#ThursdayFiveList #TheWorkOfArt

1- Screamin' Jay Hawkins - A portrait of the man (on his great 1972 album A Portrait Of A Man And His Woman) : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mDroNcn49Zc

"I'm using alllllllllllllllll the colour of 🔵"

#RhythmNBlues #ScreaminJayHawkins

2- Sali Sidibé - Musée (1990, 🇲🇱 ) : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NUMiVScp7Ps

From the great comp' In Griot Time : String Music From Mali. Cool song about museums.

#Mali #SaliSidibé #ZoumanaTereta

3- Lana Del Rey - Norman Fucking Rockwell (on her eponymous album 2019) : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wPt0dGg4BKA

"Your head in your hands
As you color me 🔵
Blue, blue, blue
Goddamn man child" 👌

#LanaDelRey

4- Carl Mann - Mona Lisa (1959) : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_l7jrvypB0

after the Nat King Cole's version !

#SunRecords #Rockabilly

5- Billie Holiday - I'm painting the town red (31/07/1935) : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BoBL9GscIbM

and she wasn't even talking of 🖌️ or 🎙️ for for the Communist Party

"I'm painting the town 🔴
To hide a heart that's 🔵"

#VocalJazz