Jan 16, 1938, Carnegie Hall, New York - _“Blue Skies”_ - Irving Berlin (music & words) - Fletcher Henderson (arrangement) - Benny Goodman, clarinet, directing: Harry H. James, first trumpet; Harry A. (Finkelman) “Ziggy” Elman, Gordon “Chris” Griffin, trumpets; Vernon Brown, Sterling “Red” Ballard, trombones; Hymie Shertzer, first alto saxophone; George Koenig, alto saxophone; Irving “Babe” Russin, Arthur Rollini, tenor saxophones; Jess Stacy, piano; Allan Reuss, guitar; Harry Goodman, bass; Eugene B. “Gene” Krupa, drums. *"Blue Skies"* is a popular song, written by Irving Berlin in 1926. "Blue Skies" is one of many popular songs whose lyrics use a "bluebird of happiness" as a symbol of cheer: "Bluebirds singing a song/Nothing but bluebirds all day long." The sunny optimism of the lyrics is undercut by the minor key giving the words an ironic feeling. History The song was composed in 1926 as a last-minute addition to the Rodgers and Hart musical _Betsy._ Although the show ran for only 39 performances, "Blue Skies" was an instant success, with audiences on opening night demanding 24 encores of the piece from star Belle Baker. During the final repetition, Ms. Baker forgot her lyrics, prompting Berlin to sing them from his seat in the front row. In 1927, the music was published and Ben Selvin's recorded version (as The Knickerbockers with vocals by Charles Kaley) was a hit. That same year, it became one of the first songs to be featured in a talkie, when Al Jolson performed it in _The Jazz Singer._ The song was recorded for all of the major and dime store labels of the time. A version was recorded by *Benny Goodman and his Orchestra in 1935* (Victor 25136). 1946 was also a notable year for the song, with a Bing Crosby/Fred Astaire film taking its title along with two recorded versions by Count Basie and Benny Goodman reaching #8 and #9 on the pop charts, respectively. Thelonious Monk's 1947 composition "In Walked Bud" is based on the chord changes to "Blue Skies." Bing Crosby and Danny Kaye performed the song in the 1954 seasonally perennial film, _White Christmas._ In 1958, Ella Fitzgerald crossed genres putting her own distinctive scat jazz stylings on "Blue Skies" for her double-LP album, _Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Irving Berlin Song Book,_ that year's installment in her famous eight-album _Song Book_ series. The track was also included in that year's Ella compilation album, Get Happy!. In 1962 the song was released as a single by Johnny Rivers. The song was featured in Ann Marie Fleming's 2002 short film _Blue Skies,_ performed by Alessandro Juliani. The song was featured prominently in the film _Star Trek: Nemesis,_ as sung by Lieutenant Commander Data during Commander William T. Riker and Counselor Deanna Troi's wedding at the start of the film. It is sung again at the very end of the film by his "brother," the android B-4, during the final scene set in the 24th century, a time period not revisited by the Star Trek franchise for another 18 years, until the release of _Star Trek: Picard_ in 2020. The song "Blue Skies" is featured in that series' premiere episode during a dream sequence involving Data and Captain Picard. The song receives a cover by lead actress Isa Briones for the 10th episode when Data's "spirit" dies. *FLETCHER HENDERSON'S arrangement of "Blue Skies"* The classic 1935 Goodman recording of “Blue Skies,” in a Fletcher Henderson arrangement, is indelibly stamped with the mark of Bunny Berigan, both as a dynamic first trumpeter and as a perceptive, dramatic soloist whose playing so perfectly captures and enhances the mood of Henderson’s arrangement. Henderson’s arrangement, which is in the key of B-minor, came into the Goodman band book in early 1935 while BG made the most of a weekly allowance for arrangements which was a part of the consideration for him appearing on the NBC Let’s Dance series of radio shows. It is a wonderful example of Henderson’s way of memorably refashioning a familiar melody, using the basic musical tools of swing, some of which he invented and/or perfected in his own band in the late 1920s and early 1930s. Henderson’s ascending introduction, which has always struck me as rather eerie, has the reed players, including BG, playing a counterline on their clarinets to a small brass fanfare. As Fletcher later explained, this was the storm before the arrival of the blue skies. The first and second expositions of the eight-bar main melody in the first chorus has Henderson using the clipped syncopated open brass, led brilliantly by Berigan, against an uncluttered 2/4 rhythm. It is as though a lapidary has has spread colorful precious stones on white velvet to be inspected and appreciated. The song’s secondary eight-bar melody or bridge is begun by the saxophones, led by Toots Mondello, But Henderson uses this instrumental color, which is a contrast to the first sixteen bars, for only four bars. He then allocates the last four bars of the bridge to a melodic trombone solo played by Jack Lacey against a mellow, humming saxophone background. Arthur Rollini in the Goodman band - 1937. Rollini was a stalwart Goodman sideman from 1934 to 1939. Then Henderson brings the saxophones back to play a transitional passage into the second chorus, which begins with the brass, now in straight mutes, for eight bars. Henderson’s use of antiphony - the reeds and brass in a musical conversation, is also one of his quintessential arranging touches. Tenor saxophonist Arthur Rollini, a master technician, then plays a lovely, fluid 16-bar improvisation. A four note ensemble transition opens the way for Berigan’s 16 bar trumpet solo. His improvisation here is one of his most inspired. It is a complete abstraction of the musical materials that make up “Blue Skies,” and it immediately evokes disquiet: there are dark clouds in Berigan’s blue sky. What Bunny plays is so fraught with emotion that one is barely aware of the churning saxophones and repeated cymbal splashes going on behind his solo. And it is all delivered with Berigan’s heroic tone and relaxed swing. Bunny immediately reverts to leading the brass after his solo, as they play chains of syncopation against the melodic saxophones. The brass then play a rhythmic sequence which leads into Benny Goodman’s two clarinet solos, which are separated by riffs played by the ensemble with Berigan’s ringing trumpet on top. The saxophones carry the melody in the next phase, once again juxtaposed with the syncopated brass. The bright finale has the two trombones outlining the melody against the bouncing trumpets. Fletcher Henderson’s arrangement on “Blue Skies” is a perfectly paced and contrast filled piece of music that is immaculately performed by the Goodman band. In 1935, the magic mixture of Benny Goodman’s band playing Fletcher Henderson’s arrangements was new and terrifically exciting and attractive to the young people who were slowly becoming aware of what jazz and swing were. Berigan’s role in making this performance of “Blue Skies” explode with vitality as both first trumpeter and jazz soloist is huge.
*BLUE SKIES* (composition date: Dec 16, 1926; copyright date: Jan 14, 1927) Belle Baker First live performance on December 28, 1926 Imperial Dance Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Arthur Fields March 1927 First recording on December 10, 1926 rving Kaufman February 1927 Johnny Marvin-Ed Smalle March 4, 1927 Vincent Lopez and His Casa Lopez Orchestra March 1927 Felix Ferdinando & Orch. - Vocal Chorus, Elliott Stewart March 1927 George Olsen and His Music - Vocal Refrain by Bob Borger, Fran Frey, Bob Rice April 1927 Layton & Johnstone April 1927 Fred Douglas June 1927 Jack Smith July 1927 The Astorites - Vocal Chorus by Tom Martin 1927 Mlle Joséphine Baker accomp. par Le Jacob's Jazz 1927 Vaughn DeLeath 1927 The Knickerbockers [Ben Selvin] - Vocal Chorus by Charles Kaley 1927 Harry Richman 1927 Sam Lanin and His Famous Players - Vocal Refrain by Vaughn De Leath 1927 Giersdorf Sisters 1927 Bob Haring and His Orchestra 1927 Vaughn De Leath (The Radio Girl) - Stuart Ross at the Piano 1927 The Merrymakers [US] (The Revelers [US1]) 1927 Frank Dailey and His Orchestra 1927 Betty Morgan 1927 Maxine Sullivan and Her Orchestra under direction of Claude Thornhill 1937 Edgar Hayes Quintet - Vocal Chorus by Bill Darnell 1938 The Four Squires 1938 Bob Dunn's Vagabonds - Vocal Chorus by Moon Mullican April 11, 1939 Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra w. Frank Sinatra and Chorus August 1941 Johnny Long and His Orchestra w. Bob Houston and Ensemble 1941 Carl Ravazza Orchestra February 1945 Perry Como and The Satisfiers with Russ Case and His Orchestra August 1946 The Smoothies with Henry "Hot Lips" Levine and Orchestra August 1946 Wayne King and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Nancy Evans August 1946 Bing Crosby with John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra October 1946 listen on Internet Archive Blue Skies John Laurenz featuring Fidgy McGrath November 1946 Morton Downey with Orchestra directed by Jimmy Lytell 1946 Count Basie and His Orchestra 1946 The Hour of Charm All Girl Orchestra and Choir 1946 Enoch Light and His Orchestra - Vocal: Dick Brown April 1947 Beryl Davis with Art Young and His Quintet - Stéphane Grappelly April 1948 Bob Grant and His Orchestra 1948 Medley Spizzwinks 1948 A cappella Donald Peers with Two Pianos July 1949 Live Medley Ted Lewis 1950 Art Lund - Orchestra conducted by LeRoy Holmes 1951 Jo Stafford with Paul Weston and His Orchestra 1952 Dinah Washington December 1954 Pete Seeger October 1955 The McGuire Sisters with Orchestra directed by Dick Jacobs December 1955 Beatrice Lillie with Eadie and Rack at the piano 1955 Medley Nellie Lutcher with Russ Garcia and His Orchestra May 1956 La Vergne Smith November 1956 Mel Tormé 1956 Frank Sinatra 1956 Barbara Lea with The Johnny Windhurst Quintets February 1957 Johnny Hartman March 1957 Billy Daniels 1957 Jay Blackton conducting His Orchestra and Chorus 1957 Medley Carol Bruce January 1958 The Delta Rhythm Boys January 1958 Ferlin Husky May 1958 Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians June 1958 Medley Alma Cogan with Orchestra conducted by Frank Cordell 1958 Miss Connie Boswell 1958 Norman Brooks - Al Goodman and His Orch. & Chorus 1958 Sy Oliver and His Orchestra 1958 The Honeydreamers and the Aaron Richard's Orchestra dir. by Tom Timothy 1958 Jack Dailey April 1959 Brook Benton November 1959 Jean Goldkette and His Orchestra 1959 The Skip-Jacks 1959 Della Reese - Orchestra conducted by Neal Hefti January 1960 Harvey February 1960 Johnny Long and His Orchestra May 1960 Freddy Cannon October 1960 Ella Fitzgerald 1960 Lloyd Price and His Great Orchestra 1960 Teri Thornton 1961 Perry Como with Mitchell Ayres and His Orchestra 1961 Medley Rikki Henderson - Chorus and Orchestra directed by James Wright 1961 Jim Reeves [US] April 1962 Bobby Darin October 1962 Bobby Vinton - Arranged and conducted by Burt Bacharach August 1963 Keely Smith - Arranged and conducted by Nelson Riddle 1963 The Maori Hi-Five 1963 Frank Ifield February 1964 Johnny Rivers 1964 Lainie Kazan 1966 Edmund Denney and The Pleasant Valley Gang 1967 Unverified Ersel Hickey 1967 George Mitchell Minstrels 1968 Medley The Ivor Raymonde Orchestra and Chorus 1968 Bob Shreve 1970 Medley Melba Moore 1972 Live Sid Phillips and His Band 1972 Max Morath with Orchestra cond. by Manny Albam 1974 Barbara Dickson May 23, 1975 Dr. John November 1975 Live Medley Max Bygraves 1975 Medley John Rothman 1976 Live The King's Singers 1976 Jim Kweskin 1977 Willie Nelson April 1978 Rosemary Clooney 1978 Maureen Henderson 1978 The Muppets 1979 Johnny Howard Singers & Orchestra 1980 The Mormon Tabernacle Choir 1980 Judy Willing 1981 The Midnite Follies Orchestra 1981 Brooks Kerr 1981 Mike Berry 1981 John Dummer & Helen April August 1982 Terry Waldo 1982 Live Karen Cameron 1983 Doris Day 1984 Released more than 10 years after its recording Harvey & The Wallbangers 1984 Kiri - Nelson Riddle and His Orchestra 1985 Joan Morris, William Bolcom 1985 The Bad Little Big Band 1986 Vivian Lord May 21, 1987 Lillian Boutté - Thomas L'Etienne 1987 Helen Merrill 1988 The Swingle Singers 1988 Alice in Dixieland 1988 Cassandra Wilson 1988 Harry Connick, Jr. 1988 Marcia Griffiths 1989 Doc DeHaven with Kelly DeHaven and the Misbehaven Band 1991 Nancy LaMott 1991 Al Jarreau 1992 Dr. John 1992 The Pasadena Roof Orchestra Featuring The Swing Sisters 1993 Judi K. 1993 Lucie Arnaz 1993 Lyle Lovett March 22, 1994 Andrea Marcovicci - Arranged and accompanied by Glenn Mehrbach 1994 Live Lewis Oliver 1994 Beth Ullman & Rich Harney 1994 Chanticleer 1994 Dick Maloney 1994 Hayati Kafe with the NDR Big Band 1994 Nicholas, Glover & Wray 1994 Live Sam Harris 1994 Giacomo Gates October 17, 1995 Medley Estelle Reiner 1995 Marina Lima 1995 va Cassidy June 1996 Live Steve Goodman October 15, 1996 Live Lavay Smith and Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers November 7, 1996 Daryle Ryce 1996 Dena DeRose 1996 The Jabberwocks 1996 A cappella Robert Mitchum November 5, 1997 Released more than 10 years after its recording Kiri 1997 Dane Vannatter 1997 Jari Sillanpää - Markku Johansson & Vantaan Viihdeorkesteri 1997 Lou Rawls September 15, 1998 Peggy Lee with Buddy Cole's Four of a Kind 1998 Rel. more than 10 years after its recording Chuck Brown and The Second Chapter Band 1998 Kim Prevost & Bill Solley 1998 Peggy Cone 1998 Ralph Shaw 1998 The Jive Aces 1998 Anne Tofflemire November 1999 Miyuki Koga 1999 Susannah McCorkle 1999 Dawn Chubai 1999 Joyce Breach 1999
Betty Johnson & Lydia Gray 2000 Live Anne Pringle - Mark Burnell 2000 Chie Ayado 2000 Jimmy Scott 2000 Phillip Officer 2000 The Jive Kings with Measha Brüggergosman 2000 Pete Krebs and The Kung Pao Chickens May 8, 2001 Maureen Christine November 20, 2001 Medley Jacqui Naylor 2001 Janet Seidel 2001 Medley Peg Carrothers 2001 Mercury Rev January 15, 2002 Wesla Whitfield January 2002 Phe Cullen November 26, 2002 Dannielle Gaha December 9, 2002 Alison Bentley 2002 Francie Zucco 2002 Jack Million Band 2002 Victoria Williams 2002 Curtis Stigers September 9, 2003 Kathleen Holeman October 20, 2003 Barbara Ware with The Cliff Monear Trio 2003 Clare Teal 2003 Donna Deussen 2003 Eileen Howard 2003 Jennifer Lee 2003 Kellye Gray 2003 Sherry Williams 2003 Steve March Tormé 2003 The Hot Java Band 2003 The Hotlanta Trio 2003 Zoe Schwarz 2003 Caetano Veloso May 19, 2004 Joan Viskant September 20, 2004 Alexandra Billings October 2004 Medley Barbara Martin & Mac Walter 2004 Bettina Devin 2004 Jeanne MacDonald 2004 Live Kim Criswell, National Symphony Orchestra 2004 Michael Civisca 2004 Rani Singam 2004 Grace Kelly March 22, 2005 Medley Nicole Henry with Eddie Higgins Trio March 25, 2005 Debby Boone April 26, 2005 Daniel Benzali May 10, 2005 Tierney Sutton August 23, 2005 Shawn Ryan August 2005 Wendee Glick September 13, 2005 Jeff Harnar October 4, 2005 Belle Voci 2005 Bronwyn 2005 Jeremy Davenport 2005 Live Judy Clark 2005 Leora Cashe 2005 Nicole Dillenberg with Bill Cunliffe 2005 Rod Stewart 2005 The Girls [US3] 2005 Live Tresa Sauer 2005 Lori Cullen January 2006 Todd Gordon January 2006 Kevin Spirtas April 11, 2006 Medley Live Anita O'Day April 2006 Antoinette Montague July 7, 2006 Maritess August 2006 Marica Hiraga with Harold Mabern Trio September 6, 2006 Medley Beth McDonald September 2006 Crystal Theory October 26, 2006 Susie Thorne November 1, 2006 Beata Pater 2006 Ida Viper 2006 Julian Yeo 2006 Ruby Wood 2006 Zena James 2006 Paula Alder January 22, 2007 David Rose with Andrej Hermlin and His Swing Dance Orchestra March 23, 2007 BRebecca Jenkins April 2007 Marlena Studer May 2007 BDeborah Cox June 19, 2007 Yvonne Roome September 12, 2007 Ana Finger November 5, 2007 Tamm E. Hunt with Gary Bartz, Mac Gollehon, Eric Reed December 4, 2007 Gill Cook 2007 Grażyna Auguścik 2007 Judy Kurtz & Ed Polcer 2007 Kristine Mills 2007 Apple Scraps January 15, 2008 Diane Schuur February 26, 2008 Jamie Davis July 15, 2008 Susie Arioli featuring Jordan Officer September 30, 2008 Stacy Sullivan October 14, 2008 Cate Cody & Mike Graver November 3, 2008 Halie Loren December 10, 2008 Allison Adams Tucker 2008 Carolyn Lee Jones 2008 Lisa Michel March 2009 The Adrienne Hindmarsh Trio April 2009 Malcolm Gets & Melissa Errico June 2, 2009 Medley Andrea Celeste - Andrea Pozza July 2009 Killian Mansfield featuring Laurel Massé August 31, 2009 Lehrer Big Band Bayern 2009 Unverified Christine Reisner 2009 Nancy Harms 2009 Ike Moriz January 2010 Gary Negbaur March 15, 2010 Nicole Ratté March 19, 2010 Eric Felten - Kenny Barron, Dennis Irwin, Jimmy Cobb May 3, 2010 Joyce Cobb with Michael Jefry Stevens Trio May 18, 2010 Medley Karin Plato May 25, 2010 Natasha Miller September 14, 2010 Vocal Evolution October 29, 2010 The Tribute Co. (Planet Music Studio Artists) December 7, 2010 Barbara Ireland 2010 Betty Buckley 2010 Chelsey Forrest, Kirk Smart 2010 Ernie Hawkins 2010 Over the Bridge 2010 A cappella Medley BVéronneau March 1, 2011 Libby McDowell April 2011 Mario Biondi November 2011 Solitaire Miles 2011 Jasna Bilušić & New Deal 2011 Live Linnzi Zaorski 2011 Nancy Stearns 2011 Nick Baker 2011 The Perfect Gentlemen 2011 The Yat Pack 2011 Medley Sheila Jordan / Harvie S January 2012 Jeff Cascaro & Mario Biondi February 24, 2012 Lils Mackintosh March 27, 2012 John Tesh April 17, 2012 Nancy King with Steve Christofferson August 2012 Sarah McKenzie August 2012 Melveen Leed featuring Barry Miles 2012 Sarah Maisel 2012 Deborah Latz May 7, 2013 Mercedes Nicole June 20, 2013 Harold Sanditen September 2013 Live The Frank DiBussolo Group 2013 Cyrille Aimée and The Surreal Band 2013 Live Audrey Bernstein 2013 Claire Martin & Richard Rodney Bennett 2013 Medley Emma Pask 2013 Version from TV talent show Melissa Sweeney 2013 Misses Satchmo 2013 Scaramanouche 2013 Sherri James Buxton 2013 Milow March 28, 2014 Kendra Shank & John Stowell April 8, 2014 Attila Korb & His Gang May 2014 Barbara Errico June 16, 2014 Deanne Matley & Larry Koonse June 21, 2014 Sanae Kojima, Koichi Hiroki, Daiki Yasukagawa September 2014 D. James Keene November 2014 Jake Epstein Jazz Quartet featuring Amanda Bellitto 2014 Kitty Cleveland 2014 Swinging Hayriders 2014 Jeff Denson Trio + Lee Konitz July 2015 Brassflavour feat. 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Rosana Eckert September 20, 2022 A cappella Karla Harris and The Joe Alterman Trio (Karla Harris) October 2022 Swingin' Ladies + 2 2022 Norah Jones and Seth MacFarlane May 26, 2023 Lana Del Rey February 14, 2024
*Instrumental* Jesse Crawford April 1927 Lew White May 5, 1927 Savoy Havana Band 1927 The Artist Ensemble 1927 Benny Goodman and His Orch. September 25, 1935 Bob Pope and His Orchestra June 1937 Art Shaw and His New Music June 1937 iDixieland Swingsters 1937 Paul Whiteman's Sax Soctette 1939 John Kirby and His Orchestra 1939 Sonny Dunham and His Orchestra 1940 Al Goodman and His Orchestra 1941 Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra June 1942 Mary Lou Williams Trio November 1944 Ben Webster with Johnny Guarnieri, Oscar Pettiford, David Booth 1944 Sid Catlett and The Big City Jazzmen 1944 André Previn October 13, 1945 Unverified Red Norvo and His Sky Painters March 1946 Les Paul and His Trio May 1946 John Hardee's Swingtet July 1946 Errol Garner and His Trio 1947 *Trumpet No End (Blue Skies) Duke Ellington and His Orchestra 1947* Quintet Johnny Meyer 1947 Russ Case and His Orchestra 1948 Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye February 1950 Robert Farnon and His Orchestra June 1950 Jerry Gray and His Orchestra 1950 Andre Kostelanetz and His Orchestra 1950 Medley Art Tatum 1950 Ted Heath and His Orchestra January 1951 Frankie Carle 1951 Medley Yvonne Blanc 1951 Les Brown and His Band of Renown 1952 Oscar Peterson April 1953 Jutta Hipp Quintet 1954 John Mehegan December 1955 Frank Barcley - His Piano and Rhythm 1955 Lawrence Welk and His Champagne Music July 1956 Medley Zoot Sims and Bob Brookmeyer 1956 Eddie Osborn 1956 Frankie Froba 1956 Hal Schaefer 1956 Billy Tipton 1957 Charles Magnante 1957 Don Arnone 1957 Jack Say and His Orchestra 1957 Klaus Wunderlich 1958 Unverified Bill Doggett and His Orchestra 1958 Frank De Vol and His Orchestra 1958 Medley Billy Mure's Supersonic Guitars April 1959 Jimmy Smith and His Orchestra July 1959 Happy Wanderers Plus One 1959 Al Viola 1959 Joe Loss and His Orchestra 1959 Lester Lanin and His Orchestra 1959 Medley Machito and His Orchestra 1959 The Jonah Jones Quartet July 1960 Vocalise version The Harry "Sweets" Edison Quintet 1960 Wild Bill Davis and His Orchestra 1960 Ferrante and Teicher 1960 Little G 1960 The Lou McGarity Big Eight 1960 The Biscaines January 1961 The Ventures July 1961 Don Shirley Trio 1961 Cootie Williams 1961 iHarold Ashby and Paul Gonsalves 1961 Tanzorchester Horst Wende 1961 The Webs 1961 Dave Pell April 1962 Enoch Light and His Orchestra September 1962 iClyde McCoy (Clyde McCoy) 1962 Unverified Frank Wess 1962 Ivan Casanova e Seus Conjuntos 1962 Stig Holm och Arvid Sundin 1962 Medley Pete Fountain February 1963 Sonny Stitt 1963 The Driftin' Five 1963 The Jumping Jewels 1963 Hampton Hawes April 1964 The Melachrino Strings and Orchestra April 1964 Earl Hines 1966 Skitch Henderson, His Piano and His Orchestra June 1968 Eddie Bayard and His Bourbon Street Five 1968 Live Mrs. Mills with accompaniment directed by Geoff Love 1968 Claude Bolling 1970 Don Ewell 1970 Ken Colyer's Jazzmen 1970 Live Philip Green and The Velvet Symphony 1970 Pi Scheffer's O.K. Wobblers 1970 Medley Willie The Lion Smith 1971 Live Django Reinhardt - Stephane Grappelly 1971 George Barnes & Bucky Pizzarelli 1971 Claudius Alzner und seine Solisten 1972 Medley Manuel and The Music of the Mountains 1972 Ad Vanderhood Quartet 1974 iRonald Curtis 1974 Milt Hinton and Friends 1975 Orchester Jeff Conway 1975 Pete Brown's Jump Band 1976 Eddie Miller - Armand Hug 1976 Teddy Powell 1977 Dave McKenna 1977 Harry Bluestone with Vito Mumolo 1977 Major Holley 1978 Ichiroh Masuda Quintet 1978 John Haley Sims, Harry Sweets Edison 1979 Floyd Cramer 1979 Harry Strutters Hot Rhythm Orchestra 1980 Pino Calvi 1980 The David Livingstone Jazzmessengers 1981 Milcho Leviev 1982 Max Morath Quintet 1982 Dirty Dozen 1984 Mel Powell and His Uptown Hall Gang 1985 Rein De Graaff / Koos Serierse 1985 The Hollywood Studio Orchestra [US] 1985 The Jorge Anders Septet 1986 Thielemans, Teupen, Kuhn 1986 Tokyo Ensemble Lab July 21, 1988 Caravelli 1988 Fausto Papetti 1988 John Arpin 1988 Sammy Price featuring George Benson 1989 Live Milt Hinton 1990 Ken Mackintosh 1990 Empire Brass 1991 The New Savoy Jazzmen 1991 Undecided Orchestra May 1992 Ellis Larkins October 16, 1992 Live Bruno De Filippi with Don Friedman Trio 1992 Greg Cahill, Don Stiernberg (Don Stiernberg) 1992 Adam Makowicz 1992 Rob Fisher & The Coffee Club Orchestra 1992 Laurindo Almeida 1992 Cyrus Chestnut Trio December 1993 Otto Brandenburg 1993 Rob Parton's Jazztech Big Band 1993 Ed Polcer and His Jazz All-Stars 1993 Hot Strings 1993 Lois Zaun 1993 Junko Onishi Trio September 1994 Charlie Byrd Trio 1994 Itzhak Perlman & Oscar Peterson 1994 The Harry Allen Quartet 1994 Dan St. Marseille 1995 Ruby Braff and Ellis Larkins 1995 Hollywood Bowl Orchestra - John Mauceri 1995 Medley The Ian McDougall Quartet 1995 Stan Getz Quartet 1996 George Van Eps & Howard Alden 1996 Echoes of Ellington Orchestra June 10, 1997 Live Squeek Steele 1997 Ralph Sutton - Jim Galloway - Don Vickery 1998 The Bill Perkins - Steve Huffsteter Quintet 1998 Ben Aronov 1998 Reynolds Brothers 1998 Steve Hall [US2] 1998 Ed Saindon 1999 The Beau Hunks Saxophone Soctette 1999 Tom Hazleton 1999 The Bill Charlap Trio 2000 Jumpin'Seven 2000 Brian Lemon Trio 2001 New York Trio 2001 Richard Evans [CA] 2001 Jan Lundgren, Jesper Lundgaard, Alex Riel April 17, 2002 Mach One Jazz Orchestra 2002 Unverified Steel Tropics 2002 The Glendon Smith Quintet March 4, 2003 Pyke / Billett 2003 Bill Allred's Classic Jazz Band 2003 Robert Glasper Trio 2003 Simon Schott 2003 Andrej Hermlin and His Swing Dance Orchestra October 2004 Live Michael Kaeshammer 2004 Cornet Chop Suey 2004 Dan Knight and The Don Blew Trio 2004 Medley Jeff Peterson July 5, 2005 Louis Ford July 2005 Stinson Organ Band August 23, 2005 Terry Adams & Marshall Allen 2005 Mike Melvoin Trio September 12, 2006 Southside Aces September 2006 Beegie Adair 2006 Edgar Cruz / David B. Hooten 2006 Medley Joe Traina February 2007 The Special Consensus May 15, 2007 Harry Allen & Trio da Paz June 20, 2007 Lollo Meier Quartet featuring Tcha Limberger 2007 Bob DeAngelis July 2008 Tarné Spilari 2008 Dai Kimoto and Swing Kids 2008 Dean Malsack 2008 Ronny Johansson Trio 2008 Gene DiNovi 2009 Buckley Mills 2009 Rocky Gresset 2009 Wendell H. Mills II 2009 John Coates - Phil Woods February 2010 Nadav Snir-Zelniker Trio 2010 Bob Lark and Friends 2010 Kentucky Trio [NA] 2010 Roger Marks and His Mainstreamers with Julian Marc Stringle & Craig Milverton 2010 Brennen Ernst August 9, 2011 Les Doigts de l'Homme October 14, 2011 Jenny Lin September 18, 2012 Ira Sullivan presents The Jim Holman Trio special guest Roger Humphries August 2013 Alfredo Ferrario, Paolo Birro 2013 Wynton Marsalis , Marcus Roberts 2013 Live Max Abrams March 5, 2014 Andy Derrick Jazz Quartet February 5, 2015 Leif Shires March 3, 2015 Medley Herb Alpert September 25, 2015 Arlen Roth September 2015 Brian Delaney Quartet 2015 Lara Downes October 28, 2016 Octokats May 2017 Django At The Djunque 2017 Papa Jazz 2017 Vinny Raniolo April 27, 2018 Michael Kanan, Neal Miner, Greg Ruggiero (Michael Kanan) 2018 Mark Sganga October 29, 2019 Unverified Earl Rose October 2, 2020 8 Bit Arcade December 26, 2020 iAmsterdam Jazz Trio 2020 *Modré nebe* written by Jiří Traxler *Czech* Rudolf Cortés - Karel Vlach se svým orchestrem 1954 First release *Zpívám* written by Vladimír Dvořák *Czech* Karel Gott 1965 First release *Inside My Mind (Blue Skies)* written by Andy Cato, Tom Findlay *English* Groove Armada featuring Sophie Barker May 24, 1999 First release *Près de vous* written by Robert Valaire *French* Orkest Polytour 1999
This album, Hikari Ichihara's 3rd album, was released on January 24, 2007 at PGE, New York. The band members are Adam Birnbaum (3), who loves "The Whisper" and "Adelime", George Mraz (2), who is known for his support of Oscar Peterson, Tommy Flanagan, Hank Jones, etc., and MJQ. Pactor Lewis (da), Penn Riley, Tom Harrell's members, Wayne Escoffery (ix), Chaka Khan, Richard Pona, Aaron Haick (ox) All the members of the Jodaikai did this. Two songs (5, S) are Hikari's original songs, and the remaining seven songs are all famous songs that Imo knows. Hikari is arranging the whole house. It gives a new light to each master with an extraordinary feeling. The result of the album is that ``Hikari takes on new challenges, but her feet are firmly placed in the place of being a jazz legend.'' It's an album of indescribable sounds that will instantly draw you in.
I. Remember my mom and my childhood in Chicago 1965. When this record came out I was born in Mexico. And l love the whole album. And Jazz. The inmortal Rainforest
Lieber Mario Marcassa, Was ist das für ein Stück ? Soll das eine neue Version von dem berühmten Stück von George Gershwin sein ???. Nicht zu erkennen, tut mir leid.
Played w the correct and disciplined restraint needed for a great jazz piano trio . Everyone works as a team . No one tries to outdo anyone else. Perfection!!
When and where was this recorded, do you know? I have an LP of Ella singing Stardust (piano Fletcher Peck) from KYW radio/recording studios in Philly, 1953. I was told Ella never recorded Stardust commercially.
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