August 23, 2009

TUNES - 77

Swinging Sondheim

I happened upon an old favorite as I was moving my CD collection today, and decided to share it here on the Radio.Blog.

One of the quintessential Broadway composers - all jazzed up.

Some work better than others, but as a whole, this album rocks :-)

Definitely check out:

Pretty Women
Loving You (rarely go wrong with Nancy Wilson)
Losing My Mind (rarely go wrong with Holly Cole)
They Ask Me Why I Believe In You (featuring the man himself)



As long as I was featuring jazzy Sondheim, I thought I'd go ahead and dig up some other hip takes on his work. Tops in this group is Lea DeLaria who, though she is a raving leftie lunitard, has an incredible set of pipes on her. She kills it on "The Ballad Of Sweeney Todd"

Couldn't put up music that I know my niece will love without including Sinatra (that girl has great taste)

I love Mel Torme's version of "Live Alone and Like It" as well as Tony Bennett's assurance that "You'll Never Get Away From Me" - and let's face it, "Maria" was never so swinging as when Oscar Peterson serenades her


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Posted by Vox at August 23, 2009 12:50 PM | RadioBlog
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