Various Artists - Rhapsody In Blue (1999)

Part of The Blue Series, issued by Blue Note Records.

The CD's subtitle gives you the gist of the thing: "Blue Note Plays the Music of George and Ira Gershwin." Mainly selected from recordings on the Capitol label during the 1950s, this compilation introduced me to several musicians with which I was previously unfamiliar, including Frank Rosolino, Bill Potts, and Bob Cooper.

Tracks, with my favorites indicated:

	Artist	Song	Year
1	The Billy May Orchestra	Rhapsody In Blue	ca. 1968
2	Bud Shank	Prelude No. 2	1959	✔
3	The Bob Cooper Octet	Strike Up The Band	1955
4	Chet Baker	But Not For Me	1955	✔
5	Frank Rosolino	Embraceable You	1954
6	Julie London	They Can't Take That Away From Me	1959
7	Thelonious Monk	Nice Work If You Can Get It	1947	✔
8	Bill Evans/Bob Brookmeyer	I Got Rhythm	1959	✔
9	Hank Jones	Summertime	1960
10	The Bill Potts Big Band	I Got Plenty O' Nuttin'	1959
11	Kenny Burrell	The Man I Love	1958
12	Jimmy Smith	'S Wonderful	1957	✔
13	Nat King Cole	Bidin' My Time	1963
14	Coleman Hawkins	Someone To Watch Over Me	1945
15	John Lewis	I Can't Get Started	1956
16	Nancy Wilson	Do It Again	1969
17	Ike Quebec	How Long Has This Been Going On?	1962	✔
18	Art Pepper	Fascinating Rhythm	1957

Personal Memory Associated with this CD: None, but here's a reminder that I put together an unofficial, possibly incomplete list of titles in the Blue Series. Available here: The Blue Series (1991-2002).

Previously revisited for the blog:

US releases
Blue Funk (2001)	UK releases
Blue '70s (2000)	Blue 'N' Soul (2001)
Latino Blue (2000)	Blue Series Sampler (2001)
Blue Brazil (1999)	Blue TV (2001)
Jump Blue (1999)	Capitol Rare Vol 3 (1999)
Blue Boogie (1999)	Blue 45s (1998)
Blue Valentines (1999)	Blue York Blue York (1996)
Capitol Rare (1999)	So Blue So Funky Vol 2 (1994)
Capitol Rare Vol 2 (1999)	California Cool (1993)
Blue Bossa Vol 2 (1999)	So Blue So Funky (1991)
Blue Bacharach (1999)
Midnight Blue (1999)
Blue Movies (1999)
Blue 'N' Groovy Vol 2 (1999)
Blue Break Beats Vol 3 (1996)
Blue Break Beats (1992)
Blue Beat (1991)
Blue Bossa (1991)