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Wednesday Aug 6
9:00 a
Till The Clouds Roll By
7:30 p
All The Things You Are
Thursday Aug 7
9:00 a
St. Louis Blues
1:30 p
West End Blues
7:30 p
My Baby Just Cares For Me
Friday Aug 8
9:00 a
Anatomy of a Murder
1:30 p
Something Cool
7:30 p
The Sweetest Melody
Saturday Aug 9
9:00 a
To Have And Have Not
1:30 p
And Life Is Like A Song
7:30 p
It's Not The Pale Moon
Sunday Aug 10
4:00 p
Summertime: The Jazz Party
Tuesday Aug 12
7:30 p
But Beauiful
Wednesday Aug 13
9:00 a
Reveille With Beverly
1:30 p
The Sweetest Melody
7:30 p
Let Me Off Uptown
Thursday Aug 14
9:00 a
Pete Kelly's Blues
1:30 p
All The Things You Are
7:30 p
Something Cool
Friday Aug 15
9:00 a
Orchestra Wives
1:30 p
It's Not The Pale Moon
7:30 p
And Life Is Like A Song
Saturday Aug 16
9:00 a
New Orleans
1:30 p
My Baby Just Cares For Me
7:30 p
West End Blues
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The Sweetest Melody
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Lyrics
Heard at The Shedd...
Recordings
Show History
Perdido
1942
English
Ervin Drake
Hans Lengsfelder
Juan Tizol
VERSE 1
2014
May 2-11
JK 2013-14
Bésame Mucho
May 10
JK 2013-14
Bésame Mucho
2016
Jan 29-Feb 7
JK 2015-16
In The Mood
Aug 10
OFAM 2016
Groovin' High
Jaqua
2019
Jul 25
OFAM 2019
It Don't Mean A Thing
Jaqua
Jul 28
OFAM 2019
Swing's The Thing
Jaqua
Jul 31
OFAM 2019
It Don't Mean A Thing
Jaqua
2020
Feb 6-9
JK 2019-20
It's All Right With Me
2022
Feb 10-13
JK 2021-22
C Jam Blues
Jaqua
2024
Apr 19
NHT 2023-24
Chuck Redd
Jaqua
2025
Aug 8-13
OFAM 2025 Summer
The Sweetest Melody
Jaqua
Recorded
Performers
Label
Cat.#
Matrix
Joe Marsala Sextet
Black & White
17
BW71
Honeydreamers
Capitol
2857
Sarah Vaughan
Columbia
39001
CO44309
Stan Freeman
Columbia
39541
CO46821
Ralph Marterie & His Orchestra
Mercury
5767
4642
Jazz At The Philharmonic
Mercury
11011
1884-2 (2413-2)
Jazz At The Philharmonic
Mercury
11011
1885-2 (2414-2)
Three Suns
RCA Victor
20-5961
04/02/1940
Nano Rodrigo & His Orchestra
Decca
3157-A
67445
01/21/1942
Duke Ellington & His Orchestra
Victor
27880-A
70682
02/06/1946
Jimmy Dorsey & His Orchestra
Decca
18812-A
73349
11/23/1946
Red Rodney's Beboppers
Mercury
8906
HL185
09/27/1947
Jazz At The Philharmonic
Mercury
11000
1884
09/27/1947
Jazz At The Philharmonic
Mercury
11000
1889
09/27/1947
Jazz At The Philharmonic
Mercury
11001
1885
09/27/1947
Jazz At The Philharmonic
Mercury
11001
1888
09/27/1947
Jazz At The Philharmonic
Mercury
11002
1886
09/27/1947
Jazz At The Philharmonic
Mercury
11002
1887
10/30/1950
Lionel Hampton & His Orchestra
Decca
27401
LA5898
08/05/1951
Red Callender
RCA Victor
20-4266
E1VB0720
03/19/1952
Gene Krupa's Jazz Trio
Mercury
8990
C730
01/04/1954
Louis Jordan & His Tympani 5
Decca
29424
85663
Year
Title
Medium
Type
Usage
1981
Sophisticated Ladies
film
stage original
interpolated
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