I m taking the liberty of reposting this tribute to a great song with an unusual story behind it as a break from the news of the day. Since I first wrote this 15 years ago, YouTube has become a rich musical resource that allows me to fill out the story. Stretching from Ella Fitzgerald to Fran Landesman to T.S. Eliot and Geoffrey Chaucer, this is the bare-bones version of the
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Short List with Host Bob Naujoks
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Short List: Popular Jazz Albums
The Short List concludes its feature of great jazz albums that crossed over into mainstream popularity and became lasting classics. This week, we hear from Shelly Manne’s
My Fair Lady, Art Pepper & Marty Paich’s
Modern Jazz Classics, Stan Kenton’s
Standards in Silhouette, more from Benny Goodman’s
Carnegie Hall Concert, and selections from Billie Holiday’s Columbia sessions.