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TUNES – 77

Posted on | August 23, 2009 | Comments Off on 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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