14/05/2013
Sir Michael Parkinson selects his favourite classic Great American Songbook recordings. Tonight he also features the work of arguably the best jazz singer of them all, Anita O'Day.
Sir Michael Parkinson selects his favourite classic Great American Songbook recordings. Tonight he features the work of arguably the best jazz singer of them all Anita O'Day. He also features the big bands of Woody Herman and Big 18, the vocalists Mel Torme and Sarah Vaughan and remembers interviewing the great Duke Ellington ...
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Woody Herman
My Favourite Things
- This Is Jazz.
- COLUMBIA/LEGACY.
- CK-65040.
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Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
Cotton Tail
Artist: Ella Fitzgerald
- Ella At Duke's Place.
- Verve.
- 5297-002.
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Sarah Vaughan
Sophisticated lady
- Great Jazz Vocalists Sing Ellington and Strayhorn.
- Blue Note.
- 85522123.
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Mel TormΓ©
I'm Gonna Go Fishing
- Finest Hour.
- VERVE.
- VERVE-549 673-2.
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Peggy Lee
The Folks Who Live On The Hill
- Peggy Lee.
- CAPITOL EMI.
- 7243 85538126.
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Frank Sinatra
Almost Like Being In Love
- Come Swing With Me!.
- CAPITOL.
- CDP-7 94520 2.
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Diana Krall
The Look Of Love
- The Look Of Love.
- VERVE.
- 549-8462.
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The Big 18 Band
Summit Ridge Drive
- The Big 18.
- JASMINE.
- JASCD525.
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Bobby Darin
The Good Life
- Wild, Cool & Swingin': The Artist Collection.
- CAPITOL.
- CDP-7243 52033324.
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Anita O’Day
The Way You Look Tonight
- Anita Day's Finest Hour.
- VERVE.
- 543 600 2.
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Anita O’Day
The Party's Over
- Anita Day's Finest Hour.
- VERVE.
- 543 600 2.
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Anita O’Day
Honeysuckle Rose
- Anita O'day's Finest Hour.
- VERVE.
- 543-600-2.
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Nat King Cole
Sweet Lorraine
- After Midnight The Complete Sessions.
- CAPITOL.
- 7243-52008728.
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Blossom Dearie
Blossom's Blues
- Blossom Dearie.
- VERVE.
- 837-934-2.
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Tony Bennett
I Remember You
- The Art Of Romance.
- COLUMBIA.
- 518869-2.
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Lou Rawls
I Ain't Got Nothing But The Blues
- Portrait Of The Blues.
- MANHATTAN.
- 0777 7-99548 2 7.
Broadcasts
- Tue 14 May 2013 22:00Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 2
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