Live at Birdland (John Pizzarelli album) explained
Live at Birdland is a 2003 live two-disc jazz album by guitarist John Pizzarelli and his trio. The song choices are mostly ballads and jazz standards, performed in the swing medium, mixed up here and there with a few original compositions. Pizzarelli consistently garners favorable reviews from critics at Allmusic, generally receiving 4 stars or more for his albums.
Track listing
- Disc One
- "Introduction"
- "Just You, Just Me"
- "The Frim Fram Sauce"
- "This Song Is You"
- "Isn't It a Pity?"
- "Rhode Island Intro"
- "Rhode Island"
- "Ray Kennedy Library of Congress Story"
- "Gospel Truth"
- "Ray Kennedy Dizzy Gillespie Story"
- "Tea for Tatum"
- "James Taylor Intro 1"
- "Don't Let Me Be Lonely Tonight"
- "James Taylor Intro 2"
- "Mean Old Man"
- "Manhattan"
- "Rosemary Clooney Story"
- "Moonlight Becomes You"
- "Final Intro"
- "Will You Still Be Mine?"
- Disc Two
- "Introduction"
- "Three Little Words"
- "They Can't Take That Away from Me"
- "Oh, How My Heart Beats for You"
- "The Day I Found You"
- "Polliwog Story"
- "It's Only a Paper Moon"
- "Stompin' at the Savoy"
- "Better Run Before It's Spring"
- "Grover Kemble Story"
- "Headed Out to Vera's"
- "Medley: Gee Baby, Ain't I Good to You/Baby, Baby All the Time/Midnight Blue"
- "I Like Jersey Best Intro"
- "I Like Jersey Best"
- "My Castle's Rockin'"
- "Baby Just Come Home to Me"
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