Bob Burford - Round Midnight

Bob Burford - "'Round Midnight" (Thelonious Monk)

This tune, according to some accounts, has the distinction of being the most recorded song written by a jazz musician. Of course, another jazz tune, "Route 66" ...

Bob Burford - "Here's That Rainy Day" (Jimmy Van Heusen)

Jimmy Van Heusen's real name was Edward Chester Babcock. He took the name Van Heusen from Van Heusen shirts. Frank Sinatra would end his show by ...

Bob Burford - "Joy Spring" by Clifford Brown

In 1956 Clifford Brown and Richie Powell were traveling through Pennsylvania on their way to Chicago to play a date with Max Roach. Richie's wife was driving.

Bob Burford - "A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square"

YOU'VE GOTTA WATCH THIS VIDEO!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_umFoPF2uk It's a vocal arrangement of this tune a la Manhattan Transfer. You're in ...

Bob Burford - "Bluesette" (done as a bossa) - Toots Thielemans

According to Wikipedia, Toots' real name is Jean-Baptiste Frédéric Isidor, Baron Thielemans, born in Belgium. I must beg his pardon for two things: [1] I've taken ...

Bob Burford

Bob Burford