The Emerald City Jazz Kings continue their Three Little Words series as Steve and the Jazz Kings 9 are joined by Michael Stone and Julie Alsin for an evening in the heavens as they explore how American Songbook composers dealt with the effects of natural phenomena on romance. It turns out to be a wide-open field. For example, many variants of “night” and “day” turn up in song titles, e.g., morning, evening, sunrise, sunset, dawn, twilight, noon and midnight. All of the seasons—spring, summer, autumn and winter—are well represented. Even more popular are titles evoking the effects on romance of the elements—sun, moon, stars, wind, rain and snow. An evening of wonderful songs including "Twilight In Turkey", "Blue Moon", "Swinging On A Star", "Fly Me To The Moon", "Love And The Weather", "Moonlight Serenade", "Pennies From Heaven", "On The Sunny Side of the Street" and many more!
| SET I - Love And The Weather |
| | Twilight In Turkey(1937) | R. Scott (m) |
| | Swinging On A Star(1944)
- introduced in Going My Way | J. Burke (w), J. Van Heusen (m) |
| | Blue Moon(1934) | L. Hart (w), R. Rodgers (m) |
| | Here's That Rainy Day(1953)
- introduced in Going My Way | J. Burke (w), J. Van Heusen (m) |
| | Pennies From Heaven(1936)
- introduced in Pennies From Heaven | J. Burke (w), A. Johnston (m) |
| | Velvet Moon(1943)
- introduced in Deep Adventure | E. DeLange (w), J. Myrow (m) |
| | Fly Me To The Moon(1954) | B. Howard (w/m) |
| | Moonlight Serenade(1939) | M. Parish (w), G. Miller (m) |
| | Love And The Weather(1947) | I. Berlin (w/m) |
| | No Moon At All(1949) | R. Evans (w), D. Mann (m) |
| | Sunny Side of the Street(1930)
- introduced in Lew Leslie's International Revue | D. Fields (w), J. McHugh (m) |
| | Night And Day(1932)
- introduced in The Gay Divorce | C. Porter (w/m) |
| | Orange Colored Sky(1950) | M. DeLugg (w), W. Stein (m) |
| | Beyond The Sea(1947) | J. Lawrence (w), C. Trénet (m) |
| | Snowfall(1941) | R. Charles (w), C. Thornhill (m) |
| | Summer Wind(1965) | J. Mercer (w), H. Meyer (m) |
| | Oh You Crazy Moon(1939)
- introduced in Swingin' The Dream | J. Burke (w), J. Van Heusen (m) |
| | A Melody From The Sky(1936) | S. Mitchell (w), L. Alter (m) |
| | The Breeze And I(1940) | E. Lecuona (m) |
| | Moonland(1939)
- introduced in Swingin' The Dream | E. DeLange (w), J. Van Heusen (m) |
| | I Got The Sun In The Morning(1946)
| I. Berlin (w/m) |
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| Featured composers, lyricists, creators |
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Louis Alter Irving Berlin Johnny Burke Ray Charles Eddie DeLangeMilton DeLugg Redd Evans Dorothy FieldsLorenz Hart Bart Howard Arthur Johnston Jack Lawrence Ernesto Lecuona Dave Mann Jimmy McHugh Johnny MercerHenry Meyer Glenn Miller Sidney Mitchell Josef Myrow Mitchell Parish Cole PorterRichard Rodgers Raymond Scott Willie Stein Al Stillman Claude Thornhill Charles Trénet Jimmy Van Heusen |