The Real Book Project: C
Below are recommended recordings of songs from the Sixth Edition of The Real Book that start with the letter ‘C’. 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: C’est Si Bon
Composer: Henri Betti/Jerry Seelen/Andre Hornez
Artist: Eartha Kitt
Album: The Essential: Eartha Kitt
Label: Sony Music
Year:2011
Song: Call Me
Composer: Tony Hatch
Artist: Tony Hatch
Album: A Latin Happening
Label: Warner Bros.
Year: 1966
Song: Call Me Irresponsible
Composer: James Van Hensen/Sammy Cahn
Artist: Frank Sinatra
Album: Nothing But the Best
Label: Reprise Records
Year: 2008
Song: Can’t Help Lovin’ Dat Man
Composer: Jerome Kern/Oscar Hammerstein
Artist: Ella Fitzgerald
Album: Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Jerome Kern Song Book
Label: Verve Records
Year: 1963
Song: Central Park West
Composer: John Coltrane
Artist: John Coltrane
Album: Coltrane’s Sound
Label: Atlantic Records
Year: 1964
Song: Captain Marvel
Composer: Chick Corea
Artist: Chick Corea and Return to Forever
Album: Light as a Feather
Label: Polydor Records
Year: 1972
Song: Ceora
Composer: Lee Morgan
Artist: Lee Morgan Quintet
Album: Cornbread
Label: Blue Note
Year: 1967
Song: Chelsea Blues
Composer: Steve Swallow
Artist: Gary Burton and Steve Swallow
Album: Hotel Hello
Label: ECM
Year: 1975
Song: Chega de Saudade
Composer: Antonio Carlos Jobim/Vinicius de Moraes
Artist: Antonio Carlos Jobim
Album: The Composer of Desafinado, Plays
Label: Verve
Year: 1963
Song: Chelsea Bridge
Composer: Billy Strayhorn
Artist: Duke Ellington
Album: Never No Lament: The Blanton-Webster Band, 1940-1942
Label: RCA
Year: 2003
Song: Cherokee
Composer: Ray Noble
Artist: Clifford Brown and Max Roach
Album: Study In Brown
Label: EmArcy
Year: 1955
Song: Cherokee
Composer: Ray Noble
Artist: Ray Noble and his Orchestra
Album: Cherokee/By the Waters of Minnetonka
Label: Brunswick
Year: 1938
Song: Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White
Composer: Loui Guy/Jacque Larue/Mack David
Artist: Perez Prado
Album: The Best of Perez Prado
Label: Legacy
Year: 2006
Song: A Child is Born
Composer: Thad Jones
Artist: Thad Jones and Mel Lewis
Album: Consummation
Label: Blue Note
Year: 1970
Song: Chippie
Composer: Ornette Coleman
Artist: Ornette Coleman
Album: Something Else!!!!
Label: Contemporary Records
Year: 1957
Song: Chitlins con Carne
Composer: Kenny Burrell
Artist: Kenny Burrell
Album: Midnight Blue
Label: Blue Note
Year: 1963
Song: Come Sunday
Composer: Duke Ellington
Artist: Duke Ellington
Album: Concert of Sacred Music
Label: RCA Victor
Year: 1966
Song: Como en Vietnam
Composer: Steve Swallow
Artist: Gary Burton
Album: Take Another Look: A Career Retrospective
Label: Mack Avenue/Atlantic
Year: 2018
Song: Con Alma
Composer: Dizzy Gillespie
Artist: Dizzy Gillespie, Sonny Rollins, Sonny Stitt
Album: Dizzy, Rollins, and Stitt
Label: Verve
Year: 1962
Song: Conception
Composer: George Shearing
Artist: The New George Shearing Quintet
Album: That Shearing Sound
Label: Telarc
Year: 1994
Song: Confirmation
Composer: Charlie Parker
Artist: Charlie Parker
Album: Bird: The Complete Charlie Parker on Verve
Label: Verve
Year: 1988
Song: Contemplation
Composer: McCoy Tyner
Artist: McCoy Tyner
Album: The Real McCoy
Label: Blue Note
Year: 1967
Song: Coral
Composer: Keith Jarrett
Artist: Gary Burton, Pat Methney, Steve Swallow, and Antonio Sanchez
Album: Quartet Live
Label: Concord Jazz
Year: 2009
Song: Cotton Tail
Composer: Duke Ellington
Artist: Duke Ellington and his famous Orchestra
Album: Never No Lament/Cotton Tail
Label: Victor
Year: 1940
Song: Could It Be You
Composer: Cole Porter
Artist: Robert Farnon and his Orchestra
Album: The Golden Age of Light Music: Melodies for Romantics
Label: Guild Light Music
Year: 2004
Song: Countdown
Composer: John Coltrane
Artist: Joey Alexander
Album: Countdown
Label: Motema
Year: 2016
Song: Crescent
Composer: John Coltrane
Artist: John Coltrane
Album: The Very Best of John Coltrane
Label: Impluse!
Year: 2001
Song: Crystal Silence
Composer: Chick Corea
Artist: Chick Corea
Album: Return to Forever
Label: ECM
Year: 1972
