Judy Garland : Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas [ purchase ]  I’ve reached my holiday song limit, having been listening for days...

Miles Davis : My Funny Valentine [ purchase ] What makes a standard a standard? Clearly, there has to be something timeless about t...

The Great American songbook is something that has me normally running for the hills, especially when utilised as a vehicle for ageing roc...

Ella Fitzgerald : Two Little Men in a Flying Saucer [ purchase ] Don’t feel bad if you never heard of this one. Two Little Men in a ...

purchase Robert Johnson " Istanbul Grey " purchase Ella Fitzgerald " Istanbul .. ." (somewhere in this link) ...

As a native of the New York borough of Queens , I’ve been a bit miffed by the virtual (but not complete) absence of any references to Qu...

Ella Fitzgerald: Too Darn Hot [ purchase ] I'm not a Broadway musical enthusiast. But, the vast majority of our daughter's w...

Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong : It Ain’t Necessarily So [ purchase ] Well, it needed to be said.  Belief and faith are wonderfu...

Ella Fitzgerald : Santa Claus Got Stuck in My Chimney [ purchase ] All week long, the picture above has been sitting on the sidebar, an...

Ella Fitzgerald : Summertime [ purchase ] Let’s begin with this week’s theme song. Summertime, of course comes from George Gershwin’s classi...