Archives, Episode 105: 6 Great Songs and their Stories

Still in the midst of moving to Edmonton—one or two more ‘archives’, then some more new episodes.

But the good news is that the archived programs I’m posting are really good! This one includes six jazz tunes—or tunes often played by jazz artists. They are:

-East of the Sun (West of the Moon)

-Desifinado

-Airegin

-Spring Can Really Hang You Up the Most

-Hey There

-There is No Greater Love.

One of them is played by the late great Lee Konitz, demonstrating a saxophone style that has been described as somebody “thinking out loud”.

And did you know that Dizzy Gillespie recorded Desifinado before Stan Getz?

Lots of interesting trivia about some of these tunes and about some of these performances.