The Real Book Project: A
Welcome to the first installment of The Real Book Project: the A’s. Below are recommended recordings of songs from the Sixth Edition of The Real Book that start with the letter ‘A’. I have chosen recordings that are most similar to what is printed in The Real Book but there may be some differences. Happy Listening!
Song: African Flower (Petite Fleur Africaine)
Composer: Duke Ellington
Artist: Riccardo Luppi Sextet
Album: Homage to Duke Ellington
Label: Soul Note
Year: 2002
Song: Afro Blue
Composer: Mongo Santamaria
Artist: Mongo Santamaria
Album: AfroRoots
Label: Fantasy - Prestide
Year: 1959 – 1972
Song: Afternoon in Paris
Composer: John Lewis
Artist: Sonny Rollins
Album: The Complete RCA Victor Recordings: Sonny Rollins
Label: RCA Victor - BMG
Year: 1964 – 1997
Song: Airegin
Composer: Sonny Rollins
Artist: Miles Davis and Sonny Rollins
Album: The Classic Prestige Sessions, 1951 - 1956
Label: Prestige – Concord Music Group
Year: 1954 – 2009
Song: Agua de Beber
Composer: Antonio Carlos Jobim/Norman Gimbel/Vinicius De Moraes
Artist: Astrud Gilberto
Album: The Astrud Gilberto Album
Label: Verve Records
Year: 1965
Song: Alfie
Composer: Burt Bacharach/Hal David
Artist: Burt Bacharach
Album: What the World Needs Now: Burt Bacharach Classics
Label: A&M Records
Year: 1967 – 2003
Song: Alice in Wonderland (Alice in Wonderland – Take 2)
Composer: Sammy Fain/Bob Hilliard
Artist: Bill Evans Trio
Album: The Complete Village Vanguard Recordings, 1961
Label: Concord Music Group
Year:1961 – 2003
Song: All Blues
Composer: Miles Davis
Artist: Miles Davis
Album: Kind of Blue
Label: Columbia
Year: 1959
Song: All by Myself
Composer: Irving Berlin
Artist: Ella Fitzgerald (with Paul Weston and his Orchestra)
Album: Ella Fitzgerald Sings The Irving Berlin Song Book
Label: Verve
Year: 1958
Song: All of Me
Composer: Seymour Simons/Gerald Marks
Artist: Frank Sinatra
Album: Sinatra Sings his Greatest Hits
Label: Columbia
Year: 1997
Song: All of You
Composer: Cole Porter
Artist: Ella Fitzgerald
Album: Ella Fitzgerald Sings The Cole Porter Song Book
Label: Verve
Year: 1956
Song: All the Things You Are
Composer: Jerome Kern/Oscar Hammerstein II
Artist: Ella Fitzgerald
Album: Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Jerome Kern Song Book
Label: Verve
Year: 1963
Song: All the Things You Are
Composer: Jerome Kern/Oscar Hammerstein II
Artist: The Quintet (Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker, Bud Powell, Max Roach, Charles Mingus)
Album: Jazz at Massey Hall
Label: Debut/OJC America
Year: 1953
Song: Always
Composer: Irving Berlin
Artist: Ella Fitzgerald (w/ Paul Weston and his Orchestra)
Album: Ella Fitzgerald Sings The Irving Berlin Song Book
Label: Verve
Year: 1958
Song: Alright, Okay, You Win
Composer: Mayme Watts/Sid Wyche
Artist: Joe Williams and Count Basie
Album: Count Basie Swings, Joe Williams Sings
Label: Clef
Year: 1956
Song: Ana Maria
Composer: Wayne Shorter
Artist: Wayne Shorter
Album: Native Dancer
Label: CBS
Year: 1975
Song: Angel Eyes
Composer: Matt Dennis/Earl Brent
Artist: Ella Fitzgerald
Album: Lullabies of Birdland
Label: Decca
Year: 1954
Song: Anthropology
Composer: Charlie Parker/Dizzy Gillespie
Artist: Chris Potter
Album: Diggin’ In – Digging Out
Label: Double Time Records
Year: 1999
Song: Apple Honey
Composer: Woody Herman
Artist: Woody Herman and his Orchestra
Album: Live in London at Ronnie Scott’s
Label: Columbia/NY Jams Records
Year: 1945/1999
Song: April in Paris
Composer: Vernon Duke/E.Y. Harburg
Artist: Ella Fitzgerald
Album: First Lady of Song
Label: Verve
Year: 1993
Song: April Joy
Composer: Pat Metheny
Artist: Pat Metheny Group
Album: Pay Metheny Group
Label: ECM
Year: 1978
Song: Arise, Her Eyes
Composer: Steve Swallow
Artist: John Taylor ft. Steve Swallow, Gabriele Mirabassi
Album: New Old Age
Label: Egea Srl
Year: 2005
Song: Armageddon
Composer: Wayne Shorter
Artist: Wayne Shorter
Album: Night Dreamer
Label: Blue Note
Year: 1964
Song: Au Privave
Composer: Charlie Parker
Artist: Charlie Parker Quintet
Album: Bird: The Complete Charlie Parker on Verve
Label: Verve/UMG
Year: 1990
Song: Autumn in New York
Composer: Vernon Duke
Artist: Billy Holiday
Album: Recital
Label: Verve/UMG
Year: 1956
Song: Autumn Leaves
Composer: Joseph Kosma/Johnny Mercer/Jacques Prevert
Artist: Chet Baker
Album: She Was Too Good To Me
Label: Sony
Year: 1974
