They Say It's Spring

A much-delayed spring has cautiously crept into Boston. The Duplex playlist of 5.8.14 celebrates that. Download it, put it on your MP3 player and enjoy a walk through the Arboretum.  

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Playlist:

Blossom Dearie "They Say It's Spring" from "Verve Jazz Masters 51" (1957), Verve 

Red Nichols & His Five Pennies "Rose Of Washington Square"  (1929), Brunswick 

Charles Lloyd "Forest Flower" from "Live at Monterey" (1967), Atlantic 

Howard McGhee "BLue Bell" from "Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out" (1962), Blue Note 

Nat King Cole "Blue Gardenia" from "Ballads of the Day" (Jazz, 1956), Capital 

Bird and Diz "Bloomdido" from "Bird and Diz" (1950), Verve 

Tom Harrell "Song Flower" from "Stories" (Jazz, 1988), Contemporary 

Ella Fitzgerald "Honeysuckle Rose" (1970), MGM 

Gary Burton "Fleurette Africain" from "Lofty Fake Anagram" (1967), RCA Victor 

Cannonball Adderly "Rose Room" from "Cannonball" (1955), Emarcy 

Zoot Sims "Passion Flower" from "Zoot Sims Plays Ellington" (1980), Pablo 

Bill Evans "Days of Wine and Roses" from "Affinity" (1979), Warner Bros.