Jaz Dumoz

Song of the Day: i'm crazy 'bout my baby (and my baby's crazy 'bout me), 1936, Fats Waller.

Louis Armstrong covered the song in 1955.

Leon Redbone covered the song in 1994.

So, 19 years Fats => Louis. 39 years…

Song of the Day: i'm in the mood for love, 1935, Jimmy McHugh & Dorothy Fields.

When I started playing in Steve & Chris with blues harpist Steve Konopka (Fuzzy) in 2017, I was playing a solid body electric guitar: a Fender Stratocaster or a DBZ Imperial.

I grew up playing classical and electric guitars. I…

Song of the Day: hymne à l'amour, 1950, Edith Piaf.

Song of the Day: skylark, 1942, Hoagy Carmichael & Johnny Mercer.

This is such a pretty song.

Hoagy Carmichael on music (5 songs in his YouTube playlist) and Johnny Mercer on lyrics (11 songs in his YouTube playlist) seems like…

Song of the Day: honeysuckle rose, 1929, Fats Waller.

The intro is from the 1955 Louis Armstrong version.

The James Smith guitar solo starting at 1:20 is from a 1934 Fats video. James gets some screen time, yay!

Added…

Song of the Day: "i only have eyes for you", 1934.

The original version, sung by Dick Powell in the movie "Dames", is quite different than the 1956 version by The Flamingos.

I could not find the 3rd & 4th…

Song of the Day: "you do something to me", 1929, Cole Porter.

Song of the Day: "la vie en rose", 1947, Edith Piaf. 

This was the original French recording of the song. In 1950, several artists, including Edith and Louis Armstrong, recorded the song in English. I included the kiss and "C'est…

Song of the Day: "i've got a feeling i'm falling", 1929, Fats Waller & Billy Rose.

I got the vocal from the Gene Austin 1929 version. Annette Hanshaw also recorded this song.

Added to both the With Intro and Fats…

Song of the Day: "(you'd be so) easy to love", 1934, Cole Porter.

Added to the With Intro project. 

I greatly enjoyed playing Sedona Taphouse. Started out in the direct sun on an 86° evening, but it really wasn't bad. Material was well received, yay! Management asked me back, yay! Here is a fine pic from this evening.