"Bugle Call Rag", also known as "Bugle Call Blues", is a #jazzStandard written by Jack Pettis, Billy Meyers and #ElmerSchoebel. It was first recorded by the #NewOrleansRhythmKings in 1922 as "Bugle Call Blues", although later renditions as well as the published sheet music and the song's copyright all used the title "#BugleCallRag". The song's hook is based on the "#Assembly" bugle call.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-9iw9Nm47cw
Bugle Call Rag

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"It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)" is a 1931 composition by #DukeEllington with lyrics by #BubberMiley, first published by #IrvingMills. It is accepted as a #jazzStandard, and jazz historian #GuntherSchuller characterized it as "now legendary" and "a prophetic piece and a prophetic title". In 2008, Ellington's 1932 recording of the song was inducted into the #GrammyHallOfFame.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5I32ft4Sse4
It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) (1990 Remaster)

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"Take Five" is a #jazzStandard composed by #PaulDesmond and originally recorded in 1959 by the #DaveBrubeckQuartet for their album #TimeOut. Written in #quintupleTime (54), the composition is built around a distinctive blues-scale #melody in E♭ minor and a recurring two-#chord #vamp. It became the third track on Time Out, which was released by #ColumbiaRecords later that year.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ryA6eHZNnXY
Take Five

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"Just a Closer Walk with Thee" is a traditional #gospel song and #jazzStandard that has been performed and recorded by many artists. Performed as either an instrumental or vocal, "A Closer Walk" is perhaps the most frequently played number in the #hymn and #dirge section of #traditionalNewOrleansJazz funerals. The title and lyrics of the song allude to the Biblical passage from #2Corinthians 5:7 which states, "We walk by faith, not by sight" and #James 4:8.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aTI8jhKAJDw
Jerry Lee Lewis - Just a closer walk with thee (Caribou Sessions) unreleased 1980

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"Summer Samba" (also known as "So Nice" or its original #Portuguese title, "Samba de Verão") is a 1964 #bossaNova and #jazzStandard song by Brazilian composer #MarcosValle, with #Englishlanguage lyrics by #NormanGimbel; the original Portuguese lyrics are by #PauloSérgioValle, the composer's brother.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VGNwXq6vPoI
Walter Wanderley - Summer Samba (So Nice)

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"Let's Dance" is a #jazzStandard, an #instrumental, used by #BennyGoodman as his opening theme for over 50 years.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M7HYVow1kHQ
Benny Goodman- Let's Dance

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"Body and Soul" is a #popularSong and #jazzStandard written in 1930 with music by #JohnnyGreen and lyrics by #EdwardHeyman, #RobertSour and #FrankEyton. It was also used as the musical theme and underscoring in the American #filmNoir #boxing #drama #BodyAndSoul.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NTtMQEJbKG8
Body And Soul (Album Version)

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"I Can't Give You Anything but Love, Baby" is an American popular song and #jazzStandard by #JimmyMcHugh (music) and #DorothyFields (lyrics). The song was introduced by #AdelaideHall at Les Ambassadeurs Club in #NewYork in January 1928 in #LewLeslie's Blackbird Revue, which opened on Broadway later that year as the highly successful #BlackbirdsOf1928 (which ran for 518 performances), wherein it was performed by Hall, #AidaWard, and Willard McLean.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4H-LOHdEa1w
This Canâ t Be Love

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- Star Dust -

➡️https://youtube.com/shorts/hS9Tj8C0vGM?si=frFzPOpsnDaZJbK6

It all started with some chords and a melody. Singing along with my own accompaniment always brings me great joy. And even if the result is far from perfect, it sometimes feels good to go back to where it all began. 🌄

A little snippet of Star Dust Composed by Hoagy Carmichael with lyrics by Mitchell Parish

#cover #music #jazz #jazzmusic #standard #jazzstandard #stardust

"In the Mood" is a popular #bigBand-era #jazzStandard recorded by American bandleader #GlennMiller. "In the Mood" is based on the composition "#TarPaperStomp" by #WingyManone. The first recording under the name "In the Mood" was released by #EdgarHayes and his Orchestra in 1938. In 1983, the Glenn Miller recording from 1939 was inducted into the #GrammyHallOfFame. In 2004, the recording was inducted into the Library of Congress #NationalRecordingRegistry.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8u4TCvwCbgY
Artie Shaw - Two in One Blues

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