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Swing Is In The Air
Sunday April 5th, 2015 with Karen Oxorn
Farewell Program: My Favourite Jazz Singers

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Please join me for my final program of 2015. I'll be taking the rest of the year off to concentrate on some personal projects with the hope of returning to Swing to do a few shows in 2016. As my farewell program, I'll feature my favourite jazz singers from yesterday and today.
Let Yourself Go 3:53 Irving Berlin
Stacey Kent - Let Yourself Go 2000 - Candid
It Never Entered My Mind 4:08 Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart
Ella Fitzgerald - The Rodgers and Hart Songbook 1 - 1956 - Verve/Polygram Records, Inc.
I've Got You Under My Skin 2:32 Cole Porter
Peggy Lee - Peggy Lee Greatest Hits - Black Coffee 1953 - Not Now Music
Just In Time 3:31 Leonard Bernstein and Comden and Green
Blossom Dearie - Blossom Dearie Sings Comden and Greene - 1959 - Verve
Them There Eyes 2:48 Maceo Pinkard, William Tracey, Doris Tauber
Billie Holiday - Billie Holiday's Greatest Hits - 1949 - MCA Records
What'll I Do 5:37 Irving Berlin
Tierney Sutton - Dancing In The Dark - 2004 - Telarc
I Don't Know Enough About You 4:01 Dave Barbour and Peggy Lee
Diana Krall - Love Scenes - 1997 - Impulse
Blue Moon 2:31 Rodgers & Hart
Julie London - Julie Is Her Name Vol. 2 - c. 1958 - Liberty
De Conversa Em Conversa 2:55 Lucio Alves and Haroldo Barbosa
Emilie-Claire Barlow - The Very Thought Of You - 2007 - Empress Music Group Inc. New
The Boy Next Door 5:25 Hugh Martin Ralph Blane
Emilie-Claire Barlow - The Very Thought Of You - 2007 - Empress Music Group Inc. New
Two For The Road 3:07 Henry Mancini and Leslie Briscusse
Carol Welsman - Journey - 2012 - Justin Time Records Inc. New
Murder He Says 3:13 Jimmy McHugh and Frank Loesser
Dinah Shore - V-Disc Dinah Shore - c. 1943 - V-Disc
It Could Happen To You 3:20 Jimmy Van Heusen and Johnny Burke
Doris Day - Sentimental Journey - 1946 - Limited Edition
Chega De Saudade (No More Blues) 3:23 Antonio Carlos Jobim and Vinicius de Moraes/Jon Hendricks
Jane Monheit - In The Sun - 2002 - N-Coded Music
But Not For Me 3:00 George and Ira Gershwin
Chet Baker - The Best Of Chet Baker Sings - c. 1953-1956 - Capitol Records Inc.
Moonlight Serenade 4:19 Glenn Miller and Mitchell Parish
Kurt Elling - Flirting With Twilight - 2001
Beat My Dog 2:18 Jay Leonhart
Audra McDonald - Happy Songs - 2002 - Nonesuch
Samba Saravah 4:01 Pierre Barouh, Vinicius de Moraes, Baden Powell de Aquino
Diana Panton - To Brazil With Love - 2011 - EOne Music Canada New
Day Dream 3:20 Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn
Marianne Solivan - Prisoner Of Love - 2012 - Hipnotic Records
Only The Lonely 3:08 Jimmy Van Heusen and Sammy Cahn
Shirley Horn - Ultimate Shirley Horn - 1962 - Verve/Polygram Records Inc.
The show ended during this beautiful Shirley Horn number. I will get the rest of the tracks posted asap for the additional 30 minutes that continued with the songs listed below. KLO
I Got Rhythm Intro./Song 4:50
Susannah McCorkle - Someone To Watch Over Me - 1998 - Concord Records Inc.
He's Funny That Way 3:13 Richard Whiting and Neil Moret
Susie Arioli - It's Wonderful - 2001 - Fleming Artist Mgt. New
I Could Have Told You 4:52 Carl Sigman and Jimmy Van Heusen
Tierney Sutton - Dancing In The Dark - 2004 - Telarc
Something Happens To Me 3:29 Jack Segal & Marvin Fisher
Shirley Horn - Ultimate Shirley Horn - 1962 - Verve/Polygram Records Inc.
T'aint Nobody's Business If I Do 3:19 Porter Grainger & Everett Robbins
Billie Holiday - Billie Holiday's Greatest Hits - 1949
Interactive CKCU
Karen Oxorn (host)
I hope you'll join me this afternoon as I bid a fond adieu to all of you with a pot pourri of some of my fave jazz vocalists.

9:04 AM, April 5th, 2015
Karen Oxorn (host)
Hi everyone and welcome to Swing Is In The Air!

4:04 PM, April 5th, 2015
Elorious Cain
Happy Easter!

4:09 PM, April 5th, 2015
Karen Oxorn (host)
And a Happy Easter to you, Elorious. Thanks for tuning in today.

4:15 PM, April 5th, 2015
PeterB
Hey Karen, Great to have met you through TIE --> SIITA show hand-offs, and other. I trust our paths will cross again. Take care. And come back some day!

4:25 PM, April 5th, 2015
Karen Oxorn (host)
Hey Peter! Thanks for tuning in today. It's been great to collaborate with you and all the THis Island Earth team. Thanks again for your invaluable assistance for one of my live performance/interviews: it went so well in large part because of your help. I hope we''ll meet again!

4:30 PM, April 5th, 2015
scot Dunlop
Lovin Your wrap up show KLO : ' )) Great 'Swing into Spring' Best!

4:36 PM, April 5th, 2015
Ann & Clay
Listening and loving the show, as usual! Will miss your hosting it, but will certainly catch some of your upcoming performances!!

4:36 PM, April 5th, 2015
PeterB
Unfortunately, I have to admit, I am not currently tuned in actually. Thank you OnDemand later!! I do see your playlist looks great -- even Doris Day vs Chet Baker coming up, and several i do not know. (I'd go with Amy Winehose too personally .... FANTASTIC set of pipes, now tragically no longer with us. ;^)

4:37 PM, April 5th, 2015
Martin
Hi Karen! We will all be missing you. Good luck on your projects!

4:39 PM, April 5th, 2015
Karen Oxorn (host)
HI Scot! Thanks for joining me for the farewell show! and for tuning in and writing in! See you at Jazz Fest in the Gold Tent!!

4:42 PM, April 5th, 2015
Karen Oxorn (host)
Thanks, Ann and Clay, for following the show and chatting with me these past shows. I'll look forward to seeing you in the clubs!!

4:44 PM, April 5th, 2015
SPD
Yes Karen Superb lineup this year for OIJF Thanks for the shows..

4:44 PM, April 5th, 2015
Riek
Thank you for sharing your musical picks with us. I appreciate the time and energy you have put into it. Best wishes with your future. See you at the festival!

4:49 PM, April 5th, 2015
Ralph
Great show Karen, sorry to see you depart!

4:50 PM, April 5th, 2015
Karen Oxorn (host)
Peter, did I ever tell you that I met Amy Winehouse when she played the Montreal Jazz Festival early in her career!?

4:51 PM, April 5th, 2015
Shelley Russell
Oh, Karen, I will miss your jazz show. Please come see Michael and I in NYC next time you are in town.

4:51 PM, April 5th, 2015
Karen Oxorn (host)
Hi Martin. I will miss doing the show and feel so lucky to have had the opportunity to play tunes for you and other appreciative listeners. Great meeting you at GigSpace in January and hope our paths will cross again.

4:53 PM, April 5th, 2015
Kate McGregor
Hi Karen- thank you for the great music and for making my Sunday afternoons a special treat. I loved the focus you put on jazz vocal and the support you offered to musicians by playing their music. A big hug, Kate

4:54 PM, April 5th, 2015
Karen Oxorn (host)
Hi Riek. Thanks for joining me and for your kind words; I so appreciate it. all the best and see you at the fetival!

4:55 PM, April 5th, 2015
Batia Winer
It's been a delight to listen to you on the radio for this past year and a half. See you soon!

4:57 PM, April 5th, 2015
Karen Oxorn (host)
Thanks Ralph. Thanks for all you do coordinating the show; I'll be listening in! all the best!

5:02 PM, April 5th, 2015
Karen Oxorn (host)
My dear Shelley! How I will miss knowing you re listening. Yes, we must get together soon!! NYC it is!

5:11 PM, April 5th, 2015
Karen Oxorn (host)
Thank you, Kate, for being a regular listener and commentator; so appreciated it. Big hug right back at you!

5:14 PM, April 5th, 2015
Karen Oxorn (host)
Thanks my dear Batia for joining me today and for being a faithful participant these last months. Big hug!

5:17 PM, April 5th, 2015
Dominique
Sad to see you go Karen! Looking forward to hearing what new adventures await you. All the best!

5:25 PM, April 5th, 2015
Karen Oxorn (host)
Thanks to everyone who joined me today and for joining me during my yer and a half or so of hosting Swing Is In The Air, started by our der friend Jacques Emond, who we all miss so much. I hope to see many of you around the jazz scene. I ran out of time again so please check the Playlist for all the information on artists I played but did not announce.

5:27 PM, April 5th, 2015
Karen Oxorn (host)
Thanks Dominique! It was great to have you on the show as a guest performer with Tim Bedner. Best wishes for your upcoming concert in Sudbury!!

5:30 PM, April 5th, 2015
Karen Oxorn (host)
No sign of the next host yet so I'll keep spinning those tracks!

5:33 PM, April 5th, 2015
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