Queen Mary 2 Jazz Lectures (Playlist 1: The Great Jazz Singers 1950-Present)

Thanks to everyone who attended my jazz history talks last week on the Queen Mary 2 during its voyage from Quebec to Nova Scotia to New York. I got a few requests to post the playlists, so here’s the first one, covering “The Great Jazz Singers (1950-Present).”

The Great Jazz Singers (1950-Present) Playlist

1. “A Tisket, A Tasket” – Ella Fitzgerald w/Chick Webb Orchestra (1938).
2. “Blue Skies” – Ella Fitzgerald (from Get Happy, 1959)
3. “You Make Me Feel So Young” – Frank Sinatra, w/Count Basie Orchestra conducted by Quincy Jones (live video, 1965)
4. “Tenderly” – Sarah Vaughan (live video, 1958)
5. “I Fall in Love Too Easily” – Chet Baker, from Chet Baker Sings (1958)
6. “Chega de Saudade” – João Gilberto from album Chega de Saudade (1959)
7. “Every Day I Have the Blues” – Lambert, Hendricks & Ross w/Joe Williams and Count Basie (live video from Playboy’s Penthouse TV show, 1959)
8. “No Love Dying” – Gregory Porter (live video from CBS This Morning 2013)
9. “I Wish That I Could Shimmy Like My Sister Kate” – Cecile McLorin Salvant (live video from KNKX Public Radio, 2014)
10. “Marrakesh Express” – Accent (video from AccentVocal.com, 2018)
11. “Look For The Silver Lining” – Tony Bennet & Bill Charlap, promo video for album of the same name, 2015