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Singing with Jazz Trio

Below is the list of approved songs for vocalists to select from for the Singing with Jazz Trio class.

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Singing with Jazz Trio's Song Choices List

Song	Recordings Show Notes	Composer	Style
A Time For Love	Abbey Lincoln - You Gotta Pay the Band Abbey Lincoln - You Gotta Pay the Band		Ballad
Ain't Misbehavin' Key of Ab - Range Ab2 to Bb3	Dinah Washington - The Complete Dinah Washington on Mercury, Vol.1 (1946-1949)	Fats Waller	Med Swing
April In Paris	Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong - The Complete Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong on Verve		Ballad
As Time Goes By	Anita O'Day & Norman Simmons - Live At Mingo's		Ballad
Autumn Leaves French Lyrics	Karrin Allyson - Collage French Lyrics Tony Bennett	Johnny Mercer	Ballad
Bewitched, Bothered & Bewildered Key of Eb - Range F2 to Gb3	Anita O'Day - Anita Sings the Most Key of ?	Rodgers & Hart	Ballad
Blame It On My Youth	Jane Monheit - Come Dream With Me Kenny Barron piano Jane Monheit - Come Dream With Me Kenny Barron piano		Ballad
Blossom's Blues	BLOSSOM DEARIE - Blossom Dearie		Blues
Blue Monk	Abbey Lincoln - Abbey Sings Abbey Abbey Lincoln - Abbey Sings Abbey	Thelonious Monk	Blues
Boplicity	Miles Davis - Birth Of The Cool Arranged by Gil Evans Mark Murphy - Boplicity/Be Bop Lives	Miles Davis & Gil Evans	Med Swing
Bye Bye Blackbird Key of F - Range E3 to C4 Key of D - Range C#3 tp A3	Carmen McCrae - The Diva Series Sarah Vaughan - Live In Japan Vol.2 Billie Holiday - unknown record Miles Davis - 'Round About Midnight (Legacy Edition)	Henderson & Dixon	Med Swing
C'Est Si Bon	Abbey Lincoln & Hank Jones - When There Is Love
Can't Help Singing	Abbey Lincoln & Hank Jones - When There Is Love		Waltz
Centerpiece Key of Ab - Range F3 to B3 Key of F - Range D3 to Ab3 Key of Bb - Range G3 to Db4	Lambert Hendricks & Ross - Everybody's Boppin' Key of Ab	Edison & Tennyson	Blues
Cold In My Bed Key of G minor - Range F#2 to G3	Bernadette Seacrest and her Yes Men - No More Music By the Suckers	Bernadette Seacrest	Other
Come Rain Or Come Shine Bb / G minor - Range G2 to A3 - Music-minus-one available.	Sarah Vaughan - You Belong to Me - Jazz for Lovers Key of C Anita O'Day - Jazz On Broadway Key of Bb	Arlen & Mercer	Ballad
Comes Love Key of Bb minor Key of C minor	Carmen McRae - The Original Decca Recordings: Carmen McRae - Here to Stay Key of Bb minor Billie Holiday - All or Nothing at All Key of C minor Ella Fitzgerald - The Complete Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong on Verve		Med Swing
Con Alma	Dizzy Gillespie Tierney Sutton	Dizzy Gillespie	Various
Cry Me A River Key of G minor - Range G2 to A3	Julie London - The Very Best of Julie London Key of E minor Ella Fitzgerald - Clap Hands, Here Comes Charlie!	Arthur Hamilton	Ballad
Daahoud	Clifford Brown and Max Roach Meredith d'Ambrosio - Daahoud/Beloved	Clifford Brown	Med Swing
Dance Me To The End Of Love Key of F minor	Madeleine Peyroux - Careless Love Key of F minor	Leonard Cohen	Med Swing
Day Dream Key of F - Range C3 to E4	Ella Fitzgerald - The Complete Ella Fitzgerald Song Books Key of C Bob Brookmeyer - Bob Brookmeyer & Friends Key of F	Billy Strayhorn	Ballad
Days Of Wine And Roses Key of Bb - Range F2 to A3	Sarah Vaughan - Sarah Vaughan Sings the Mancini Songbook Key of Bb. Orchestra and choir.	Henry Mancini	Various
Deed I Do	BLOSSOM DEARIE - Blossom Dearie Herb Ells and Ray Brown		Med Swing
Desafinado Key of Eb - Range Bb2 to C4	Ella Fitzgerald - Jukebox Ella: The Complete Verve Singles, Vol. 1 Key of Eb. Combo with percussion and flutes. Joao Gilberto & Stan Getz - Getz / Gilberto Key of Eb.	Antonio Carlos Jobim	Bossa Nova
Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me Key of Eb - Range Ab2 to Bb3 - Music-minus-one available.	Patti Page - Patti Page With Lou Stein's Music, 1949 Louis Armstrong & Duke Ellington - The Great Summit: The Master Takes	Duke Ellington	Med Swing
Don't Get Around Much Anymore	Louis Armstrong & Duke Ellington - The Great Summit Vocal appears in the middle of the recording. Louis Armstrong & Duke Ellington - The Great Summit Vocal appears in the middle of the recording.		Med Swing
Embraceable You	Sarah Vaughan - Sarah Vaughan at Mister Kelly's (Live 1957)		Ballad
Epistrophy	Thelonious Monk's Greatest Hits Giacomo Gates - Epistrophy/Fly Right	Thelonious Monk	Various
Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye Key of Ab	Nina Simone - Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye	Cole Porter	Med Swing
Ev'rything I've Got Key of Bb - Range Bb2 to Bb3	BLOSSOM DEARIE - Blossom Dearie Key of Bb.	Rodgers & Hart	Med Swing
Farmer's Market	Wardell Gray & Art Farmer Lambert, Hendricks & Ross	Art Farmer	Med Swing
Fly Me To The Moon	Anita O'Day - Verve Jazz Masters 49: Anita O'Day		Med Swing
Fried Bananas	Dexter Gordon	Dexter Gordon	Med Swing
Gee Baby, Aint I Good To You!	Helen Humes - 'Deed I Do (Live) [Remastered]		Other
Get It Straight	Carmen McRae - Carmen Sings Monk	Monk	Blues
Get Out Of Town Key of C minor (Eb) - Range G2 to Bb3	Shirley Horn - Close Enough for Love Key of C minor (Eb)	Cole Porter	Med Swing
Good Morning Heartache Key of Db - Range Ab2 to Ab3 Key of D	Billie Holiday - Billie Holiday's Greatest Hits Key of Db - Horns and strings.	Fisher, Drake & Higginbotham	Ballad
Here's That Rainy Day	Ella Fitzgerald - The First Lady Of Song Ella Fitzgerald - The First Lady Of Song		Ballad
How High The Moon	Sarah Vaughan - Sarah Vaughan at Mister Kelly's (Live 1957)		Med Swing
How I Wish You'd Ask Me Now Monk's "Ask Me Now"	Carmen McRae - Carmen Sings Monk	Thelonious Monk	Ballad
I Could Write A Book Key of G	Anita O'Day - Live At Mingo's	Rodgers and Hart	Med Swing
I Cover The Waterfront	Anita O'Day - Live At Mingo's		Med Swing
I Didn't Know What Time It Was	Anita O'Day & Norman Simmons - Live At Mingo's		Med Swing
I Don't Know Enough About You Key of Db - Range G2 to Bb3	Peggy Lee - 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Peggy Lee Key of Db - Big band.	Lee & Barbour	Med Swing
I Hear Music Ella and Oscar and Ray!	Ella Fitzgerald & Oscar Peterson - Ella & Oscar Anita O'Day & Norman Simmons - Live At Mingo's		Med Swing
I Should Care	Abbey Lincoln & Hank Jones - When There Is Love Duo - Abbey Lincoln and Hank Jones		Med Swing
I'll Be Seeing You Key of Ab - Range F2 to Ab3 Key of Bb - Range G2 to Bb3	Billie Holiday - The Complete Commodore Recordings Key of Ab - Slow. With horns.	Kahal & Fain	Various
I'm Gonna Sit Right Down And Write Myself A Letter	Sarah Vaughan - Sarah Vaughan at Mister Kelly's (Live 1957)		Med Swing
I'm Hip	BLOSSOM DEARIE - Blossom Time At Ronnie Scott's		Med Swing
I'm In The Mood For Love	Ella Fitzgerald - Fine and Mellow		Med Swing
In Walked Bud	Thelonious Monk - Thelonious Monk - The Columbia Years With Jon Hendricks	Thelonious Monk	Med Swing
It Don't Mean A Thing If It Ain't Got That Swing	Ella Fitzgerald - Daydream: The Best of the Duke Ellington Songbooks	Duke Ellington	Fast Swing
It Might As Well Be Spring Key of C	Ella Fitzgerald - Jazz 'round Midnight Again: Ella Fitzgerald BLOSSOM DEARIE - Blossom Dearie French Lyrics	Rodgers and Hammerstein	Med Swing
It's Got To Be Love	Sarah Vaughan - Sarah Vaughan at Mister Kelly's (Live 1957)		Med Swing
Joy Spring	Clifford Brown and Max Roach - Study In Brown Tuck & Patti - Joy Spring/When We're Alone	Clifford Brown	Med Swing
Just In Time	Anita O'Day & Cal Tjader - Verve Jazz Masters 49: Anita O'Day		Med Swing
Just One Of Those Things	Sarah Vaughan - Sarah Vaughan at Mister Kelly's (Live 1957)		Med Swing
Lady Bird	Fats Navarro & Tadd Dameron	Tadd Dameron	Med Swing
Little Sherri	Charlie Rouse Kevin Mahogany - Little Sherri/My Little Sherri	Charlie Rouse	Blues
Love For Sale	Billie Holiday - Billie Holiday Billie Holiday - Billie Holiday Ella Fitzgerald - The Best of the Songbooks Ella Fitzgerald - The Best of the Songbooks Shirley Horn - Loads of Love and Shirley Horn with Horns Shirley Horn - Loads of Love and Shirley Horn with Horns	Cole Porter	Med Swing
Lover Man	Sarah Vaughan - The Definitive Sarah Vaughan Sarah Vaughan - The Definitive Sarah Vaughan Billie Holiday - Billie Holiday: Jazz At the Philharmonic, Vol. 1 Billie Holiday - Billie Holiday: Jazz At the Philharmonic, Vol. 1
Lush Life Key of Bb	Ella Fitzgerald & Oscar Peterson - Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Songbook	Strayhorn	Ballad
Mack The Knife	Ella Fitzgerald - The Diva Series: Ella Fitzgerald Louis Armstrong - Louis Armstrong: 16 Most Requested Songs		Med Swing
Manhattan Key of C	BLOSSOM DEARIE - Once upon a Summertime	Rodgers and Hart	Med Swing
Moonlight In Vermont	Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong - The Complete Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong on Verve		Ballad
More Than You Know	BLOSSOM DEARIE - Blossom Dearie		Ballad
My Foolish Heart	Carmen McRae - Jazz Cafe Presents Carmen McRae		Ballad
My Funny Valentine Key of Gm	Chet Baker - My Funny Valentine Tony Bennett - That San Francisco Sun Elvis Costello & Marian McPartland - Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz Radio Broadcast	Rodgers and Hammerstein	Ballad
My Old Flame	Helen Humes - 'Deed I Do (Live) [Remastered]		Ballad
My Romance Key of G Music Minus One	Carmen McRae - Sings Great American Songwriters	Rodgers and Hammerstein	Ballad
Nostalgia	Fats Navarro - Goin to Minton's	Fats Navarro	Med Swing
Now's The Time	Charlie Parker - Bird's Best Bop on Verve Eddie Jefferson - Body and Soul	Charlie Parker	Blues
On Green Dolphin Street	Sarah Vaughan & Woody Herman and His Orchestra - On the Radio: The 1963 'Live' Guard Sessions		Various
Once Upon A Summertime	BLOSSOM DEARIE - The Diva Series: Blossom Dearie		Ballad
One Hundred Years From Today	Helen Humes - Sneakin' Around (Paris 1974)		Ballad
Orange Blossom	Kurt Elling - Flirting With Twilight Orange Blossoms In Summertime	Curtis Lundy and Kurt Elling
Pennies From Heaven	Sarah Vaughan - Swingin' Easy		Fast Swing
Plus Je T' Embarasse	BLOSSOM DEARIE - The Diva Series: Blossom Dearie		Med Swing
Polkadots And Moonbeams	Ella Fitzgerald - Fine and Mellow		Ballad
Round Midnight Key of Bbm	Carmen McRae - Carmen Sings Monk Ella Fitzgerald - Fine and Mellow	Thelonious Monk	Ballad
Skylark Key of Ab	Abbey Lincoln - It's Me	Mercer and Charmichael	Ballad
Social Call	Betty Carter - Betty Carter's Finest Hour		Med Swing
Solitude Key of G	Billie Holiday - Lady Day - The Best of Billie Holiday	Duke Ellington	Ballad
Some Other Time	Betty Carter - Inside Betty Carter Bill Evans & Tony Bennett - The Tony Bennett / Bill Evans Album		Ballad
Sophisticated Lady	Anita O'Day & Norman Simmons - Live At Mingo's		Ballad
Speak Low Key of C	Billie Holiday - The Complete Billie Holiday on Verve 1945-1959	Nash and Weill	Ballad
Spring Can Really Hang You Up The Most Key of Bb	Betty Carter - Inside Betty Carter Ella Fitzgerald - Clap Hands, Here Comes Charlie!	Landesman and Wolf	Ballad
Stairway To The Stars	Sarah Vaughan - Sarah Vaughan at Mister Kelly's (Live 1957)		Ballad
stardust			Ballad
Stompin' At The Savoy	Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong - Ella and Louis Again		Fast Swing
Strollin'	Horace Silver - Horacescope Karrin Allyson - Footprints With Jon Hendricks.	Horace Silver	Med Swing
Tea For Two	BLOSSOM DEARIE - Verve Jazz Masters 51: Blossom Dearie		Other
Tenderly	Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong - The Complete Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong on Verve		Med Swing
That's My Desire	Louis Armstrong - Louis Armstrong: 16 Most Requested Songs		Ballad
The Frim Fram Sauce Key of Eb	The King Cole Trio - The Complete Capitol Recordings of the Nat King Cole Trio	Ricardel and Evans	Med Swing
The Nearness Of You Key of C	Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong - Ella & Louis for Lovers	Hoagy Charmichael	Ballad
The Surrey With The Fringe On Top	BLOSSOM DEARIE - Verve Jazz Masters 51: Blossom Dearie Betty Carter - Round Midnight (Remastered) Lots of excitement in a Trio setting.		Med Swing
The Very Thought Of You	Anita O'Day & Norman Simmons - Live At Mingo's		Ballad
The Way You Look Tonight	Anita O'Day & Norman Simmons - Live At Mingo's		Fast Swing
They Can't Take That Away From Me	Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong - The Complete Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong on Verve		Med Swing
They Say It's Spring	BLOSSOM DEARIE - The Diva Series: Blossom Dearie		Med Swing
Too Late Now	George Shearing & Carmen McRae - Two for the Road Carmen McCrae and George Shearing		Ballad
Twisted	Wardell Gray - The Very Best Of Wardell Gray Lambert, Hendricks & Ross - The Hottest New Group In Jazz	Wardell Gray	Blues
When In Rome	BLOSSOM DEARIE - Blossom Time At Ronnie Scott's		Med Swing
When The World Was Young	Anita O'Day & Cal Tjader - Verve Jazz Masters 49: Anita O'Day		Ballad
Whims Of Chambers	Paul Chambers - Whims Of Chambers	Paul Chambers	Blues
Willow Weep For Me	Betty Carter & Ray Bryant - Meet Betty Carter and Ray Bryant Sarah Vaughan - Sarah Vaughan at Mister Kelly's (Live 1957)		Ballad
Yardbird Suite	Charlie Parker - Best of the Complete Savoy & Dial Studio Recordings Bob Dorough - Devil May Care	Charlie Parker	Med Swing
You For Me	BLOSSOM DEARIE - Blossom Dearie		Med Swing

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