxexander Plays the Songs of Tony Bennett | Chesky | 05:32 |
5 | Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong | Moonlight In Vermont | Blackburn / Suessdorf | Ella and Louis | Verve | 03:42 |
6 | Auckland Jazz Orchestra & Caitlin Smith | East of the Sun | Bowman | East of the Sun | AJO | 05:56 |
7 | Jonathan Crayford | Moon | Crayford | East West Moon | Rattle | 08:42 |
8 | Lena Horne | Polka Dots and Moonbeams | Van Heusen / Burke | A Friend of Yours: Songs by Burke and Van Heusen | RCA | 03:09 |
9 | Ella Fitzgerald | How High the Moon | Hamilton / Lewis | Lullabies of Birdland | Decca | 03:16 |