Jazz Band

” The good life is a process, not a state of being. It is a direction, not a destination. ”
– Carl Rogers

Jazz Band

Portland has many very talented and accomplished freelance jazz musicians for me to call upon and sing with. We welcome the opportunity to play for you. No matter the venue, room size, number of people, or occasion (casual or formal) – we will be able to come up with the perfect band to suit your budget and event.

• Deed I Do (Walter Hirsh/Fred Rose)
• ‘Swonderful (Gershwin)
• A Fine Romance (Jerome Kern)
• A Foggy Day (George Gershwin)
• A Nightengale Sang in Berkeley Square (Manning Sherwin)
• Aint Misbehavin’ (Fats Waller)
• All Blues (Miles Davis)
• All Of Me (Simons/Marks)
• Almost like Being In Love (Frederick Lowe)
• Alright, Okay You Win (Wyche/Watts)
• Angel Eyes (Matt Denis/Earl Brent)
• April In Paris (Vernon Duke)
• Aqua De Beber (Jobim)
• As Time Goes By (Herman Hupford)
• At Last (Harry Warren / Mack Gordon)
• Autumn Leaves (Joseph Kozma)
• Besame Mucho (Consuelo Velasquez)
• Bewitched (Rodgers & Hart)
• Bill Bailey (Hughie Cannon)
• Black Coffee (Webster/Burke)
• Blue Moon (Rodgers & Hart)
• Blue Skies (Irving Berlin)
• Body and Soul (Heyman/Green/Sour)
• But Not For Me (George Gershwin)
• Bye Bye Blackbird (Ray Henderson)
• Can’t Help Lovin’ Dat Man Of Mine (Hammerstein/Kern)
• Can’t We Be Friends (Kaye Swift)
• Caravan (Duke Ellington)
• Cheek to Cheek (Irving Berlin)
• Close Your Eyes (Bernice Petkere)
• Come Fly With Me (J. Van Heusen/ S. Cahan)
• Come Rain or Come Shine (Harold Arlen)
• Comes Love (Brown/Sept/Tobias
• Cry Me A River (Arthur Hamilton/Julie London)
• Dancing I The Dark (Arthur Schwartz)
• Days of Wine and Roses (Henry Mancini)
• Desafinado (Antonio Carlos Jobim)
• Dindi (Jobim)
• Don’t Get Around Much Anymore (The Duke)
• Early Autumn (Woody Herman)
• East Of The Sun (Brooks Bownman)
• Easy Livin’ (Robin/Ranger)
• Embraceable You (Gershwin)
• Ev’ry Time We Say Goodbye (Cole Porter)
• Falling in Love With Love (Rodgers & Hart)
• Fever (J. Davenport/ Eddy Cooley)
• Fly Me to the Moon (Bart Howard)
• Four (Miles Davis)
• Frenesi (Alberto Domingo)
• Gee Baby Ain’t I Good To You (Don Redman)
• Georgia On My Mind (Hoagy Carmichael)
• Girl From Ipanema (Jobim)
• God Bless The Child (Billy Holiday/Arthur Herzog)
• Goody Goody (Malnick/Mercer)
• Green Dolphin Street (Kaper/Washington)
• Hey There (Richard Adler)
• Honeysuckle Rose (Fats Waller)
• How About You (Burton Lane)
• How High the Moon (Morgan Lewis)
• How Long Has This Been Going On (Gershwin)
• I Can’t Get Started (Vernon Duke)
• I Can’t Give You Anything But Love (Jimmy Hugh/Dorothy Field)
• I Concentrate On You (Cole Porter)
• I Could Write A Book (Rodgers/Hart)
• I Cried For You (Aurthur Freed)
• I Didn’t Know What Time It Was (Rodgers/Hart)
• I Don’t Care If The Sun Don’t Shine (Mack David)
• I Get A Kick Out of You (Cole Porter)
• I Got Rythmn (G. Gershwin)
• I Only Have Eyes For You (Harry Warren)
• I Remember You (Victor Schertz/J. Mercer)
• I Thought About You (Jimmy Van Heusen)
• I Want To Be Happy (Vincent Youmans)
• I Wish I Were In Love (Rodgers/Hart)
• I’ll Be Seeing You (Irving Kahal/Sammy Fain)
• I’m A Fool To Want You (Sinatra/Wolfe/Heron)
• I’m Beginning To See The Light (George/Hodges/Ellington/James)
• I’m Old Fashioned (J. Kern/J. Mercer)
• I’ve Got a Crush on You (George Gershwin)
• I’ve Got The World on a String (Harold Arlen)
• I’ve Got You Under My Skin (Cole Porter)
• If I Were A Bell (Frank Loesser)
• If This Isn’t Love (Burton Lane)
• Isn’t It Romantic (Rodgers & Hart)
• Isn’t This A Lovely Day (Irving Berlin)
• It Could Happen To You (Jimmy Van Heusen)
• It Don’t Mean A Thing (Duke Ellington)
• It Had To Be You (Isham Jones/Gus Khan)
• It Might As Well Be Spring (Rodgers/Hammerstein)
• It Never Entered My Mind ( Rodgers/Hart)
• It’s All Right With Me (Cole Porter)
• It’s Delovely (Cole Porter)
• It’s Only a Paper Moon (Harold Arlen)
• Just Friends ((John Klenner)
• Just In Time (Julie Styne)
• Just One of Those Things (Cole Porter)
• La Vie En Rose (Louie Guy/Edith Piaf)
• Lady Be Good (Gershwin)
• Lady Is A Tramp (Rodgers/Hart)
• Let’s Call The Whole Thing Off (George Gershwin)
• Let’s Face the Music and Dance (Irving Berlin)
• Let’s Fall in Love (Harold Arlen)
• Like Someone In Love (Burke/Van Huesen)
• Look For The Silver Lining (Jerome Kern)
• Love For Sale (Cole Porter)
• Love Me Or Leave Me (Walter Donaldson)
• Love Walked In (Gershwin)
• Lover Man – Oh Where Can You Be (Davis Ramirez/Sherman)
• Lullaby of Birdland (George Shearing)
• Lullaby Of The Leaves (Bernice Petkere)
• Makin’ Whoopie (Gus Kahn/Donaldson)
• Man I Love, The (Gershwin)
• Manhatten, I’ll Take (Rodgers/Hart)
• Mean To Me (Fred Alber/Roy Turk)
• Misty (Erroll Garner)
• Moondance (Van Morrison)
• Moonglow (Irving Mil)
• Moonlight In Vermont (Suessdor/Blackburn)
• More (Ortolani/Oliviero) My Foolish Heart (Victor Young)
• More Than You Know (Vincent Youman)
• My Funny Valentine (Rodgers/Hart)
• My Heart Belongs to Daddy (Cole Porter)
• My Little Suede Shoes (Charlie Parker)
• My Old Flame (Arthur James/Sam Coslow)
• My One and Only Love (Guy Wood)
• My Romance (Rodgers/Hart)
• My Shining Hour (Arlen/Mercer)
• Nature Boy (Eden Ahbez)
• Nearness of You (Hoagy Carmichael)
• Nice Work If You Can Get It (George Gershwin)
• Night and Day (Cole Porter)
• Now’s The Time (Charlie Parker)
• Old Devil Moon (Burton Lane)
• On A Clear Day (Burton Lane)
• On A Slow Boat To China (Frank Loesser)
• On The Street Where You Live (Lowe/Lerner)
• On The Sunny Side Of The Street (Jimmy McHugh)
• One Note Samba (Jobim)
• Opus One (Sy Oliver)
• Our Love is Here to Stay (George Gershwin)
• Over the Rainbow (Harold Arlen)
• Pennies From Heaven (Arthur Johnston)
• Please Be Kind (Sammy Cahn /Saul Chaplin)
• Please Don’t Talk About Me When I’m Gone (Clare/Stept/Palmer)
• Polka Dots and Moon Beams (Jimmy Van Huesen)
• Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars (Jobim)
• Route 66 (Bobby Troup)
• Satin Doll (Duke/Billy/Johnny)
• Scrapple From The Apple (Charlie Parker)
• Secret Love (Sammy Fain)
• Sentimental Journey (Bud Green/Doris Day)
• Shadow Of Your Smile (Paul Francis Webster)
• Shiny Stockings (Frank Foster)
• Since I Fell For You (Buddy Johnson)
• Skylark (Hoagy Carmichael)
• Smile (Charlie Chaplin)
• Someone To Watch Over Me (Gershwin)
• Sophisticated Lady (Duke Ellington)
• Speak Low (Kurt Weill/Ogden Nash)
• Star Eyes (Don Raye/Gene dePaul)
• Stella By Starlight (Victor Young)
• Stompin’ at the Savoy (Benny Goodman)
• Stormy Weather (Harold Arlen)
• Straight No Chaser (Thelonius Monk)
• Straighten Up and Fly Right (Irving Mills/Nat King Cole)
• Summer Wind (Henry Mayer/J. Mercer)
• Summertime (George Gershwin)
• Sunny (Sunny Hebb)
• Surrey With The Fringe On The Top ( Rodgers & Hammerstein)
• Sweet Georgia Brown (Bernie/Pinkard/Casey)
• Take the “A” Train (Duke Ellington)
• Taking A Chance On Love (Vernon Duke)
• Teach Me Tonite (Gene De Paul)
• Tenderly (Walter Gross)
• That Old Black Magic (Harold Arlen/Mercer)
• That’s All (Alan Brandt/Bob Haymes)
• The Best Is Yet To Come (Cy Coleman)
• The Glory Of Love (Billy Hill)
• The Very Thought Of You (Ray Noble)
• The Way You Look Tonight (Jerome Kern)
• Them There Eyes (Pinkard/Tracy/Tauber)
• There Is No Greater Love (Isham Jones)
• There Will Never Be Another You (Harry Warren)
• They All Laughed (Gershwin)
• They Can’t Take That Away From Me (Gershwin)
• This Can’t Be Love (Rodgers/Hart)
• This Could Be The Start of Something Big (Steve Allen)
• Thou Swell (Rodgers/Hart)
• Time After Time (Julie Styne)
• Too Close For Comfort (Bok/Holacener/Weiss)
• Too Marvelous For Words (Whiting / Mercer)
• Triste (Jobim)
• Trolley Song, The (Ralph Blane /Hugh Martin)
• Twisted (Annie Ross/Wardell Gray)
• Unforgettable (Irving Gordon)
• Volare (Domingo Modugno)
• Wave (Antonio Carlos Jobim)
• We’ll Be Together Again (Carl Fishcher)
• What A Difference A Day Makes (Maria Grever)
• What A Little Moonlight Can Do For You (Harry Woods)
• What A Wonderful World (Cahn/Van Heusen)
• What Is This Thing Called Love (Cole Porter)
• When I Fall in Love (Victor Young)
• When Sunny Gets Blue (Marvin Fisher/Jack Segal)
• Where Is Love – from Oliver (Lionel Bart)
• Where or When (Rodgers/ Hart)
• Whisper Not (Benny Golson)
• Willow Weep For Me (Ann Ronell)
• You Do Something To Me (Cole Porter)
• You Make Me Feel So Young (Josef Myron)
• You Took Advantage of Me (Richard Rodgers)
• You Turned the Tables on Me (Lois Alter)
• You’d Be So Nice To Come Home To (Cole Porter)