Each year, Americans take time to celebrate the many workers and laborers in our land. This week, we celebrate the works of timeless jazz artists like Dee Dee Bridgewater, Chick Corea, and Nina Simone. It's "Nice Work If You Can Get It" from Simply Timeless.
Playlist for August 29, 2020
| Title | Artist | Album | Label | Year | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nice Work If You Can Get It | Ella Fitzgerald | Oh, Lady, Be Good! Best Of The Gershwin Songbook. | Verve | 1996 | 03:31 |
| Pick Yourself Up | Nat King Cole | Capitol Sings Jerome Kern: The Song Is You. | Capitol | 1998 | 03:10 |
| He's Funny That Way | June Christy | June Christy Recalls Those Kenton Days. | Capitol | 1959 | 03:46 |
| Strike Up the Band | Tony Bennett & Count Basie | Strike Up the Band. | Roulette | 1981 | 01:33 |
| Heigh Ho | Professor Cunningham & His Old School | Swings the Songs of Disney. | Arbors | 2020 | 02:38 |
| A Hard Day's Night | René Marie | Serene Renegade. | MAXJazz | 2003 | 05:33 |
| We Can Work It Out | Stevie Wonder | Signed, Sealed and Delivered. | Motown | 1970 | 03:18 |
| Work Song | Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra & Wynton Marsalis | Black, Brown & Beige. | Blue Engine | 2020 | 08:03 |
| Come Sunday | Dee Dee Bridgewater | Dee Dee's Feathers. | Okeh | 2015 | 04:43 |
| Ol' Man River | Erroll Garner | Gershwin and Kern. | Mack Avenue | 2020 | 03:17 |
| Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? | Rachel Sutton | A Million Conversations. | 33 Jazz | 2020 | 05:21 |
| Until the Real Thing Comes Along | Ink Spots | The Best of the Ink Spots. | Decca | 1955 | 03:27 |
| Nice Work If You Can Get It | Tony Bennett & Diana Krall | Love Is Here to Stay. | Columbia / Verve | 2018 | 02:43 |
| Fascinating Rhythm | Lizzie Thomas | New Sounds from the Jazz Age. | Ind. | 2020 | 03:08 |
| You're Just a No Account | Louis Armstrong | The Decca Singles 1935 - 1946. | Verve | 2017 | 02:46 |
| Lazybones | Nellie McKay | Sister Orchid. | Palmetto | 2018 | 03:08 |
| Whistle While You Work | Kai Winding | Kai Winding Septet Cleveland 1957. | Storyville | 2000 | 03:08 |
| Work | Chick Corea Trio | Trilogy 2. | Concord | 2019 | 04:52 |
| Espera | Esperanza Spalding | Esperanza. | Heads Up | 2008 | 04:36 |
| You Brought a New Kind of Love to Me | Frank Sinatra | Songs for Swingin' Lovers. | Capitol | 1956 | 02:46 |
| I'd Rather Drink Muddy Water (feat. Carmen Bradford) | DIVA Jazz Orchestra | Live From Jazz at Lincoln Center's Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola. | Ind. | 2008 | 03:00 |
| For You My Love | Lou Rawls | The Legendary Lou Rawls. | Capitol | 1992 | 03:16 |
| Namely You | Joanie Summers | Let's Talk About Love. | Warner | 1962 | 03:16 |
| Ol' Man River | Count Basie | Not Now I'll Tell You When. | Roulette | 1960 | 04:54 |
| Ain't Got No - I Got Life | Nina Simone | The Very Best of Nina Simone - Sugar in My Bowl (1967 - 1972). | RCA | 1998 | 02:15 |
| That Lucky Old Sun | Ray Charles | Anthology. | Rhino | 1988 | 04:23 |
| The Second Time Around | Jackie Gleason | How Sweet It Is. | Capitol | 1960 | 03:05 |
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