The Real Book Project: H

Below are recommended recordings of songs from the Sixth Edition of The Real Book that start with the letter ‘H’. 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: Half Nelson

Composer: Miles Davis

Artist: Charlie Parker

Album: The Immortal Charlie Parker

Label: Savoy Records

Year: 1955

 

Song: Have You Me Miss Jones

Composer: Richard Rodgers / Lorenz Hart

Artist: Chet Baker

Album: Lonely Star

Label: Prestige Records

Year: 1996

 

Song: Heaven

Composer: Duke Ellington

Artist: Duke Ellington

Album: 2nd Sacred Concert

Label: Prestige Records

Year: 1974

 

Song: Heebie Jeebies

Composer: Boyd Atkins

Artist: Louis Armstrong

Album: Oh Didn’t He Ramble

Label: UMG Recordings

Year: 1983

 

Song: Here’s That Rainy Day

Composer: Jimmy Van Heusen / Johnny Burke

Artist: Frank Sinatra

Album: Ultimate Sinatra

Label: Capitol Records  

Year: 2015

Song: Hello, Young Lovers

Composer: Richard Rodgers / Oscar Hammerstein II

Artist: Ella Fitzgerald

Album: Ella Fitzgerald in Budapest

Label: Pablo Records

Year: 1999

 

Song: Hot Toddy

Composer: Herb Hendler / Ralph Flanagan

Artist: Ralph Flanagan and his Orchestra

Album: Ralph Flanagan and his Orchestra

Label: RCA Records

Year: 1952

 

Song: House of Jade

Composer: Wayne Shorter

Artist: Wayne Shorter

Album: JuJu

Label: Blue Note

Year: 1999

 

Song: How High the Moon

Composer: Morgan Lewis / Nancy Hamilton

Artist: Ella Fitzgerald

Album: Lullabies of Birdland

Label: Decca Records

Year: 1955

 

Song: How Insensitive

Composer: Antonio Carlos Jobim / Vinicius de Moraes / Norman Gimbel

Artist: Frank Sinatra with Antonio Carlos Jobim

Album: Sinatra Jobim

Label: Reprise Records

Year: 1967

 

Song: How My Heart Sings

Composer: Earl Zindars / Anne Zindars

Artist: Bill Evans Trio

Album: How My Heart Sings

Label: Riverside Records

Year: 1962

 

Song: Hullo Bolinas

Composer: Steve Swallow

Artist: Burton, Metheny, Sanchez, Swallow

Album: 4tet live

Label: Concord Jazz

Year: 2009

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