Parodies, puns and assorted doodles inspired by favored tunes

Blues for Yolande

BACKPAGE TITLE From 1957 Studio album Coleman Hawkins Encounters Ben Webster Composed by Coleman Hawkins I have no idea who Yolande was and have not been able to find out. But here is who matters:Coleman Hawkins, Ben Webster (ts) Ray Bryant (p) Oscar Peterson (p)Herb...

Blue Train

Blue Train 1957 John Coltrane Coltrane is driving this train hard with his band on board. Tenor Saxophone – (Engineer)JohnColtraneTrombone – Curtis FullerTrumpet – LeeMorganPiano – Kenny DrewBass – Paul ChambersDrums – “Philly” Joe Jones Second recording...

Blue Spirits

Blue Spirits 1960 Freddie Hubbard From the album Blue Spirits by trumpeter Freddie Hubbard with James Spaulding (flute) Shop Products Favorite Recordings Freddie...

Birth of the Blues

BACKPAGE TITLE 1926 Music by Ray HendersonLyrics by Lew Brown and BG De Sylva “They heard the breeze in the treesSinging weird melodiesAnd they made that the start of the blues And from a jail came the wailOf a down-hearted frailAnd they played thatAs part of...

Begin the Beguine

BACKPAGE TITLE 1935 Cole Porter Introduced in the Broadway musical ‘Jubilee’ In 1938 Artie Shaw’s recording was one of his first big hits. (The Beguine is a type of dance-similare to rumba) “When they begin the beguineIt brings back the sound...