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New version of "Accentuate" by Al Jarreau..."Blues in the Night" by Woody Herman, Mel Torme with Buddy Rich and perhaps best of all by Hot Lips Page with Artie Shaw....For "Get Happy" there's Coleman Hawkins from "Bean Bags" or the Red Norvo's Fabulous Jam Session with Bird and Diz...perhaps....Love Ray Charles singing "Come Rain for Come Shine." Trane doing "My Shining Hour." .....Harold Arlen said his favorite was "Last Night When We Were Young"...heard that on the radio today....Tony Bennet with Stan Getz do justice to "Out of This World," though the mac daddy "Out of This World" belongs to Coltrane....

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I don't recall these being played by jazz musicians but like 'em very much:

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- Ac-cent-tchu-ate The Positive

I KNOW you have a version by a jazz orchestra... :w

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Artie Shaw's "modern" band of 1944-45 (featuring Roy Eldridge, Dodo Marmarosa & Barney Kessel among others) did a version, vocal by Imogene Lynn I believe.

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Has anybody seen the new Concord Arlen compilation? From the looks of it, they're beginning to raid the Fantasy vaults...

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Of course Fantasy put out comps like this (THE JAZZ GIANTS PLAY HOAGY CARMICHAEL, etc.), but I'm still concerned that CDs like this will form the bulk of Concord's output from their Fantasy-owned material.

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A song list here.

I don't recall these being played by jazz musicians but like 'em very much:

- Blues In The Night

- Ac-cent-tchu-ate The Positive

Plus the others listed above and more.

Well Ella did the Harold Arlen Songbook and I consider her a jazz musician - and both of these tunes are on it.

I love her renditions on that recording.

I love Harold Arlen's music too.

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I don't recall these being played by jazz musicians but like 'em very much:

- Blues In The Night

- Ac-cent-tchu-ate The Positive

Blues In The Night:

Sonny Clark Trio- Blues In The Night

Art Pepper- The Art Of The Ballad

Kenny Drew- Plays The Music Of Harry Warren and Harold Arlen

Red Garland- Soul Burnin'

Kenny Burrell- Round Midnight

Mark Elf- New York Cats

Tal Farlow- Tal Farlow Plays The Music Of Harold Arlen

Howard Roberts- Something's Cookin'

Barney Kessel- Contemporary Latin Rhythms

Ella Fitzgerald- The Complete Ella Fitzgerald Song Books

Art Pepper- The Complete Galaxy Recordings

Bud Shank / Bill Perkins- Bud Shank / Bill Perkins

Red Garland- Blues In The Night (Halleloo-Y'all)

New York Jazz Trio (Bill Charlap)- Blues In The Night

Al Grey- Night Song

Cal Tjader- Jazz At The Blackhawk

Accentuate The Positive:

Bill Henderson- His Complete Vee Jay Recordings, Vol. 2

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I don't recall these being played by jazz musicians but like 'em very much:

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- Ac-cent-tchu-ate The Positive

I KNOW you have a version by a jazz orchestra... :w

Definitely losing my memory...Joya sings too. ^_^

Sonny Clark Trio- Blues In The Night

Art Pepper- The Art Of The Ballad

Kenny Drew- Plays The Music Of Harry Warren and Harold Arlen

Red Garland- Soul Burnin'

Kenny Burrell- Round Midnight

Mark Elf- New York Cats

Tal Farlow- Tal Farlow Plays The Music Of Harold Arlen

Howard Roberts- Something's Cookin'

Barney Kessel- Contemporary Latin Rhythms

Ella Fitzgerald- The Complete Ella Fitzgerald Song Books

Art Pepper- The Complete Galaxy Recordings

Bud Shank / Bill Perkins- Bud Shank / Bill Perkins

Red Garland- Blues In The Night (Halleloo-Y'all)

New York Jazz Trio (Bill Charlap)- Blues In The Night

Al Grey- Night Song

Cal Tjader- Jazz At The Blackhawk

Wow! Apart from the Sonny Clark trio version, I have none of the above. I need to get me more albums. :blink:

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If you haven't heard it already, Stormy Weather by Eric Dolphy with Mingus is the not just the greatest performance of an Arlen tune, but THE GREATEST JAZ PERFORMANCE EVER. I really mean this, as emotionally disturbed as I seem when I put everything in caps. WHAT's IT TO YA? Listen to Stormy Weather, a perfect performance, from Mingus's incredible intro to Dolphy's yearning screams -

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