Nick picks a selection of jazz to take the sting out of these troubling times- from the sass of Ella Fitzgerald and Diane Reeves, to swing with Benny Green and Count Basie- rounded off with the good-time vibes of Horace Silver and Joey DeFrancesco.
MUSIC DETAILS
# | Artist: | Song: | Composer: | Album | Label: | Duration: |
1 | Horace Silver | Sister Sadie | Silver | Blowin' the Blues Away | Blue Note | 06:19 |
2 | Dianne Reeves | Tango | Reeves | Beautiful Life | Concord | 06:43 |
3 | Ella Fitzgerald | Oh! Lady Be Good | Gershwin | The War Years | GRP | 03:15 |
4 | Ella Fitzgerald | Lemon Drop | Wallington | Newport Jazz Festival Live At Carnegie Hall, July 5, 1973 | Columbia | 05:01 |
5 | Benny Green | Come on Home | Silver | These are Soulful Days | Blue Note | 08:07 |
6 | Diana Krall | L-O-V-E | Gabler / Kaempfert | Turn Up the Quiet | Verve | 04:20 |
7 | Diana Krall | Deed I Do | Lee/Schluger | Live in Paris | Verve | 05:12 |
8 | Monty Alexander | Tucker Avenue Stomp | Alexander | Steamin | Concord | 04:20 |
9 | Count Basie Orchestra | Honeysuckle Rose | Waller / Razaf | All About That Basie | Concord | 03:08 |
10 | Count Basie Orchestra | Don't Worry 'Bout Me | All About That Basie | Concord | 03:24 | |
11 | Joey DeFrancesco | A Real Good'un | Street of Dreams | 07:07 |