Cover Tunes August 19, 2025 Jazz Journey
Cover Tunes August 19, 2025 Jazz Journey
Artist – Song – Source – Original source/writer info
Dave Brubeck – When It’s Sleepy Time Down South – Dave Brubeck Lullabies : Clarence Muse, Leion Rene, Otis Rene 1931 “Safe In Hell” Movie
Johnnie Guarnieri – Exactly Like You – Stride Piano : Benny Goodman & Lionel Hampton
Charles Brown – Nobody Knows The Trouble I’ve Seen – Keep It Rollin’ Blues Piano Collection : African American Spiritual (first published 1867)
Shorty Baker and Doc Cheatham – Night Train – Swingville Sampler : Duke Ellington (1940, Jimmy Forrest 1952 R&B version
Louis Armstrong – Chim Chim Cher-ee – Disney Songs the Satchmo Way : Richard & Robert Sherman
Autorickshaw – A Night In Tunisia – Four Higher: Dizzy Gillespie 1942
Joe Pass – Night and Day – Progressions: 100 Years of Jazz Guitar : Cole Porter 1932
Jimmy Rosenberg & Birely Lagrene – Nature Boy – Jazz Manouche : (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nature_Boy) Eden Ahbez 1948 lawsiut after with Herman Yablokoff plagiarized from his song “Shvayg mayn harts” (שװײג מײן האַרץ, “Be Still My Heart”)
Nina Simone – My Way – SImeone: Ultimate Collection : Paul Anka’s English version of French song, “Comme D’Habitude” by Jacques Reveaux, Gilles Thibaut, Claude Francois (1967) recorded by Frank Sinatra (1969)
Gerry Mulligan & Chet Baker – My Funny Valentine – Fantasy Single 1937 Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart (Lyrics) for musical “Babes in Arms”
Ray Charles – Drown In My Own Tears – Crooners : 1951 Henry Glover first recorded by Lula Reed
Ella Fitzgerald – For Sentimental Reasons – Golden Greats : Abner Silver, Al Sherman, Edward Heyman 1936 recorded by Tommy Dorsey & Orch and Mildred Bailey & Orch
PSAs
Laila Biali – My Favorite Things – Your Requests : 1959 Rodgers & Hammerstein from the “Sound of Music”
Tony Bennett – My Baby Just Cares For Me – Progressions: 100 Years of Jazz Guitar : 1930 Gus Kahn, Walter Donaldson (composer) for musical comedy “Whoopie”
Louis Prima, Keeley Smith with Sam Butera & The Witnesses – Moonglow – Ultra Lounge : 1933 Will Hudson & Irving Mills, Eddie Delange (lyrics)
Sam Cooke – Little Red Rooster – The Man Who Invented Soul : Willie Dixon 1961 recorded by Howlin’ Wolf Delta Blues tradition with earlier versions by Charlie Patton and Memphis Minnie
Bela Fleck & The Flecktones – Linus & Lucy – Jingle All The Way : 1964 Vince Guaraldi
The Bad Plus (Reid Anderson) – Life On Mars : 1971 David Bowie
Al Green – Lean On Me – Greatest Gospel Hits : 1972 Bill Withers
Pete Fountain & His Band – Lazy River – Big Ol’ Box of New Orleans : 1930 Hoagy Carmichael & Sidney Arodin
Aretha Franklin – Groovin’ – Lady Soul : 1967 Felix Cavaliere & Eddie Brigat, recorded by Yound Rascals
Maceo Parker – Grazing in The Grass – Soul Food : writeen by Philemon Hou recorded by Hugh Masekela 1968 (US release)
Dee Dee Bridgewater – Going Down Slow – Memphis… Yes I’m Ready : St. Louis Jimmy Oden 1941
Shirley Scott & The SOul Saxes – It’s Your Thing – Shirley Scott & The Soul Saxes : 1969 Isley Brothers artistic response to Motown chief Berry Gordy’s hold on his artists written after they left the label
Allen Toussaint – West End Blues – The Bright Mississippi – Joe “King” Oliver with lyrics later added by Clarence Williams 1928