Originariamente presente nell'omonimo film di Martin Scorsese del 1977, "New York, New York" è forse diventata la canzone più associata a Frank Sinatra nell'immaginario collettivo. Questa versione è s...
Anyone who has seen the Blues Brothers movie will immediately remember the scene towards the end where John Candy and the Chicago police force are closing in on Jake and Elwood while they're about to...
Recorded in several different versions and contexts over the years, this version of Billy Strayhorn's 'Snibor' is taken from the Ellington band's 1967 posthumous tribute album '...And His Mother Calle...
Originally written and arranged for trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie's big band in 1956, this version of Benny Golson's tribute to the late Clifford Brown, 'I Remember Clifford,' has become a favorite ballad...
Although 'Tin Tin Deo' is usually associated with trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie, it was actually co-composed by Gillespie's original arranging partner Gil Fuller and conguero Luciano 'Chano' Pozo. T...
Horace Silver's iconic blues received the big band treatment courtesy of arranger Ernie Wilkins for Dizzy Gillespie's big band in 1956. By and large, the arrangement sticks fairly close to Silver's or...
This Buddy Bregman arrangement was recorded by Ella Fitzgerald for what became the first entry into her songbook series: The Cole Porter Songbook. The arrangement begins with the seldom heard verve ac...
This swinging chart of the holiday standard was arranged by Frank DeVol for Ella Fitzgerald's 1960 album 'Ella Wishes You a Swinging Christmas.' This was arranged to feature a solo vocalist along with...
Released on 1965's 'Ella At Duke's Place,' this arrangement of a three-way collaboration by Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn and Gerald Wilson casts both Ella Fitzgerald and the Ellington band in an un...