The blues is a staple of jazz. These are the songs that spontaneously grew in the fields of slavery; songs that were sung to relieve intolerable pain; and these are the songs you love to play when you're feeling down. Today, in our second instalment, Approaching Standards soothes you with some ballads and blues.
| 'Round Midnight Barry Harris - The Last Time I saw Paris - Venus |
| Willow Weep For Me Stanley Turrentine - Ballads - Blue Note |
| You & The Night & The Music Tierney Sutton - Blue in Green - Telarc |
| Autumn Leaves Tierney Sutton - Blue in Green - Telarc |
| Sugar Stanley Turrentine - Sugar - CTI |
| Lush Life John Coltrane - Fearless Leader - Prestige |
| What's New Karrin Allyson - Ballads Remembering John Coltrane - Concord |
| All or Nothing At all Karrin Allyson - Ballads Remembering - Concord |
| You Don't Know What Love Is Grace Kelly - GracefulLee - Pazz |
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