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SONG

VOCAL(SOLO OR DUO)

INST(COMBO OR SOLOIST)

VOCAL GROUP

BIG BAND (instrumental)

An Affair to Remember

Nat King Cole

George Shearing

 

 

Adios

Mel Torme

 

 

 

After You

 

 

Four Freshmen

 

After You've Gone

 

Nat King Cole Trio

 

Woody Herman

Again

Mel Torme

Randy Weston

 

 

Agua De Beber

Sergio Mendes

 

 

 

Ahmad's Blues

Natalie Cole

 

 

 

Ain't Misbehaving

Sarah Vaughan

Mel Henke

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Alexander's Ragtime Band

Sarah Vaughan & Billy Eckstine

 

 

 

Alfie

Sarah Vaughan

Russell Malone

Anita Kerr

 

All About Ronnie

Chris Connor

 

 

Chris Connor & Stan Kenton

All God's Chillun Got Rhythm

Ivy Anderson & Duke Ellington

Clifford Brown & Max Roach

 

 

All I Need Is the Girl

Mel Torme

 

 

 

All in Fun

Jeri Southern

 

 

 

All My Tomorrows

Frank Sinatra

Keith Jarrett

 

 

All My Life

Ernestine Anderson

Tab Smith

 

 

All Night Long

Shirley Horn

 

 

 

All of a Sudden My Heart Sings

Shirley Horn

 

 

 

All of Me

Frank Sinatra

Bill Perkins & Richie Kamuca

 

Billy May

All of My Life

Sarah Vaughn & Billy Eckstine

 

 

 

All of You

 

Miles Davis

 

Chet Baker & NDR Band

All Or Nothing at All

 

John Coltrane

 

 

All The Things You Are

Frank Sinatra

Dave Brubeck & Paul Desmond/ Lee Konitz

 

Lee Konitz & Stan Kenton

All The Way

Frank Sinatra

Lee Morgan

 

 

All This and Heaven Too

Mel Torme

 

 

 

All Through the Night

 

Phil Woods

 

 

All Too Soon

Ella Fitzgerald & Duke Ellington

Howard Alden

 

Duke Ellington

Almost Like Being in Love

 

Charlie Parker

 

 

Alone

Sarah Vaughan

 

 

 

Alone Too Long

 

 

 

Stan Kenton

Alone Together

Mark Murphy

Chet Baker

 

 

Always

 Billie Holiday

 

 

 

American Beauty Rose

Frank Sinatra

 

 

 

And the Angels Sing

Ella Fitzgerald

 

 

 

Angel Eyes

Nat King Cole

Turtle Island String Quartet

 

 

Anything Goes

Frank Sinatra

 

 

 

Apple Blossom Time

 

 

Andrews Sisters

 

April in Paris

Sarah Vaughan/ Sauter-Finegan Orch

Charlie Parker

Lambert, Hendricks & Bavan

Stan Kenton

April in Portugal

Louis Armstrong

 

 

 

Aren't You Glad You're You?

Frank Sinatra

Gerry Mulligan & Chet Baker

 

 

As Long as I Live

Anita O'Day

George Shearing Quintet

 

 

As Long as There’s Music

 

Bud Shank & Bob Cooper

 

 

As Time Goes By

 Frank Sinatra

 

 

 

Ask Me Now

Carmen McRae

Pee Wee Russell

 

 

At Long Last Love

Frank Sinatra

 

 

 

Auf Weidersehn

Vera Lynn

Tab Smith

 

 

Autumn in New York

Frank Sinatra

Modern Jazz Quartet

 

 

Autumn Leaves

 

Cannonball Adderly & Miles Davis

 

 

Autumn Nocturne

 

Art Farmer

 

 

Autumn Serenade

Johnny Hartman & John Coltrane

 

 

 

Avalon

 

Benny Goodman

 

 

Azure

 

 

 

Les Brown

Azure Te

Nat King Cole & George Shearing

 

 

Sauter-Finegan

 

 

 

 

 

Baby Baby All the Time

 Diana Krall

 

 

 

Baby It's Cold Outside

 Ray Charles & Betty Carter

 

 

 

Baby Won't You Please Home?

Nat King Cole Trio

Wynton Marsalis

 

 

Back Home Again in Indiana

 

Dave Brubeck & Paul Desmond

 

 

Back in Your Own Backyard

Bobby Troup

 

Mel Torme & Meltones

 

The Bad & The Beautiful

Mark Murphy

Charlie Haden

 

 

Bahia

Dionne Warwick

 Stan Getz

 

Stan Kenton

Ballad in Blue

Hoagy Carmichael

 

 

 

Ballad of the Sad Young Men

Rickie Lee Jones

Wynton Marsalis

 

 

Baltimore Oriole

 Bob Dorough

 

Four Freshmen

 

Bang Goes the Drum

Blossom Dearie

 

 

 

Basin Street Blues

 

Charlie Ventura

 

 

Baubles, Bangles and Beads

 

Gerry Mulligan

Mel Torme & Meltones

 

Be Anything But Be Mine

Sarah Vaughan

 

 

 

Be My Love

 

Sal Nistico

 

 

Beale Street Blues

 

Roy Eldridge

 

 

Beautiful Friendship

Nat Cole & George Shearing

 

 

 

Beautiful Love

Anita O'Day

Hank Jones

 

 

Beautiful Moons Ago

Nat Cole Trio

 

 

 

Because of You

Louis Armstrong

Tab Smith

 

 

Because You’re Mine

Nat King Cole

Monty Alexander

 

 

Begin the Beguine

 

Eddie Haywood/ Art Tatum

 

 

Belle of the Ball

 

Dick Johnson

 

 

Besame' Mucho

Nat King Cole Trio

 

 

 

Bess Oh Where's My Bess

Frank Sinatra

 

 

 

Bess You Is My Woman Now

 

Joanne Brackeen

 

 

The Best is Yet to Come

Blossom Dearie

 

 

 

The Best Thing for You

 

Stan Getz

 

 

The Best Things in Life Are Free

Rose Murphy

Howard McGhee

 

Jimmy Cleveland

Better Than Anything

Bob Dorough

 

 

 

Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea

Annie Ross & Gerry Mulligan

 

 

 

Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered

Mel Torme

 

 

 

Bidin' My Time

Nat King Cole

 

 

 

Bilbao Song

 

 

 

Gil Evans

The Birth of the Blues

Frank Sinatra

 

 

 

Black and Blue

Louis Armstrong

 

 

 

Black Coffee

Peggy Lee/ Sarah Vaughan

Phineas Newborn, Jr.

 

 

Black Moonlight

Ernestine Anderson

 

 

 

Blame It on My Youth

Nat King Cole

Bucky & John Pizzarelli

 

 

Blizzard of Lies

Dave Frishberg

 

Mad Romance

 

A Blossom Fell

Nat King Cole

 

 

 

Blue and Sentimental

 

Georgie Auld

 

Gene Harris All Star Big Bd

Blue Champagne

Anita O'Day

Charlie Ventura

 

 

Blue Danube

 

Nat King Cole Trio

Mills Brothers

 

Blue Gardenia

Nat King Cole

Ahmad Jamal

 

 

Blue Lou

 

Arnett Cobb

 

 

Blue Moon

Mel Torme on Capitol

Dave Brubeck & Paul Desmond

 

Stan Kenton(Lee Konitz)

Blue Orchids

Sarah Vaughand

Bill Charlap & Frank Wess

 

 

Blue Skies

 

John Kirby

 

 

Blue Turning Grey Over You

Louis Armstrong

 

 

 

Blueberry Hill

Louis Armstrong

Clifford Brown

 

 

Bluesette

Sarah Vaughan

Toots Thielemans(Brazil Project)

 

 

Blues in the Night

Mel Torme & Buddy Rich

Cal Tjader

 

Billy May

A Blues Serenade

Leon LaFell & Johnny Hodges

 

 

 

Body and Soul

Sarah Vaughan

Coleman Hawkins/ Bob Brookmeyer

 

Bob Florence

Boo Hoo

Carmen Lombardo

 

 

Woody Herman

Born to be Blue

 

 

Singers Unlimited

 

Boulevard of Broken Dreams

Diana Krall

 

 

 

Bourbon Street Parade

Roy Eldridge

 

 

 

The Boy(Girl) Next Door

Frank Sinatra

Bill Evans

 

 

Brazil

Dionne Warwick

Cedar Walton

 

 

Broadway

Dakota Staton

Gerry Mulligan Sextet

 

 

Bubbles, Bangles and Beads

 

Gerry Mulligan

Mel Torme & Meltones

 

But Beautiful

Nancy Wilson

Lockjaw Davis

 

 

But Not For Me

Chet Baker

Miles Davis

 

 

Buttons and Bows

 

 

Dinning Sisters

 

By Strauss

Jack Sheldon w Shelley Manne

 

 

 

By The Light of the Silvery Moon

Fats Waller

 

 

 

Bye Bye Blackbird

 

Miles Davis

 

Lockjaw Davis

Bye Bye Blues

 

Count Basie Jam

Singers Unlimited

 

California Here I Come

 

Erroll Garner

 

 

Call Me

 

Oscar Peterson

 

Lockjaw Davis

Call Me Irresponsible

Frank Sinatra

 

 

 

Candy

Nat King Cole Trio

 

 

 

Can’t Get Out of This Mood

Sarah Vaughan

 

 

 

Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man

Julie London

Erroll Garner

 

 

Can't I

Nat King Cole

 

 

 

Can't We Be Friends?

Frank Sinatra

 Pete Jolly

 

 

Can't We Take a Chance?

 

Tab Smith

 

 

Caravan

Nat King Cole

Hank Jones & Strings

 

Martial Solal

Careless Love

Nat King Cole

 

 

 

The Carioca

 

Gerry Mulligan & Chet Baker

 

 

Caroling Caroling

 

 

Inner Voices

 

Cecilia

 

Erroll Garner

 

 

Centerpiece

 

 

Lambert, Hendricks & Ross

 

C'est Si Bon

Louis Armstromg

 

 

 

Chan's Song (Never Said)

 

Eugene Maslov

 

 

Charade

Sarah Vaughan

 

 

Henry Mancini

Charmaine

Bill Henderson

 

Four Freshmen

Billy May

Chattanooga Choo Choo

 

Regina Carter

 

 

Chega de Saudade

Ana Caram

 

 

 

Cheek to Cheek

Jane Monheit

Turtle Island String Quartet

 

Billy May

Cheerful Little Earful

Jackie & Roy

Terry Gibbs

 

 

Cherokee

Sarah Vaughan

Arturo Sandoval

 

Charlie Barnet

Cherry

 

Gerry Mulligan & Chet Baker

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Chicago

 

 

 

Billy May

Chinatown, My Chinatown

Slim & Slam

 

Hilos

 

Chloe

Louis Armstrong

 

 

BBC Big Band

Chovendo na Roseira

Ana Caram

 

 

 

Christmas Time is Here

Mel Torme

Brad Mehldau

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Christopher Columbus

Fats Waller

 

 

 

A Child is Born

 

 

The Real Group

 

Circus

Don Barbour with 4 Freshmen

 

 

 

Ciribiribin

 

Clark Terry

 

 

Close as Pages in a Book

Jeri Southern

 

 

 

Close Enough for Love

Peggy Lee

Stan Getz

 

 

Close to You

Frank Sinatra

 

 

 

Close Your Eyes

Stacey Kent

 

 

Johnny Richards

Cloudy Morning

Peggy Lee

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cocktails for Two

Spike Jones

Ben Webster & Coleman Hawkins

 

Bill May

The Coffee Song

Frank Sinatra

 

 

Erroll Garner

Coffee Time

Carmen McRae

 

 

 

Come Back to Me

Sarah Vaughan

 

 

 

Come Back to Sorento

Chris Connor

 

 

 

Come Fly with Me

Frank Sinatra

 

 

 

Come in from the Rain

Peggy Lee

 

 

 

Come on Home

 

 

Lambert, Hendricks & Ross

 

Come Out Wherever You Are

Frank Sinatra

Gerry Mulligan & Chet Baker

 

 

Come Rain or Come Shine

Frank Sinatra

Jimmy Giuffre

 

 

Come Sunday

 

Monty Alexander

 

 

Come Together

Sarah Vaughan

 

Real Group

 

Congratulations to Someone

Louis Armstrong

 

 

 

The Continental

Mel Torme

George Shearing Quintet

 

Billy May

Cool

Lea Delaria

 

 

 

Cool Water

 

Dave Pell

 

 

Coquette

Rose Murphy

 

 

 

Corcovado

 

Cannonball Adderly

 

 

A Cottage for Sale

Nat King Cole

Tab Smith

 

 

Cotton Tail

Ella Fitzgerald & Duke Ellington

Jazzmen Detroit

Lambert, Hendricks & Ross

Duke Ellington

County Fair

Mel Torme

 

 

 

Cradle Song(Brahm's Lullabye)

Frank Sinatra

 

 

 

Crazy He Calls Me

Billie Holiday

 

 

 

Crazy Rhythm

 

Chet Baker & Stan Getz

 

Stan Kenton

Cuban Love Song

Mel Torme

George Shearing

 

 

Cynthia’s In Love

 

 

 

Cannonball Adderly

Daddy

Bobby Troup

 

 

Sammy Kaye

Dance The Samba With Me

 

 

Clare Fischer & Friends

 

Dancing in the Dark

Sarah Vaughan

Fred Hersch/ Charlie Parker with Strings

 

Jim

Dancing on the Ceiling

Jeri Southern

 

 

 

Danny Boy

 

Don Wilner

 

 

Dark Eyes

 

Charlie Ventura

 

 

Darktown Strutters’ Ball

 

 

 

Chick Webb

Darling, Je Vous Aime Beaucoup

Nat King Cole

 

 

 

Darn That Dream

Nancy Wilson

Gerry Mulligan & Chet Baker

 

 

Dat Dere

 

Rickie Lee Jones

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Day by Day

Sarah Vaughan

Eddie Lockjaw Davis

Four Freshmen

Lockjaw Davis

Day Dream

 

Paul Gonzales

 

Duke Ellingon & Johnny Hodges

Day in, Day out

 

Horace Silver

 

 

The Day Isn't Long Enough

 

 

Four Freshmen

 

Daybreak

Chet Baker

 

 

 

The Days of Wine and Roses

Sarah Vaughan

Lockjaw Davis

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Daytripper

Sergio Mendes

 

 

 

Dearly Beloved

 

Erroll Garner

 

 

Dedicated to You

Billy Eckstine

 

 

 

Deep in a Dream

Frank Sinatra

Johnny Smith

 

 

Deep Night

 

Joe Venuti & Zoot Sims

 

Duke Ellington

Deep Purple

 

Art Pepper & Jack Montrose

 

 

Desafinado

Joao Gilberto & Stan Getz

Stan Getz & Charlie Byrd

 

 

The Desert Song

 

 

Hilos

Billy May

Detour Ahead

Sarah Vaughan

Charlie Haden

 

 

Devil May Care

Bob Dorough & Miles Davis

Miles Davis

 

 

Diane

 

Miles Davis

 

Billy May

Did I Ever Really Live?

Joe Williams

 

 

 

Diga Diga Doo

 

Buck Clayton

 

 

Dinah

Fats Waller

Erroll Garner

 

 

Dindi

Sarah Vaughan

Charlie Byrd

 

 

Dinner for One Please James

Nat King Cole

 

 

 

Dixieland Band

 

 

 

Billy May

Do It Again

Shirley Horn

 

 

 

Do Nothing Till You Hear from Me

Billie Holiday

 

 

Duke Ellington(Concerto for Cootie)

Do You Ever Think of Me

 

 

Encores & Billy May

 

Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans

Louis Armstrong

Oscar Peterson

 

 

Dolphin Dance

 

Toots Thielemans & Kenny Werner

 

 

Doncha Go Away Mad(Black Velvet)

Frank Sinatra

Houston Person

 

Illinois Jacquet

Donde

 

 

Clare Fischer & Friends

 

Don't Be That Way

Frank Sinatra

Bill Perkins & Richie Kamuca

 

Benny Goodman

Don't Blame Me

Sarah Vaughan

Charlie Parker

 

 

Don't Ever Leave Me

Margaret Whiting

 

 

 

Don't Explain

Helen Merrill

Chet Baker

 

 

Don't Get Around Much Anymore

Al Hibbler & Duke Ellington

 

 

Stan Getz & Ib Glindemann Orch

Don't Go to Strangers

Janis Siegal

Milt Jackson

 

 

Don't Let That Moon Get Away

Mel Torme

 

 

 

Don't Let the Sun Catch You Crying

Ray Charles

 

 

 

Don't Let Your Eyes Go Shopping

Mark Murphy

 

 

 

Don't Misunderstand

Mark Murphy

Willis Jackson

 

 

Don't Take Your Love from Me

Julie London

Frank Rosolino

 

Stan Kenton

Don't Wait Too Long

Blossom Dearie

 

 

 

Don't Worry 'Bout Me

Frank Sinatra

Dave Brubeck & Paul Desmond

 

 

Don't You Know I Care?

Johnny Hartman

Bill Mays

 

 

Doodlin'

 Mark Murphy

Horace Silver

Lambert, Hendricks & Ross

 

Double Rainbow

Sarah Vaughan

Antonio Carlos Jobim

 

 

Down in the Depths

Helen Carr/Johnny Hartman

 

 

 

Dream

Sarah Vaughan

George Shearing

 

Tom Harrell

Dream a Little Dream of Me

 

Plas Johnson & Red Hollaway

 

 

Dream of You

 

 

 

Jimmie Lunceford

Dreamer

Gloria Yousha

 

 

 

Dreamsville

 

 

Anita Kerr Singers

 

Dreamy

Shirley Horn

Erroll Garner

 

 

Drop Me Off in Harlem

 

George Shearing

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Early Autumn

 

Georgie Auld

Double Six of Paris

Woody Herman & Stan Getz

East of the Sun

Sarah Vaughan

Johnny Smith

 

 

Easy Living

Chet Baker

Stan Getz

 

 

Easy Street

Julie London

 

 

Billy May

Easy to Love

 

Chet Baker

 

 

Ebony Rhapsody

Nat King Cole

 

 

 

Eleanor Rigby

Sarah Vaughan

 

 

 

Embraceable You

Sarah Vaughan

Charlie Parker in Montreal