Jazz Vocal Duets

[stevebop]

To all of you who helped me compile this list of vocal duets, the waiting will soon be over.
Jazz from Studio Four will feature 5-hours of vocal duets this Friday, March 4th, 7p-midnight over WGBH radio in Boston
You can listen on line at

www.wgbh.org

Thanks for the help. We should have fun

Steve Schwartz
Jazz from Studio Four
Friday 7p-midnight
WGBH, 89.7fm, Boston
www.wgbh.org

[José Domingos Raffaelli]

Jon Hendricks & Dave Lambert - "Four Brothers" (this was before the Lambert-Hendricks-Ross group)

[JazzyGuyNW]

Here's a few more:

All That Jazz - Kenny Rankin & Carmen Bradford
We Were In Love - Joe Williams & Dianne Reeves
(both from Benny Carter Songbook)

How Do You Keep The Music Playing - George Benson & Carmen Bradford
(from George's Big Boss Band)

I'm In The Mood For Love/ Moody's Mood For Love - Nancy King & Robert Moore
(from Robert Moore's Cool Blue)

Bar Stool Paradise - Nancy King & Charles Earland
(from Roy Nathanson's Fire At Keaton's...)

[BaconFat]

Of course my fave is the Ray and Betty Baby, It's Cold Outside but some
others are Cassandra Wilson and Olu Dara doing Used To Be, Billie Holiday
with Louis Armstrong on My Sweet Hunk of Thrash, Jeanie Bryson & Etta Jones on It's So Nice To Have A Man Around The House and Louis and Jack
Teagarden on Rockin Chair.

[clinthopson]

Etta and Skinhead
Bobby Dorough and Dave Frishberg

[Lyndon]

Tony Bennett and Bill Evans Album and Tony Bennett and Bill Evans Together Again.

[JazzyGuyNW]

Stevebop -

Listening to your program right now - currently hearing the 4th version of
of "Baby It's Cold Outside" - very fun - you rock!

I have a social engagement I wish I could cancel so I could hear
more of the program!

If not too difficult, I'd love to see the playlist.

I told a bunch of people about the program though, so I hope some
were able to tune in as it's really a fun concept and I'm sure
lovin' the part I'm getting to hear.

Aww - you're giving a thankful plug to folks on Speakeasy RIGHT now -
what a classy guy you are. It's wild and fun to hear people named -
almost like making fictional characters I only read about through
the boards online becoming real.
Sorry my submissions came too late to be of any use ;-).

Off to listen to more of your show (currently playing some Sheila and Mark).

All Best - you rock!
Nich

[Mike Schwartz]

Etta and Skinhead
Bobby Dorough and Dave Frishberg

Clint;

You meant "Cleanhead" didn't you, not those redneck Nazi wannabees, right??
As my younger sister Valerie says...LOL!!

[Dennis_M]

Just for laughs.....

Dizzy and Louis, Umbrella Man

[stevebop]

Here is the complete playlist from last night's program.

Thanks to everyone who helped:

Jazz from Studio Four

Friday, March 4, 7pm–midnight, WGBH 89.7

TWO'S COMPANY - VOCAL DUETS

Listed by artist: selection, album (label)

7:00pm
THEME: The Horace Parlan Quintet: Wadin', Speakin' My Piece (Blue Note)

7:04pm
Sarah Vaughan - Billy Eckstine: Always; Dedicted To You; Everyday I Fall in Love; I Love You, Everything I Have Is Yours (Verve)

7:18pm
Carman McRae - Betty Carter: Isn't It Romantic; Sophisticated Lady; It Don't Mean A Thing..., The Duets (Verve)

Jeanne Lee - Sheila Jordan; Jane Bunnett: The Water Is Wide, The Water Is Wide (Evidence)

7:42pm
Helen Merrill - Red Mitchell: Some Of these Days, Clear Out of This World (Antilles)

Nellie Lutcher - Nat Cole: For You My Love, Jump 'n Jive (Aladdin)

Anita O'Day - Roy Eldridge: Let Me Off Uptown, Roy Eldridge: Little Jazz (Verve)

Ruth Brown - Johnny Adams: I Don't Know, Johnyy Adams:There is Always One More Time (Rounder)

8:01pm
Etta James -Eddie Cleanhead Vinson: Teach Me Tonight, The Late Show (Fantasy)

Jackie Cain -Roy Krall: Ever Lovin' Blues, Voices of Cool, Volume 1 (Atlantic)

Bob Dorough - Dave Frishberg: Where You At; I'm Hip, Who's On First (Blue Note)

8:22pm
Ray Charles - Betty Carter: Baby, It's Cold Outside, Ray Charles - Betty Carter (ABC Paramount / Rhino)

Louis Armstrong - Velma Middleton: Baby, It's Cold Outside, The California Concerts (Decca/GRP)

Hot Lips Page - Pearl Bailey: Baby, It's Cold Outside, Hot Lips Page: Jump For Joy (Columbia)

Ella Fitzgerald - Louis Jordan: Baby, It's Cold Outside, Ella And Friends (Decca/GRP)

8:40pm
MArk Murphy - Sheila Jordan: The Bird/Embraceable You, Mark Murphy:Jazz Standards (32 Jazz)

Mark Murphy- Sheila Jordan: The Best Thing For You, Mark Murphy: Songbook (32 Jazz)

Sheila Jordan - Theo Blackman: Everytime We Say Goodbye/For All We Know, Jazz Child (HighNote)

9:02pm
Dianne Reeves - Germaine Bazzle: Side by Side, The Grand Encounter (Blue Note)

Dianne Reeves - Joe Williams: We Were In Love, Benny Carter Songbook (MusicMasters)

Joe Williams - Sarah Vaughan: Teach Me Tonight, Sarah Vaughan: Jazz Profile (Blue Note)

9:19pm
Joe Williams - Marlena Shaw: Is You Is or Is You Ain't, Joe Williams: Every Day (Verve)

Joe Williams - Shirley Horn: Too Good To Be True, Joe Williams: Every Day (Verve)

Joe Williams - Ella Fitzgerald: Party Blues, Joe Williams: Every Day (Verve)

9:35pm
Louis Armstrong - Ella Fitzgerald: It Ain't Necessarily So, Porgy and Bess (Verve)

Mel Torme - Francis Faye: Bess, You is My Woman, Porgy and Bess (Bethleham)

Ray Charles - Cleo Laine: Summertime, Porgy and Bess (Counterpoint)

10:05pm
Jon Hendricks; Al Jarreau; Bobby McFerrin; George Benson: Freddie Freeloader, Freddie Freeloader (Denon)

King Pleasure - Jon Hendricks: Don't Get Scared, King Pleasure Sings (Prestige)

Jon Hendricks - Pony Poindexter: Minor Catastrophe, A Good Git-Together (Pacific Jazz / Lonehill)

10:27pm
Jon Hendricks - Wynton Marsalis: Everybody's Boppin', Boppin' at The Blue Note (Telarc)

Kurt Elling - Jon Hendricks: Goin' To chicago, Live in Chicago (Blue Note)

Kurt Elling - Cassandra Wilson: Time of The Season, The Messenger (Blue note)

10:49pm
Carol Sloane - Clark Terry: I Won't Dance, The Songs Ella and Louis Sang (Concord)

Carol Sloane - Grady Tate: Makin' Whoopee/Glory of Love, The Real Thing (Contemporary)

Karrin Allyson - Bryan Hicks: Line for Lyons, I Didn't Know About You (Concord)

Jeri Brown - Leon Thomas: Blue Skies; In Walked Bud; it Don't Mean A Thing, Zaius (Justin Time)

11:12pm
Dinah Washington - Brook Benton: Baby, You Got What It Takes, The Dinah Washington Story (Verve)

King Pleasure - Blossom Dearie: I'm In The Mood for Love, The Bebop Singers (Prestige)

Rosanne Vitro - Kevin Mahogany: Blue Monk, Passion Dance (Telarc)

Kevin Mahogany - Jeannie Bryson: Baby, You Got What It Takes, You Got What It Takes (Enja)

11:29pm
Ray Charles - Betty Carter: Every Time We Say Goodbye; Goodbye/We'll Be Together Again; Cocktails for Two; For All We Know, Ray Charles and Betty Carter (ABC Paramount/Rhino)

11:45pm
Ella Fitzgerald - Louis Armstrong: Tenderly; I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm, Ella and Louis Again (Verve)

Louis Armstrong - Billie Holiday: You Can't Lose A Broken Heart, Louis Armstrong: Highlights from His Decca Years (Decca/GRP)

11:57pm
Billy Eckstine - Sarah Vaughan: Passing Strangers, Everything I Have Is Yours (Verve)

[Squaredancecalling Steve]

Great playlist, Steve!

Sweet to see Passing Strangers closing the show -- it's a gorgeous song that's rarely done. (Even Songscout wasn't aware of it when he was posting here regularly!)

[hornplayer]

Oh Steve, I woulda loved to hear that show! and just last weekend I was in Boston!

[Greedy Lugs]

Do you have a favorite vocal duet? I've been listening to:

Ray Charles/Betty Carter
Bily Eckstine/SarahVaughan
Louis Armstrong/Ella Fitzgerald
Recently found some Hot Lips Page w. Pearl Bailey

Any others out there that I'm missing?

Always Know,

Steve Schwartz

Jazz From Studio 4
NOW ON: Friday, 7p-12a
WGBH, 89.7FM, Boston
www.wgbh.org

Hello. I just visited for the first time after a long search for my fav Jazz duet; perhaps you can help me. I no longer have my fav duet. It was on a cassette that I lent to an idiot who recorded over it. I know most of the lyrics and the chords and melody; I can play it and sing it but I can't find it anywhere. It might be from a film musical and it is a 'Girl, boy' duet. The male singer sounds like Louis Armstrong; not sure about the Girl. Anyway, here are the lyrics I know...
Stay, you've grown so dear to me, near to me,
and it would grieve me, if you should say goodbye.
My life was tragic, until your magic, turned all the bitter to sweet, yeah!
I was so lonely, my one and only, I lay my arms at your feet.
Won't you stay? you've grown so dear to me, near to me,
and it would ????? me, if you will only stay.
I recorded this duet from, Peter Clayton, BBC RADIO 3 JAZZ or possibly, Hubert Greg on BBC radio 2's 'Thanks for the Memory. Trouble is, they brought their own private 78 collections to the studio and , took them home again. Now they have passed away I can't ask them personally, but such a great song and performance must be famous among enthusiasts and historians. I pray that you think i'm stupid for not knowing the performers or song title; I hope I'm lucky lucky lucky this time. Whilst I'm here... Annette Hanshaw singing, When I am Housekeeping for you; also can't find that one. I've just joined so, 'Hello to you'; hope your expert advice will put me out of my misery; been searching for ten years

[Greedy Lugs]

Just thouht I'd mention; have many songs on a site called, 'noisehead' user/artist name, PQR1. Just recently added some old scraps of Jazz Classic style compositions; just noticed that I'm number one with a soft jazz vocal tune (how did I get to the top of those charts?) still, it's all fun, which I stress, being that I find my own voice funny, but a song never heard is, I suppose, rare these days. There are only a few jazz classic style songs by me; the rest is very experimental; not to most peoples taste, but, it's a journey, and there are more to come. PQR1 aka, Greedy Lugs

[bluenoter]

Whilst I'm here... Annette Hanshaw singing, When I am Housekeeping for you; also can't find that one.

You can download three different versions of her singing that song (tracks 8, 13, and 15)---or download the whole album---here (scroll down). That's on MP3. Or you can buy the CD on the same page (or elsewhere, I'm sure).



Annette Hanshaw
Vol. 7: 1929-1930

Label: Sensation
--------------------------------------------------------------------------

She also sings that song on this album, track 1:



Annette Hanshaw
I've Got A Feeling I'm Falling

Label: Sounds of Yesteryear

You can buy that CD here.

[Greedy Lugs]

Wow, that was fast. Got many many songs by Annette; she's 'very lovable, and oh so sweet'. Thankyou so much for the reply. any joy with that jazz duet? I can't imagine anyone who heard that duet ever forgetting it. It's sad that they are nolonger with us but it really hurts when we can't hear them again. Thankyou again for the info; I'm a little less hungry for knowing.

[bluenoter]

Sorry; I didn't have any luck in Googling the "stay" duet. Maybe someone else will know of the song.

And re #74: It's fine to give us a link to that webpage if you want to.
 

[Greedy Lugs]

Sorry; I didn't have any luck in Googling the "stay" duet. Maybe someone else will know of the song.

Your posts #73 and #75 are dups. Can you click on Edit at the bottom of #75 and then follow the instructions and delete it? If not, don't worry about it.

And re #74: It's fine to give us a link to that webpage if you want to.
 

Here's that link;
http://www.noisehead.com/mypage/pqr1
Thankyou for getting back to me. It's a mystery how noone on the planet seems to know that vocal duet 'Stay' which is most likely not the title (doesn't it drive you mad when they have a title that is probably not taken from any of the lyrics in the song?) Oh brother, if you never heard that song before you are in for a rare treat when you do, and by the looks of it, the whole world will be happy to hear it. That web link; a great suprise that I wasl number one there, as most of the time a track only stays there for a very short time as there are a few bad types who love to give bad ratings to artists they don't like the style of, to get themselves up the charts. but especially a little rough recording of a bloke singing with a guitar. There are some great Jazz musicians on the noisehead site. I'm sure they would go down well in this community. Thanks again, just got several bad ratings from the nasty ones, nolonger number one, but I'm used to it, one minute you are up and then...PQR1

[bluenoter]

Thanks for fixing the dup. Check this thread now and then, even weeks later, because someone who knows of the song may eventually read your post.

I saw your edited lyrics, but I still had no luck in Googling the song.

[Greedy Lugs]

Thanks, and I will check now and then. I spent a whole day on lyric sites a year ago and had no luck. Perhaps that BBC anouncer had the only copy, but it might be from a movie. I don't like all this political correctness removing our history. I'm depending on a united musical world on line backing up everything. Thanks again for trying

[José Domingos Raffaelli]

Joe Williams & Ella Fitzgerald on "Everyday I Have the Blues".

Also the duet of Brazilian singers Dick Farney & Lucio Alves on "Teresa da Praia". Although few people know them, this recording is a classic in the Brazilian music.

[clinthopson]

Queen Esther and Chuck MacKinnon - Underneath a Brooklyn Moon