Jazz, blues and nostalgia, by Sjaak Roodenburg.
Featuring a delightful old tango by Robert Renard (‘Pachita’), the ambiguous ‘Spinach Song’ by Julia Lee, who, as she said herself, sang repertoire her mother told her not to sing. And guitarist Arthur Ebeling with ‘Popeye’.
Attention is paid to Carol Sloane (1937-2023), Jasperina de Jong yearning for classical music, ‘the little man with the big voice’ Joseph Schmidt on tour in the United States, and the brothers Ernie & Camilio Caceres with ‘Humoresque in Swing Time’.
Also featured is the originally Yiddish ‘Yossel, Yossel’ as ‘Joseph Joseph’ by Johnny & Jones and by the orchestra of Russ Morgan.
Accordionist Frédo Gardoni, Ted Weems, ‘Let’s Fall in Love’ by Johnny Hodges with Ben Webster and Roy Edridge, Frank Sinatra in a song by Sonny Bono, and Nina Simone with a Burt Bacharach song.
