From the Studio #70 - Sing You SinnersFrom the Studio #70 – Sing You Sinners – This song was composed by W. Franke Harling, with lyrics by Sam Coslow in 1930. As you see on the sheet cover, it was also featured in a movie later called “I’ll Cry Tomorrow.” (The film has a fine original jazz score beside this.) It has a rather dramatic verse (…) read more and listenread more and listen

From the Studio #69 - I Wished on the MoonFrom the Studio #69 – I Wished on the Moon – Today I play and sing a song from 1935 that was recorded by Bing Crosby, Red Allen, and Teddy Wilson with Billie Holiday that same year. It’s by Ralph Rainger with lyrics by the American poet Dorothy Parker (1893–1967). I give you the lyrics here: (…) read more and listenread more and listen

From the Studio #68 - Nobody’s SweetheartFrom the Studio #68 – Nobody’s Sweetheart – Here is jam on tune that seems to have been there always. Still I don’t play it very often. It was one of the first that I learned and I think that I have a recording somewhere from my first meeting with two guys that I came to play lot with. It happened in a cellar and (…) read more and listenread more and listen