37 illustrations of creative introductions to song standards by some of the worlds finest pianists and arrangers.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Piano

Tommy Flanagan

HOW ABOUT YOU/For Kenny Burrell

MY IDEAL/For Kenny Dorham

YARDBIRD SUITE/For Sandi Shoemake

AL HAIG

LONG ISLAND SOUND/For Stan Getz

THERE’S A SMALL HOTEL/For Stan Getz

I REMEMBER YOU/For Charlie Parker

HANK JONES

IMAGINATION/For Artie Shaw

COME RAIN OR COME SHINE/For Earl

Coleman

THREE LITTLE WORDS/For Milt Jackson

DUKE JORDAN

OUT OF NOWHERE/For Charlie Parker

MY OLD FLAME/For Charlie Parker

QUASIMADO/For Charlie Parker

WYNTON KELLY

IT’S YOU OR NO ONE/For J.J Johnson

I THOUGHT ABOUT YOU/For Miles Davis

I SHOULD CARE/For Hank Mobley

ELLIS LARKINS

SOON/For Ella Fitzgerald

PEOPLE WILL SAY WE’RE IN LOVE/For

Ella Fitzgerald

I’M GLAD THERE IS YOU/For Ella

Fitzgerald

OSCAR PETERSON

BLUE MOON/For Billie Holiday

BEWITCHED/For Stan Getz

TIME ON MY HANDS/For Ben Webster

BUD POWELL

SOMETIMES I’M HAPPY/For Sonny Stitt

TERRY TROTTER

I WISH I KNEW/For Sandi Shoemake

LET’S GET LOST/For Sandi Shoemake

YOU’RE BLASE/For Sandi Shoemake

THE ARRANGERS

GIL EVANS

POLKA DOTS AND MOONBEAMS/For

Claude Thornhill

LOVER MAN/For Claude Thornhill

BILLY MAY

MOONLIGHT IN VERMONT/For Frank

Sinatra

INDIAN SUMMER//For Frank Sinatra

NELSON RIDDLE

I’VE GOT THE WORLD ON A STRING/For

Frank Sinatra

LIKE SOMEONE IN LOVE/For Frank

Sinatra

ILL WIND/For Frank Sinatra

THIS LOVE OF MINE/For Frank Sinatra

AXEL STORDAHL

MEMORIES OF YOU/For Frank Sinatra

THERE WILL NEVER BE ANOTHER YOU/

For Frank Sinatra

I’ll REMEMBER APRIL/For Frank Sinatra