Headline : The Great American Songbook: Jazz Covers

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The heyday of the Great American Songbook spanned four decades, beginning in the 20s. Tin Pan Alley, Broadway, and Hollywood were the backdrop for the songwriting of Cole Porter, Irving Berlin, the Gershwins, Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart, Jerome Kern, Vincent Youmans, Harry Warren, and Harold Arlen. For most people, the Songbook’s golden age ended with the coming of rock’n’roll, which also provided a distinct punctuation mark in the history of jazz.

The songwriters found willing ambassadors for their music among jazz musicians. In part, that was because their wonderful melodies appealed to anyone with a love of music, but they also allowed musicians to improvise, taking their audience on unique and innovative journeys.

This was especially true in the recording studio, where often disparate groups of musicians were gathered to make a recording, and the common ground provided by material from the Songbook was very often the place to start. Similarly, under the auspices of Norman Granz’s Jazz At The Philharmonic banner, the use of Songbook songs literally gave the musicians a platform to be able to jam and create magic.

At the very first JATP concert, in July 1944, the assembled musicians, which included pianist Nat King Cole, stretched out on Vincent Youmans’ “Tea For Tea.” Among the featured numbers the following year was “Oh, Lady Be Good,” written by George and Ira Gershwin for the Broadway musical of the same name…

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