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"Divaville Lounge" with Sarah O (archive)

step into the lounge!

Sunday, November 29, 2009 | 14:00 to 16:00 | jazz/pop vocalists

http://www.divavillelounge.org

Artist	Song	Album	Label	Comments
Nancy Wilson	Satin Doll	Ballads, Blues & Big Bands	Capitol	happy birthday Billy Strayhorn!
BIlly Strayhorn & Johnny HodgesJ	You Love Has Faded	The Stanley Dance Sessions	Lone Hill Jazz	written 1937 befoer Strayhorn met Ellington
Duke Ellington Orchestra	Take the 'A' Train	The Blanton Webster Band	RCA	written 1939 recorded 1941
Duke Ellington Orch v. Betty Roche	Take the 'A' Train	The Duke	Columbia	recorded 1952
Billy Strayhorn	Lush Life	Lush Life	Red Baron	written 1935, Strayhorn hated all other arrangements of this song
June Christy	Just a Sittin' and a Rockin'	Capitol Sings! Duke Ellington	Capitol	written 1941
Rosemary Clooney w/ Duke Ellington Orch	I'm Checkin' Out, Goom Bye	Blue Rose	Sony	written 1939, orig. titled "Barney Going Easy"
voc. Ozzie Bailey piano Billy Strayhorn	A Flower is A Lovesome Thing	Lush Life	Red Baron	written 1939
Ella Fitzgerald	Something to Live For	Duke: The Last Jam Session	LSP	written 1937, rec. 1966, Ella's sister had died a few days before this performance
Duke Ellington Orch,.	Noir Bleu	Duke Ellington and the Small Groups	Bluebird	written/rec 1941
Duke Ellington Orchestra	Chelsea Bridge	The Blanton Webster Band	RCA
Duke Ellington Orchestra	Flamingo	The Blanton Webster Band	RCA	voc. Herb Jeffries
Duke Ellington Orchestra	Johnny Come Lately	The Blanton Webster Band	RCA
Duke Ellington Orchestra	Mid-Riff	Anthology of Big Band Swing	Decca
Duke Ellington Orchestra	Sepia Panorama	The Blanton Webster Band	RCA
Duke Ellington Orchestra	My Little Brown Book	The Blanton Webster Band	RCA	voc. Herb Jeffries
Duke Ellington Orchestra	Asfahan	The Far East Suite	Bluebird	original title "Elf"
Duke Ellington Orchestra	Brown Betty	The Duke	Columbia	written 1948
Mahalia Jackson w/ Duke Ellington Orch	Come Sunday	The Duke	Columbia	written Ellington arr. & piano Strayhorn
Julia Lee	Lotus Blossom	Snatch It and Grab It	EPM
Lena Horne	Maybe	Seasons of a Life		Strayhorn wrote this song for Horne
BIlly Strayhorn & Johnny Hodges	Azure	The Stanley Dance Sessions	Lone Hill Jazz	written Ellington arr. & orch conducted Strayhorn
Rosemary Clooney w/ Duke Ellington Orch	Grievin'	Blue Rose	Sony
Ella FItzgerald	Day Dream	The Duke Ellington Songbook	Verve
voc. Ozzie Bailey piano Billy Strayhorn	Love Came	Lush Life	Red Baron
Duke Ellington Orchestra	Passion Flower	Duke Ellington and the Small Groups	Bluebird	written 1941
Great Times!	Tonk	Billy Strayhorn & Duke Ellington	Original Jazz Classics	written as piano duet
Duke Ellington Orchestra	Sugar Rum Cherry	Jingle Bell Swing	Columbia Legacy	jazz arrangement of Nutcracker Suite
Duke Ellington Orchestra	Polly	Anatomy of a Murder OST
Duke Ellington Orchestra	The Star-Crossed Lovers	Such Sweet Thunder	Columbia	original title "Pretty Girl"
Duke Ellington Orchestra	Snibor	The Duke	Columbia
Duke Ellington Orchestra	Such Sweet Thunder	Such Sweet Thunder	Columbia	written for Stratford Shakespeare festival
Duke Ellington Orchestra	Raincheck	And His Mother Called Him Bill	RCA	1967 album Ellington made when Strayhorn died
Johnny Hartman & John Coltrane	Lush Life	Johnny Hartman & John Coltrane		Thanks, Sweet Pea, for everything