Gwyen Elizabeth Franklin and Friends present All That Jazz 

Gwyen Elizabeth Franklin and Friends present All That Jazz
August 17th, 2024, 5:30 pm, Grace Presbyterian Church, Starkville, MS, USA.
Gwyen Elizabeth Franklin : piano
Dr. Clifton Taylor : trombone
Wyly Bigger : vocals, piano
Alex Swan : drums
Nathan Smith : bass
00:00 - Sentimental Journey (Gwyen)
03:07 - St Louis Blues (Gwyen)
08:23 - Sing Sing Sing (Gwyen)
11:44 - Troublesome Ivories (Gwyen)
14:19 - Just a Closer Walk with Thee (Gwyen)
17:27 - The Way You Look Tonight (Gwyen)
20:16 - I Got Rhythm (Gwyen)
21:43 - That’s Life (Gwyen, Wyly)
24:50 - You Make Me Feel So Young (Gwyen, Wyly)
27:35 - A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square (Gwyen, Clifton, Alex, Nathan)
32:46 - Don’t Get Around Much Anymore (Gwyen, Clifton, Wyly, Alex, Nathan)
36:32 - Summertime (Gwyen, Clifton, Wyly, Alex, Nathan)
42:50 - Chicago Wind (Wyly, Clifton, Alex, Nathan)
47:32 - Witchcraft (Gwyen, Clifton, Wyly, Alex, Nathan)
51:13 - Fly Me to the Moon (Gwyen, Clifton, Wyly, Alex, Nathan)
Sentimental Journey (1944: Les Brown, Ben Homer): Jazz standard, first popularized by Les Brown and Doris Day.
St Louis Blues (1914: W.C. Handy): Jazz standard recorded by many, including Bessie Smith and Louis Armstrong.
Sing Sing Sing (1936: Louis Prima): Swing classic recorded by Louis Prima, Benny Goodman with Gene Krupa on drums, and many others.
Troublesome Ivories (1914: Eubie Blake): Stride piano classic.
Just a Closer Walk with Thee (nineteenth century: traditional): Traditional gospel song and jazz standard.
The Way You Look Tonight (1936: Jerome Kern, Dorothy Fields): Jazz standard popularized by Fred Astaire, Bing Crosby and Dixie Lee, Frank Sinatra, Tony Bennett, and many others.
I Got Rhythm (1930: George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin): Jazz standard, originally written for the musical Girl Crazy. As the source of the “rhythm changes”, the chord structure is the inspiration for countless additional jazz tunes.
That’s Life (1963: Dean Kay, Kelly Gordon): Pop song popularized by Frank Sinatra.
You Make Me Feel So Young (1946: Josef Myrow, Mack Gordon): Pop song written for the film Three Little Girls in Blue, recorded by Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald, and many others.
A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square (1939: Manning Sherwin, Eric Maschwitz): Jazz standard, popularized by Glenn Miller, Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra, and many others.
Don’t Get Around Much Anymore (1940: Duke Ellington, Bob Russell): Jazz standard, popularized by Duke Ellington, The Ink Spots, and many others.
Summertime (1934: George Gershwin, DuBose Heyward, Ira Gershwin): Jazz standard, originally written for the opera Porgy and Bess, and popularized by Billie Holiday and many others.
Chicago Wind (2024: Wyly Bigger): The last track on Bigger’s 2024 album *Broken Telephone*.
Witchcraft (1957: Cy Coleman, Carolyn Leigh): A swinging classic closely associated with Frank Sinatra, and subsequently recorded by many others.
Fly Me to the Moon (1954: Bart Howard): A classic song associated with Kaye Ballard, Peggy Lee, and Joe Harnell. Frank Sinatra’s 1964 recording became associated with NASA’s Apollo space program.