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This entire episode is Sammy Davis, Jr. singing about 15 tracks both in the studio in concert.

Earlier this week, I’d played & shared some Sammy Davis, Jr. on Instagram…and that inspired me to do this abbreviated show dedicated to the man & the legend…there was no myth about it…even though his skills were mythical.

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This week’s episode is a mix of mostly live recordings by Tony Bennett, Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald…and backed up with some southern home cooking by Bob Wills, Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings & more. I recorded it poolside in rural Texas!

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• Tony Bennett
• Frank Sinatra
• Ella Fitzgerald
• Count Basie
• Duke Ellington
• Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys
• Waylon Jennings
• Willie Nelson
• Freddie King
• ZZ Top
• Stevie Ray Vaughan

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This is an episode dedicated to my folks…they’d have been together 56 years today.

• Mel Tormé
• Duke Ellington
• Nat “King” Cole
• Count Basie & His Orchestra
• Quincy Jones
• Grant Green
• Big John Patton
• Louis Armstrong
• Johnny Hartman
• George Gershwin
• John Denver
• Jeff Buckley
• Laura Nyro
• The 5th Dimension
• Frank Sinatra
• “Big” Joe Turner
• Bill Haley & His Comets
• Bobby Freeman
• Chuck Berry
• Anita O’Day
• Ella Fitzgerald
• The Afghan Whigs
• The Clancy Brothers
• Benny Goodman
• Bon Iver

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I wasn’t sure I was even going to do a show today, but this day 20 years ago changed everyone’s lives – Americans, for sure, but almost all of the rest of the world, too.

May there be peace soon…in our time.

• Duke Ellington
• Mel Tormé
• Nina Simone
• Duke Ellington
• Louis Prima
• Gene Krupa
• Lee Wiley
• Ella Fitzgerald
• Duke Ellington
• Laura Nyro
• Lara Downes
• Woody Herman
• Johnny Hartman
• Nat “King” Cole
• Nick Drake
• …And You Will Know Us…
• Lou Reed
• The Ramones
• U2
• Sinead O’Connor
• Billy Joel
• West Side Story
• Simon & Garfunkel
• Billy Bragg & Wilco
• Ellis Paul
• Elvis Costello
• Bruce Springsteen
• Eddie Vedder & Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
• Frank Sinatra

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This week’s show is a short treatise…but it’s a fun treatise!

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• Nina Simone
• Sarah Vaughan
• Dinah Washington
• Helen Merrill
• Billie Holiday
• Anita O’Day
• Ella Fitzgerald & Duke Eliington
• Charlie Parker
• Les Paul
• Johnny Hartman
• Quincy Jones
• Nat “King” Cole
• U2
• Original Cast of ‘West Side Story’
• Clockhammer