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WXDU 88.7 FM
PO Box 90689
Duke Station
Durham, NC 27708
919-684-2957
wxdu@duke.edu
Artist | Song | Album | Label | Comments | |||
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Blossom Dearie | They Say It's Spring | The Diva Series | |||||
June Christy | Spring Can Really Hang You Up the Most | June Christy: The Jazz Sessions | Blue Note | ||||
Stan Getz, Joao Gilberto & Astrud Gilberto | It Might as Well Be Spring | Getz au Go Go | Verve | rec. live at Cafe au Go Go, NY 1964 | |||
Stan Getz | It Might as Well Be Spring | The Complete Roost Recordings | Blue Note | inst. | |||
Maxine Sullivan | Spring is Here | Say it With a Kiss | Jasmine | ||||
Billie Holiday & Her Orchestra | Some Other Spring | Lady Day | Sony | feat Charlie Shavers, trumpet | |||
Noel Coward | Something to Do With Spring | Revue and War Years | JSP | rec. 1932 | |||
Fats Waller & His Rhythm | Spring Cleaning | Complete Recorded Works Volume 4 | JSP | ||||
Ella Fitzgerald o/ Chick Webb | I Got The Spring Fever Blues | Stomping at the Savoy | Proper UK | ||||
Tommy Dorsey Orchestra | Mendelssohn's Spring Song | The Pied Piper | feat. Bunny Berigan | ||||
Benny Goodman Orchestra | One O'Clock Jump | The Famous 1938 Carnegie Hall Concert | Columbia | great request! | |||
Glenn Miller | St. Louis Blues | The Jazz Collector Edition | belated request, hop you and your wife are listening! | ||||
Larry Clinton | Big Dipper | Very Best of Larry Clinton | Collector's Choice | ||||
Duke Ellington | "C" Jam Blues | The Indispensible Duke Ellington and the Small Groups | Bluebird | ||||
Duke Ellington Orchestra v/ Herb Jeffries | Flamingo | The Blanton Webster Band | RCA | ||||
Barney Bigard & His Orchestra | Barney Goin' Easy (I'm Checking Out, Goom-bye) | Duke Ellington 100 Rare Sessions | inst. | ||||
The Knickerbockers | Blue Skies | The Roaring 20s Year-By-Year | rec. 1927 this was the first recording of this song. band led by Ben Selvin. Al Jolson performed it shortly after this recording in THE JAZZ SINGER | ||||
Benny Goodman Orchestra | Blue Skies | Camel Caravan Sept 13, 1938 | otr-cat.com | Goodman's version of the song is probably the most famous. This recording for radio features Fletcher Henderson describing and breaking down the arrangement | |||
Art Tatum | Blue Skies | Complete Capitol Recordings of Art Tatum | Capitol | rec. 1949, Art Tatum was one of the greatest jazz pianists of all time. his intimate interpretation on solo piano is a nice contrast to Henderson's bold swing arrangement for Goodman | |||
Ella Fitzgerald o/ Paul Weston | Blue Skies | The Irving Berlin Songbook | Verve | rec. 1958 small group let by Paul Weston gives a wonderful modern swing feel to the song for Ella who turns in a killer scat performance | |||
Ella Fitzgerald & Frank Sinatra | The Lady is a Tramp | The Man and his Music + Ella + Jobim | live TV broadcast | ||||
Dinah Washington | Bye Bye Blues | After Hours with Miss D | Emarcy | rec. 1954 this album was recorded during jam sessions after gigs during Washington's tour, capturing the energy of the live performances | |||
Nelson Riddle | Theme from 'Route 66' | Music for a Bachelor's Den in Hi-Fi | DRG | excellent request! | |||
Henry Mancini | No-Cal Sugar Loaf | Martinis with Mancini | BMG | inst. | |||
Frank Sinatra o/ Count Basie | I Believe in You | It Might as Well Be Swing | Reprise | by request for Charlie! | |||
Peggy Lee | It's a Good Day | The Best of Miss Peggy lee | Capitol | ||||
Jimmy Liggins | No More Alcohol | Jumpin' Like Mad | |||||
Nat King Cole | Pick Yourself Up | Capitol Sings Jerome Kern | Capitol | ||||
Mel Torme | I'm Beginning to See the Light | The Bethlehem Years | Bethlehem Archive | ||||
Cliff 'Ukulele Ike' Edwards | When You Wish Upon a Star | Singin' in the Rain | ASV | ||||
Ella Fitzgerald | Things Are Looking Up | The George and Ira Gershwin Songbook | Verve | song originated by Fred Astaire | |||
Johnny Hartman | Today I Love Everybody | Unforgettable | Impulse! | ||||
Walter Wanderley v/ Astrud Gilberto | So Nice (Summer Samba) | Samba Swing! | Scamp | ||||
The Three Suns | Darktown Strutter's Ball | 1949-56 | Circle | inst. | |||
Blossom Dearie | The Best is Yet to Come | Blossom Dearie Sings Comden and Green | UMVD |