“All We Need is….Satisfaction” sums up the two pilars of blues : what I need and what does or does not satisfy the need. All you need is Love, Money or simply a Beer if not a Doctor.

“Learning and Curves” is a celebration of all the ladies who have the passion and pleasure of learning (and teaching). We all go back to school some day or some night!

“Afro Blue” is notable for its Afro-Cuban feel, which also makes it difficult to play. It can be arranged in 6/8 or 3/4 time. If it is arranged in 6/8, it has a strong quarter note triplet feel; if it is arranged in 3/4, it has a strong dotted quarter note feel. All these factors give the piece a complex, smooth-sounding beat. (Wikipedia)

“Waltz for Debby” by the legendary Bill Evans, one of the sweetest melodies I know of, is a musical portrait of Bill Evans’ niece, and originally appeared as a piano solo on his debut album, New Jazz Conceptions. (Waltz for Luma)

There are two very different versions apiece of Bags’ Groove, and Monk’s solo on the first take was one of his best. Davis and Monk actually did not get along all that well and the trumpeter did not want Monk playing behind his solos, but a great deal of brilliant music occurred on the day of their encounter.

“We have been blessed by the music that we listened to, and let’s see if we can actually spin it back around and make American white kids listen to Little Red Rooster. You had it all the time, pal, you know. You just didn’t listen.” (Keith Richards on BBC 4)

In “The Best Is Yet to Come: The Music of Cy Coleman”, Coleman’s music has a way of sounding chipper even when the lyrics from one of his songwriting partners are scathingly sardonic. (LA Times)

“Manha de Carnaval” is supposed to mark the first appearance of ‘bossa nova’ (‘new mode’), a kind of dance and song that was born in Rio de Janeiro, where “Black Orpheus” took place.

¿Quién Será? is Mexican composer Pablo Beltrán Ruiz’s 1953 mambo. In the US, it was known as Sway with lyrics that have nothing at all to do with the original.

In the 50’s “Baby Please Don’t Go” appeared in the film “Baby Doll” (adapted from a Tennessee Williams). The only highlight, apart from Carol Baker’s legs! was the unidentif­ied harp player sitting by a fence and singing a very couple of verse.

“He Answers (Sort Of)”, a compilation about how difficult it is for a man to answer all these questions women ask. Answers as diverse as “Because”, “God Only Knows”, “I Dont Know Why But I Do” and seventeen more….