Shirley Horn Discography



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Date: August 7, 1959
Location: Edgewood Recording Studios, Washington, DC
Label: Verve

Stuff Smith (ldr), John Eaton (p), Shirley Horn (p, v), Lewis Packer (b), Harry Saunders (d), Stuff Smith (vn, v)

a.26471-3'S Wonderful - 03:42  (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin)
     Verve LP 12": MG V-8339 - Cat On A Hot Fiddle
b.26472-1A Foggy Day - 03:16  (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin)
c.26473-5I Loves You Porgy - 03:17  (Dubose Heyward, George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin)
d.26474-5Somebody Loves Me - 03:39  (George Gershwin, Buddy DeSylva, Ballard MacDonald)
     Verve LP 12": MG V-8339 - Cat On A Hot Fiddle
e.26475-1Strike Up The Band - 02:52  (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin)
     Verve LP 12": MG V-8339 - Cat On A Hot Fiddle
f.26476-3Oh, Lady Be Good - 02:17  (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin)
     Verve LP 12": MG V-8339 - Cat On A Hot Fiddle
g.26477-5Fascinating Rhythm - 02:46  (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin)
h.26478-1The Man I Love - 03:42  (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin)
     Verve LP 12": MG V-8339 - Cat On A Hot Fiddle
i.26479-2They Can't Take That Away From Me - 05:06  (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin)
     Verve LP 12": MG V-8339 - Cat On A Hot Fiddle
j.26480-4Love Is Here To Stay - 03:44  (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin)
k.26481-5Nice Work If You Can Get It - 04:02  (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin)
     Verve LP 12": MG V-8339 - Cat On A Hot Fiddle
All titles on: -     Mosaic CD: MD4-186 - The Complete Verve Stuff Smith Sessions (1999)

John Eaton (p) on e, g only. Omit Shirley Horn (p) on e, g. Shirley Horn (v) on b, c, j only. Stuff Smith (v) on d, f only.

From Mosaic boxed set: John Eaton is credited on the Verve log and on the LP as being the pianist on this session. Stuff Smith asserted and Shirley Horn recently confirmed that Horn is in fact the pianist. Eaton was present at the session and, most likely, plays on "Strike Up The Band" and "Fascinating Rhythm."


Date: ca. 1960

Label: Stere-o-craft

Shirley Horn (ldr), Shirley Horn (p, v), Joe Benjamin, Lewis Packer (b), Herbie Lovelle, Harry Saunders (d)

a.a-01Like Someone In Love - 02:27  (Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke)
b.a-02He Never Mentioned Love - 03:59  (Curtis Lewis)
c.a-03Softly As In A Morning Sunrise - 03:21  (Sigmund Romberg, Oscar Hammerstein II)
d.a-04I Thought About You - 02:58  (Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Mercer)
e.a-05Mountain Greenery - 02:11  (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart)
     Stere-o-craft 45: 1 - Wild Is The Wind/Mountain Greenery
f.a-06God Bless The Child - 03:35  (Billie Holiday, Arthur Herzog)
g.b-01Blue City - 03:30  (Curtis Lewis)
h.b-02Day By Day - 02:30  (Axel Stordahl, Paul Weston, Sammy Cahn)
i.b-03If I Should Lose You - 03:15  (Leo Robin, Ralph Rainger)
j.b-04Wild Is The Wind - 03:37  (Dmitri Tiomkin, Ned Washington)
     Stere-o-craft 45: 1 - Wild Is The Wind/Mountain Greenery
k.b-05Come Rain Or Come Shine  (Johnny Mercer, Harold Arlen)
l.b-06Just In Time - 02:05  (Jule Styne, Betty Comden, Adolph Green)
All titles on: -     HiLife LP 12": ? - Embers And Ashes
-     Stere-o-craft LP 12": RTN 16 - Embers And Ashes (1960)
-     Stere-o-craft LP 12": RTS 16 - Embers And Ashes (1960)

Omit Joe Benjamin (b) on h. Lewis Packer (b) on h only. Omit Herbie Lovelle (d) on h. Harry Saunders (d) on h only.

No date given - 1960 is issue date. Sleeve contains errors, listing Harry Saunders as bassist and Lewis Powers as drummer. These corrected to match earlier Stuff Smith date for Verve.


Date: ca. August 1961
Location: Gaslight Square, St. Louis, MO
Label: [private recording]

Shirley Horn (ldr), Shirley Horn (p, v), John Mixon (b), Gene Gammage (d)

a.a-01Sometimes I'm Happy  (Irving Caesar, Vincent Youmans)
b.a-02If I Should Lose You  (Leo Robin, Ralph Rainger)
c.a-03Summertime  (George Gershwin, Dubose Heyward)
d.a-04Good For Nothing Joe  (Ted Koehler, Rube Bloom)
e.b-01Day In, Day Out  (Rube Bloom, Johnny Mercer)
f.b-02'Round Midnight  (Thelonious Monk, Cootie Williams, Bernie Hanighen)
g.b-03He Needs Me  (Arthur Hamilton)
h.b-04Makin' Whoopee  (Walter Donaldson, Gus Kahn)
All titles on: -     CAN-AM International LP 12": 6106 - Live At The Village Vanguard (1987)

According to the book City of Gabriels by Dennis C. Owsley, this was not recorded at the Village Vanguard.


Date: September 13, 1962
Location: New York City
Label: Philips

Shirley Horn (ldr), Jerome Richardson (f, ww), Frank Wess (f, ts), Al Cohn (ts), Gerry Mulligan (bar), Joe Newman, Ernie Royal (t), Kenny Burrell (g), Hank Jones (p), Jimmy Jones (p, arr, con), Milt Hinton (b), Osie Johnson (d), Gene Orloff (vn), Shirley Horn (v)

a.25576The Second Time Around - 03:12  (Sammy Cahn, Jimmy Van Heusen)
b.25577Who Am I? - 02:49  (Walter Bullock, George Brown, Jule Styne)
c.25578My Future Just Passed - 02:40  (Richard Whiting, George Marion, Jr.)
d.25579Only The Lonely - 03:05  (Sammy Cahn, Jimmy Van Heusen)
     PolyGram CD: 547 162-2 - Ultimate Shirley Horn [selected by Diana Krall] (1999)
e.25580Love For Sale - 03:50  (Cole Porter)
f.25581Do It Again - 02:56  (George Gershwin, Buddy DeSylva)
     Mercury 45: 72059 - Wild Is Love/Do It Again
     PolyGram CD: 547 162-2 - Ultimate Shirley Horn [selected by Diana Krall] (1999)
g.25582Ten Cents A Dance - 03:49  (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart)
h.25583Wild Is Love - 01:29  (Raymond Rasch, Dorothy Wayne)
     Mercury 45: 72059 - Wild Is Love/Do It Again
i.25584That's No Joke - 02:37  (Joe Bailey)
j.25585Loads Of Love - 02:24  (Richard Rodgers)
k.25586It's Love - 02:01  (Betty Comden, Adolph Green, Leonard Bernstein)
All titles on: -     Mercury LP 12": SR 60761 - Loads Of Love
-     Mercury CD: 843 454-2 - Loads Of Love/Shirley Horn With Horns (1990)

Omit Hank Jones (p) on a, e. Jimmy Jones (p) on a, e only.

According to Ruppli, date is uncertain.
Musicians as remembered by Shirley Horn. Other players, including strings, unknown.


Date: ca. September 15, 1962
Location: New York City
Label: Philips

Shirley Horn (ldr), Jerome Richardson (f, ww), Frank Wess (f, ts), Al Cohn (ts), Gerry Mulligan (bar), Joe Newman, Ernie Royal (t), Kenny Burrell (g), Hank Jones (p), Milt Hinton (b), Osie Johnson (d), Gene Orloff (vn), Shirley Horn (v), Jimmy Jones (arr, con)

a.25635There's A Boat Dat's Leavin' Soon For New York - 02:41  (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, Dubose Heyward)
     Mercury LP 12": SR 60761 - Loads Of Love
     Mercury CD: 843 454-2 - Loads Of Love/Shirley Horn With Horns (1990)

Date unknown. Done at a session after 9/13/62. Personnel taken from that earlier session.


Date: September 5, 1963
Location: New York City
Label: Mercury

Shirley Horn (ldr), Shirley Horn (v)

a.29326That's The Blues  (Composer Unknown)
b.29327Charade  (Henry Mancini, Johnny Mercer)
c.29328So In Love  (Cole Porter)
d.29329Come Dance With Me  (Sammy Cahn, Jimmy Van Heusen)
e.29330The Great City  (Curtis Lewis)
f.29331Lazy Afternoon  (John Latouche, Jerome Moross)
g.29332The Old Country  (Nat Adderley, Curtis Lewis)
h.29333Touch Me Softly  (Dick Allen, Stan Hoffman)
i.29334The Best Is Yet To Come  (Cy Coleman, Carolyn Leigh)
j.29335Bill  (Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II, P. G. Wodehouse)

Unknown personnel.

Composer of "That's The Blues" is unknown.


Date: December 15, 1963
Location: A & R Studios, New York City
Label: Mercury

Shirley Horn (ldr), Jimmy Cleveland (tb), Jimmy Jones, Bobby Scott (p), Shirley Horn (v), Billy Byers, Thad Jones, Don Sebesky (arr), Quincy Jones (arr, con)

a.2-30895Let Me Love You - 03:04  (Bart Howard)
b.2-30896On The Street Where You Live - 02:15  (Alan Jay Lerner, Frederick Loewe)
c.2-30897Wouldn't It Be Loverly - 03:42  (Frederick Loewe, Alan Jay Lerner)
d.2-30898Mack The Knife [aka Moritat] - 03:01  (Kurt Weill, Bertolt Brecht, Marc Blitzstein)
e.2-30899Come Dance With Me - 02:13  (Sammy Cahn, Jimmy Van Heusen)
f.2-30900The Great City - 02:02  (Curtis Lewis)
     Verve CD: B 000406802 - But Beautiful: The Best Of Shirley Horn (2005)
g.2-30901That Old Black Magic - 02:34  (Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer)
h.2-30902Go Away Little Boy - 03:26  (Carole King)
All titles on: -     Mercury LP 12": SR 60835 - Shirley Horn With Horns
-     Mercury CD: 843 454-2 - Loads Of Love/Shirley Horn With Horns (1990)

Omit Jimmy Jones (p) on a, b, c, d. Omit Bobby Scott (p) on e, f, g, h. Billy Byers (arr) on a, b only. Quincy Jones (arr) on c, d only. Thad Jones (arr) on e, f only. Don Sebesky (arr) on g, h only.

Personnel based on Shirley Horn's recollections. Other musicians unknown.


Date: December 16, 1963
Location: A & R Studios, New York City
Label: Mercury

Shirley Horn (ldr), Jimmy Cleveland (tb), Jimmy Jones (p), Shirley Horn (v), Billy Byers (arr), Quincy Jones (con)

a.2-30903I'm In the Mood For Love - 02:47  (Dorothy Fields, Jimmy McHugh)
b.2-30904The Good Life [aka Marina] - 03:11  (Sacha Distel, Jack Reardon)
c.2-30905In The Wee Small Hours Of The Morning - 03:20  (Dave Mann, Bob Hilliard)
d.2-30906After You've Gone - 02:59  (Henry Creamer, Turner Layton)
All titles on: -     Mercury LP 12": SR 60835 - Shirley Horn With Horns
-     Mercury CD: 843 454-2 - Loads Of Love/Shirley Horn With Horns (1990)

Personnel based on Shirley Horn's recollections. Other musicians unknown.


Date: February 9, 1965
Location: Bell Sound, New York City
Label: ABC-Paramount

Shirley Horn (ldr), Jerome Richardson, Frank Wess (f, ts), Joe Newman (t), Kenny Burrell (g), Shirley Horn (p, v), Marshall Hawkins (b), Bernard Sweetney (d)

a.12493Trav'lin' Light - 02:47  (Johnny Mercer, Jimmy Mundy, James Oliver 'Trummy' Young)
b.12494Some Of My Best Friends Are The Blues - 02:22  (Al Byron, Woody Harris)
c.12495Confession - 02:26  (Arthur Schwartz, Howard Dietz)
d.12496I Want To Be With You - 02:49  (Charles Strouse, Lee Adams)
e.12497I Could Have Told You - 02:58  (Jimmy Van Heusen, Carl Sigman)
f.12498You're Blasé - 02:22  (Ord Hamilton, Bruce Sievier)
All titles on: -     ABC-Paramount LP 12": ABC (S) 538 - Travelin' Light
-     GRP/Impulse! CD: GRD 138 - Travelin' Light

Date given as 1965 on issue, however ABC ledgers give specific date.

Uncertain if "I Could Have Told You" is by J. Oliver or by composers as listed.


Date: October 19, 1965
Location: Bell Sound, New York City
Label: ABC-Paramount

Shirley Horn (ldr), Jerome Richardson, Frank Wess (f, ts), Joe Newman (t), Kenny Burrell (g), Shirley Horn (p, v), Marshall Hawkins (b), Bernard Sweetney (d), Johnny Pate (arr)

a.12938Big City - 02:00  (Marvin L. Jenkins)
b.12939Yes, I Know When I've Had It - 02:17  (Johnny Pate)
c.12940Sunday In New York - 01:40  (Carroll Coates, Peter Nero)
d.12941Don't Be On The Outside - 02:48  (George Kelly, Mayme Watts, Sidney Wyche)
e.12942Someone You've Loved - 02:59  (Johnny Pate)
f.12943And I Love Her - 02:29  (John Lennon, Paul McCartney)
All titles on: -     ABC-Paramount LP 12": ABC (S) 538 - Travelin' Light
-     GRP/Impulse! CD: GRD 138 - Travelin' Light

Omit Johnny Pate (arr) on e, f.

Date given as 1965 on issue, however ABC ledgers give specific date. Studio uncertain.

"And I Love Her" listed as "And I Love Him."

ABC ledgers list "Someone You've Loved" as "Have You Tried."


Date: December 5, 1965
Location: Madison Club, Baltimore, MD
Label: [private recording]

Shirley Horn (ldr), Shirley Horn (p, v), Marshall Hawkins (b), Bernard Sweetney (d)

a.[unknown titles]  (Composer Unknown)

Tape may exist in the archives of the Left Bank Jazz Society.


Date: January 2, 1966
Location: Madison Club, Baltimore, MD
Label: [private recording]

Shirley Horn (ldr), Charles Ables (g), Shirley Horn (p, v), Marshall Hawkins (b), Bernard Sweetney (d)

a.[unknown titles]  (Composer Unknown)

Tape may exist in the archives of the Left Bank Jazz Society.


Date: June 19, 1966
Location: Madison Club, Baltimore, MD
Label: [private recording]

Shirley Horn (ldr), Shirley Horn (p, v), Marshall Hawkins (b), Bernard Sweetney (d)

a.[unknown titles]  (Composer Unknown)

Tape may exist in the archives of the Left Bank Jazz Society.


Date: ca. 1968
Location: A & R Studios, New York City
Label: Bell

Quincy Jones (ldr), Shirley Horn (v), Quincy Jones (arr, con)

a.The Spell You Spin (The Web You Weave) - 03:00  (Quincy Jones, Dave Grusin, Sidney Keith 'Bob' Russell)
     Rhino CD: R2 74363 - Q - The Musical Biography Of Quincy Jones (2001)
b.If You Want Love (theme from "A Dandy In Aspic")  (Quincy Jones, Ernie Sheldon)
Both titles on: -     Bell 45: 727 - If You Want Love/The Spell You Spin (1968)

Date unknown. 1968 is issue date.

Shirley Horn is accompanied by an unknown orchestra on these songs from the 1968 film "A Dandy In Aspic."


Date: April 13, 1968
Location: A & R Studios, New York City
Label: ABC-Paramount

Quincy Jones (ldr), Shirley Horn (v), Quincy Jones (arr, con)

a.14952For Love Of Ivy - End Title  (Quincy Jones, Sidney Keith 'Bob' Russell)
b.14953For Love Of Ivy - End Title - 02:54  (Quincy Jones, Sidney Keith 'Bob' Russell)
     ABC-Paramount LP 12": ABCS-OC-7 - For Love Of Ivy (soundtrack)
     Rhino CD: R2 74363 - Q - The Musical Biography Of Quincy Jones (2001)

Omit Shirley Horn (v) on a.

ABC Ledger lists 14953 as "(to be overdub. by Shirley Horn)". No information on when the overdub was recorded.

Horn is accompanied by unknown orchestra.

One additional selection - details needed (although ABC Ledger only shows that 14954 was not used).


Date: 1972
Location: Blue Rock Studio, New York City
Label: Perception

Shirley Horn (ldr), Al Gafa (g), Shirley Horn (p, v), Marshall Hawkins (b), Bernard Sweetney (d)

a.a-01Where Are You Going - 04:25  (Bobby Scott, Daniel Meehan)
b.a-02Something Happens To Me - 02:10  (Jack Segal, Marvin Fisher)
c.a-03Come On Home - 02:30  (Dinah Washington)
d.a-04Do It Again - 07:05  (George Gershwin, Buddy DeSylva)
e.b-01The Eagle And Me - 02:50  (Harold Arlen, E. Y. Harburg)
f.b-02A Taste Of Honey - 05:35  (Ric Marlow, Bobby Scott)
g.b-03L. A. Breakdown - 04:50  (Larry B. Marks)
h.b-04Consequences Of A Drug Addict Role - 06:03  (Shirley Horn, Harold Wing)
     Castle CD: 92 - The Doors Of Perception (2001)
All titles on: -     Perception LP 12": PLP 31 - Where Are You Going (1973)
-     Collectables CD: COL-5618 - Where Are You Going/The Real Thing (1996)

Omit Al Gafa (g) on a, f, h.

Bassist misidentified as "Marshall T. Harris." Selections without guitar possibly recorded at a different session.


Date: July 28, 1973
Location: American Theater, Washington, DC
Label: [radio broadcast]

Shirley Horn (ldr), Shirley Horn (p, v), Charles Ables (eb), Harry Saunders (d)

a.01Autumn Leaves [aka Les Feuilles Mortes]  (Joseph Kosma, Jacques Prevert, Johnny Mercer)
b.02Eleanor Rigby  (John Lennon, Paul McCartney)
c.03Where Are You Going  (Bobby Scott, Daniel Meehan)
d.04Do It Again  (George Gershwin, Buddy DeSylva)
e.06A Song For You  (Leon Russell)

Omit Shirley Horn (v) on a.

Broadcast by NPR. Details from review in Sabin's Radio Free Jazz! USA 9/73 p.9. One additional selection #5 listed unsurely as "Whatever's Right". Two of the six selections were instrumental, 01 and another, possibly 02. Further information needed.

On the radio broadcast, a pre-recorded interview of Horn followed the performance.


Date: July 9, 1978
Location: New York City
Label: SteepleChase

Shirley Horn (ldr), Shirley Horn (p, v), Buster Williams (b), Billy Hart (d)

a.a-01I'm Old Fashioned - 02:43  (Johnny Mercer, Jerome Kern)
b.a-02There's No You - 06:14  (Hal Hopper, Tom Adair, George Durgom)
c.a-03New York's My Home - 02:46  (Gordon Jenkins)
d.a-04Why Did I Choose You - 06:13  (Herbert Martin, Michael Leonard)
e.a-05Take A Little Time To Smile - 02:59  (Dave Barbour, Peggy Lee)
f.b-01Lazy Afternoon - 04:52  (John Latouche, Jerome Moross)
g.b-02The Gentle Rain - 09:56  (Luiz Bonfá, Matt Dubey)
h.b-03Gra'ma's Hands - 03:10  (Bill Withers)
i.b-04I'll Go My Way By Myself - 03:17  (Arthur Schwartz, Howard Dietz)
All titles on: -     SteepleChase LP 12": SCS 1111 - A Lazy Afternoon
-     SteepleChase CD: SCCD 31111 - A Lazy Afternoon

Date: July 10-12, 1981
Location: Northsea Jazz Festival, The Hague, Holland
Label: SteepleChase

Shirley Horn (ldr), Shirley Horn (p, v), Charles Ables (eb), Billy Hart (d)

a.a-01You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To - 03:55  (Cole Porter)
     SteepleChase LP 12": SCS 1157 - All Night Long
     SteepleChase CD: SCCD 31157 - All Night Long (1991)
b.a-02Someone Like That In Your Life - 04:48  (Buck Hill, Chips Bayen)
     SteepleChase LP 12": SCS 1157 - All Night Long
     SteepleChase CD: SCCD 31157 - All Night Long (1991)
c.a-03How Insensitive [aka Insensatez] - 08:05  (Antonio Carlos Jobim, Vinicius DeMoraes, Norman Gimbel)
     SteepleChase LP 12": SCS 1157 - All Night Long
     SteepleChase CD: SCCD 31157 - All Night Long (1991)
d.a-04Good For Nothing Joe - 05:39  (Ted Koehler, Rube Bloom)
     SteepleChase LP 12": SCS 1157 - All Night Long
     SteepleChase CD: SCCD 31157 - All Night Long (1991)
e.b-01Get Rid Of Monday - 03:40  (Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke)
     SteepleChase LP 12": SCS 1157 - All Night Long
     SteepleChase CD: SCCD 31157 - All Night Long (1991)
f.b-02All Night Long - 08:01  (Curtis Lewis)
     SteepleChase LP 12": SCS 1157 - All Night Long
     SteepleChase CD: SCCD 31157 - All Night Long (1991)
g.b-03If I Had You - 04:53  (Ted Shapiro, Reg Connelly, Jimmy Campbell)
     SteepleChase LP 12": SCS 1157 - All Night Long
     SteepleChase CD: SCCD 31157 - All Night Long (1991)
h.b-04Meditation [aka Meditaçao] - 04:34  (Antonio Carlos Jobim, Newton Mendonça, Norman Gimbel)
     SteepleChase LP 12": SCS 1157 - All Night Long
     SteepleChase CD: SCCD 31157 - All Night Long (1991)
i.c-01When Your Lover Has Gone - 03:12  (Einar A. Swan)
     SteepleChase CD: SCCD 31157 - All Night Long (1991)
j.c-02If Dreams Come True - 02:55  (Edgar Sampson, Benny Goodman, Irving Mills)
     SteepleChase CD: SCCD 31157 - All Night Long (1991)
k.d-01Love Is Here To Stay - 03:27  (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin)
     SteepleChase LP 12": SCS 1164 - Violets For Your Furs
     SteepleChase CD: SCCD 31164 - Violets For Your Furs (1991)
l.d-02Georgia On My Mind - 07:25  (Hoagy Carmichael, Stuart Gorrell)
     SteepleChase LP 12": SCS 1164 - Violets For Your Furs
     SteepleChase CD: SCCD 31164 - Violets For Your Furs (1991)
m.d-03Gee Baby, Ain't I Good To You - 03:40  (Don Redman, Andy Razaf)
     SteepleChase LP 12": SCS 1164 - Violets For Your Furs
     SteepleChase CD: SCCD 31164 - Violets For Your Furs (1991)
n.d-04Lover Man - 05:18  (Roger 'Ram' Ramirez, Jimmy Davis, Jimmy Sherman)
     SteepleChase LP 12": SCS 1164 - Violets For Your Furs
     SteepleChase CD: SCCD 31164 - Violets For Your Furs (1991)
o.e-01Violets For Your Furs - 04:56  (Matt Dennis, Tom Adair)
     SteepleChase LP 12": SCS 1164 - Violets For Your Furs
     SteepleChase CD: SCCD 31164 - Violets For Your Furs (1991)
p.e-02Baby, Won't You Please Come Home - 04:14  (Charles Warfield, Clarence Williams)
     SteepleChase LP 12": SCS 1164 - Violets For Your Furs
     SteepleChase CD: SCCD 31164 - Violets For Your Furs (1991)
q.e-03My Man - 10:16  (Channing Pollock, Maurice Yvain, Albert Willemetz, Jacques Charles)
     SteepleChase LP 12": SCS 1164 - Violets For Your Furs
     SteepleChase CD: SCCD 31164 - Violets For Your Furs (1991)
r.f-01More Than You Know - 04:18  (Billy Rose, Edward Eliscu, Vincent Youmans)
     SteepleChase CD: SCCD 31164 - Violets For Your Furs (1991)
s.f-02I Didn't Know What Time It Was - 02:25  (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart)
     SteepleChase CD: SCCD 31164 - Violets For Your Furs (1991)
All titles on: -     SteepleChase CD: SCCD 37015 - At Northsea (1996)

More specific details are unavailable.


Date: early 1980s
Location: Corcoran Gallery Of Art, Washington, DC
Label: [private recording]

Shirley Horn (ldr), Richard Rodney Bennett (p), Shirley Horn (p, v)

a.When The Wind Was Green  (Don Hunt, Henry Stinson)
b.For All We Know  (Sam M. Lewis, J. Fred Coots)
c.Born In A Trunk  (Leonard Gershe)
d.Blue City  (Curtis Lewis)
e.What Would A Woman Do?  (Curtis Lewis)
f.He Never Mentioned Love  (Curtis Lewis)
g.The Great City  (Curtis Lewis)

d, e, f, g performed as medley.

Richard Rodney Bennett (p) on a, b, c only. Omit Shirley Horn (p) on a, b, c.

Never issued but tapes may still exist. Part of the Great American Songwriters series which ran for two years including 1982. Details very sketchy and clarification needed. Produced by Joel Siegel. The final four selections make up "The Garden Of The Blues" suite.


Date: August 23, 1982
Location: Ronnie Scott's, London, England
Label: [private recording]

Shirley Horn (ldr), Shirley Horn (p, v), Charles Ables (eb), Warren Shadd (d)

a.01On Green Dolphin Street  (Bronislau Kaper, Ned Washington)
b.02Girl Talk  (Neal Hefti, Bobby Troup)
c.03I'm Old Fashioned  (Johnny Mercer, Jerome Kern)
d.04Gee Baby, Ain't I Good To You  (Don Redman, Andy Razaf)
e.05Good For Nothing Joe  (Ted Koehler, Rube Bloom)
f.06How Insensitive [aka Insensatez]  (Antonio Carlos Jobim, Vinicius DeMoraes, Norman Gimbel)
g.07Get Rid Of Monday  (Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke)
h.08The Girl From Ipanema  (Antonio Carlos Jobim, Vinicius DeMoraes, Norman Gimbel)
i.09Shirley Horn theme  (Shirley Horn)
j.10Naima  (John Coltrane)
k.10But Not For Me  (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin)
l.11All Blues  (Miles Davis)
m.12The Great City  (Curtis Lewis)
n.13A Song For You  (Leon Russell)
o.14Just In Time  (Jule Styne, Betty Comden, Adolph Green)
p.15No Good Man  (Irene Higginbotham, Don Fisher, Sammy Gallop)
q.16All Night Long  (Curtis Lewis)
r.17This Can't Be Love  (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart)
s.18Do It Again  (George Gershwin, Buddy DeSylva)
t.19Shirley Horn theme  (Shirley Horn)

j, k performed as medley.

No title known for the theme music played at the end of each set.


Date: October 5, 1983
Location: Ronnie Scott's, London, England
Label: [private recording]

Shirley Horn (ldr), Shirley Horn (p, v), Charles Ables (eb), Steve Williams (d)

a.01There Is No Greater Love  (Marty Symes, Isham Jones)
b.02A Taste Of Honey  (Ric Marlow, Bobby Scott)
c.03The Eagle And Me  (Harold Arlen, E. Y. Harburg)
d.04My Funny Valentine  (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart)
e.05Just In Time  (Jule Styne, Betty Comden, Adolph Green)
f.06Meditation [aka Meditaçao]  (Antonio Carlos Jobim, Newton Mendonça, Norman Gimbel)
g.07Shirley Horn theme  (Shirley Horn)
h.08On Green Dolphin Street  (Bronislau Kaper, Ned Washington)
i.09Let Me Love You  (Bart Howard)
j.10You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To  (Cole Porter)
k.11The Girl From Ipanema  (Antonio Carlos Jobim, Vinicius DeMoraes, Norman Gimbel)
l.12The Music That Makes Me Dance  (Jule Styne, Bob Merrill)
m.13Good For Nothing Joe  (Ted Koehler, Rube Bloom)
n.13Lover Man  (Roger 'Ram' Ramirez, Jimmy Davis, Jimmy Sherman)
o.14Shirley Horn theme  (Shirley Horn)

m, n performed as medley.

No title known for the theme music played at the end of each set.


Date: November 16, 1984
Location: Florida Memorial College, Miami, FL
Label: SteepleChase

Shirley Horn (ldr), Shirley Horn (p, v), Charles Ables (eb), Steve Williams (d)

a.a-02He's Gone Again - 06:08  (Curtis Lewis, Curley Hamner, Gladys Hampton)
b.a-03The Old Country - 04:57  (Nat Adderley, Curtis Lewis)
c.a-04Roaming Lover - 05:16  (Curtis Lewis)
d.b-01Blue City - 05:13  (Curtis Lewis)
e.b-01What Would A Woman Do? - 04:23  (Curtis Lewis)
f.b-01He Never Mentioned Love - 06:25  (Curtis Lewis)
g.b-01The Great City - 03:57  (Curtis Lewis)
All titles on: -     SteepleChase LP 12": SCS 1203 - The Garden Of The Blues
-     SteepleChase CD: SCCD 31203 - The Garden Of The Blues (1987)

d, e, f, g performed as medley.

A spoken introduction (0:17) precedes the first selection.

The four parts of b-01 make up "The Garden Of The Blues Suite."


Date: ca. 1985
Location: New York City
Label: Bainbridge

Shirley Horn (ldr), Jean 'Toots' Thielemans (h), Jay Berliner (g), Shirley Horn (p, v), Mike Renzi (p), Jay Leonhart (b), Grady Tate (d), Richard Rodney Bennett (arr), Neil Richardson (con)

a.01The Sentimental Touch - 04:54  (Albert Van Dam, Sammy Gallop)
     Blue Flame CD: 3984056-2 - Blue Night Special
     Bainbridge CD: BT 6259 - Songbirds
     DRG CD: 25103 - Songbirds (1985)
b.02Sleepless Hours - 04:18  (Albert Van Dam, Al Stillman)
     Bainbridge CD: BT 6259 - Songbirds
     DRG CD: 25103 - Songbirds (1985)
c.03Sleepless Hours - 03:38  (Albert Van Dam, Al Stillman)
All titles on: -     Meteor Magnum CD: 25 - Gentle Jazz (1996)

Omit Shirley Horn (v) on c.

Date unknown - 1985 is issue date.

String section of unknown players overdubbed at separate recording sessions in London.


Date: ca. 1986
Location: Monterey Jazz Festival, Monterey, CA
Label: Malpaso

Shirley Horn (ldr), Shirley Horn (p, v), Charles Ables (eb), Steve Williams (d)

a.I've Got The World On A String - 04:11  (Ted Koehler, Harold Arlen)
     Malpaso CD: 46703 24 - Monterey Jazz Festival - 40 Legendary Years (1996)

Date uncertain.


Date: September 18 & 19, 1986
Location: New York City
Label: CBS

Shirley Horn (ldr), Frank Wess (f, ts), Shirley Horn (p, v), Charles Ables (eb), Steve Williams (d)

a.01Somebody Loves Me  (George Gershwin, Buddy DeSylva, Ballard MacDonald)
b.02All Of Me  (Seymour Simons, Gerald Marks)
c.03Dindi  (Antonio Carlos Jobim, Ray Gilbert, Aloysio Oliveira)
d.04I Didn't Know What Time It Was  (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart)
e.05I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good)  (Duke Ellington, Paul Francis Webster)
f.06I've Got The World On A String  (Ted Koehler, Harold Arlen)
g.07Bewitched, Bothered, And Bewildered  (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart)
h.08Go Away Little Boy  (Carole King)
i.09I Fall In Love Too Easily  (Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne)
j.10Goodbye  (Gordon Jenkins)
All titles on: -     CBS CD: 32DP-683 - All Of Me (1987)

Date: May 12 & 13, 1987
Location: Vine St. Bar And Grill, Hollywood, CA
Label: Verve

Shirley Horn (ldr), Shirley Horn (p, v), Charles Ables (eb), Steve Williams (d)

a.01Something Happens To Me - 03:41  (Jack Segal, Marvin Fisher)
     Verve LP 12": 833 235-1 - I Thought About You - Live At Vine St. (1987)
     PolyGram CD: 547 162-2 - Ultimate Shirley Horn [selected by Diana Krall] (1999)
b.02The Eagle And Me - 03:10  (Harold Arlen, E. Y. Harburg)
     Verve LP 12": 833 235-1 - I Thought About You - Live At Vine St. (1987)
     PolyGram CD: 547 162-2 - Ultimate Shirley Horn [selected by Diana Krall] (1999)
c.03I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good) - 04:58  (Duke Ellington, Paul Francis Webster)
     Verve LP 12": 833 235-1 - I Thought About You - Live At Vine St. (1987)
d.04Love Is Here To Stay - 03:33  (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin)
     Verve LP 12": 833 235-1 - I Thought About You - Live At Vine St. (1987)
     Verve CD: 314 513 928-2 - 'S Wonderful - The George Gershwin Songbook (1992)
     Verve CD: 529 152-2 - The Complete Gershwin Songbooks (1995)
e.05Isn't It Romantic - 06:02  (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart)
     Verve LP 12": 833 235-1 - I Thought About You - Live At Vine St. (1987)
f.06Estate [aka Summer] [original or English lyric ver. 1] - 07:42  (Bruno Martino, Bruno Brighetti, Joel Siegel)
     Verve LP 12": 833 235-1 - I Thought About You - Live At Vine St. (1987)
g.07Nice 'n' Easy - 04:54  (Lew Spence, Marilyn Keith, Alan Bergman)
     Verve LP 12": 833 235-1 - I Thought About You - Live At Vine St. (1987)
     Verve CD: B 000406802 - But Beautiful: The Best Of Shirley Horn (2005)
h.08I Thought About You - 05:59  (Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Mercer)
     Verve LP 12": 833 235-1 - I Thought About You - Live At Vine St. (1987)
i.09The Great City - 02:52  (Curtis Lewis)
     Verve LP 12": 833 235-1 - I Thought About You - Live At Vine St. (1987)
j.10I Wish I Didn't Love You So - 05:26  (Frank Loesser)
k.11Corcovado [aka Quiet Nights Of Quiet Stars] - 11:56  (Antonio Carlos Jobim, Gene Lees)
All titles on: -     Verve CD: 833 235-2 - I Thought About You - Live At Vine St. (1987)

Omit Shirley Horn (v) on e, k.


Date: October 1987
Location: Mapleshade Studio, Glenn Dale, MD
Label: Audiophile

Shirley Horn (ldr), Shirley Horn (p, v), Charles Ables (eb), Steve Williams (d)

a.01Since I Fell For You - 07:13  (Buddy Johnson)
b.02You're My Thrill - 04:20  (Sidney Clare, Jay Gorney)
c.03How Long Has This Been Going On - 07:05  (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin)
d.04My, How The Time Goes By - 05:12  (Cy Coleman, Carolyn Leigh)
e.05Estate [aka Summer] [original or English lyric ver. 1] - 08:38  (Bruno Martino, Bruno Brighetti, Joel Siegel)
f.06Forget Me - 03:37  (Valerie Parks Brown)
g.07I Watch You Sleep - 06:35  (Richard Rodney Bennett, Joel Siegel)
h.08Softly, As I Leave You - 03:00  (Hal Shaper, Antonio DeVita, Giorgio Calabrese)
i.09Dindi - 06:10  (Antonio Carlos Jobim, Ray Gilbert, Aloysio Oliveira)
All titles on: -     Audiophile CD: ACD-224 - Softly (1988)

Date: November 14, 15, 16, 1988
Location: A & R Studios, New York City
Label: Verve

Shirley Horn (ldr), Buck Hill (ts), Shirley Horn (p, v), Charles Ables (eb), Steve Williams (d)

a.01A Beautiful Friendship - 03:42  (Stanley Styne, Donald Kahn)
     Verve LP 12": 837 933-1 - Close Enough For Love (1989)
b.02I Got Lost In Her Arms - 04:15  (Irving Berlin)
     Verve LP 12": 837 933-1 - Close Enough For Love (1989)
     PolyGram CD: 559 734-2 - Quiet Now - Come A Little Closer [sequenced by Renee Rosnes] (1999)
c.03Baby, Baby All The Time - 02:40  (Bobby Troup)
     Verve LP 12": 837 933-1 - Close Enough For Love (1989)
     Verve CD: 539 678-2 - Jazz 'Round Midnight - Shirley Horn (1998)
     PolyGram CD: 547 162-2 - Ultimate Shirley Horn [selected by Diana Krall] (1999)
d.04Close Enough For Love - 04:44  (Johnny Mandel, Paul Williams)
     Verve LP 12": 837 933-1 - Close Enough For Love (1989)
     PolyGram CD: 559 734-2 - Quiet Now - Come A Little Closer [sequenced by Renee Rosnes] (1999)
e.05This Can't Be Love - 02:43  (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart)
     Verve LP 12": 837 933-1 - Close Enough For Love (1989)
f.06I Wanna Be Loved - 04:29  (Johnny Green, Edward Heyman, Billy Rose)
     Verve LP 12": 837 933-1 - Close Enough For Love (1989)
     Verve CD: 539 678-2 - Jazz 'Round Midnight - Shirley Horn (1998)
     PolyGram CD: 547 162-2 - Ultimate Shirley Horn [selected by Diana Krall] (1999)
g.07Come Fly With Me - 04:00  (Sammy Cahn, Jimmy Van Heusen)
     Verve LP 12": 837 933-1 - Close Enough For Love (1989)
h.08Once I Loved (O Amor Em Paz) - 06:50  (Antonio Carlos Jobim, Vinicius DeMoraes, Ray Gilbert)
i.09But Beautiful - 04:32  (Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke)
     Verve CD: B 000406802 - But Beautiful: The Best Of Shirley Horn (2005)
j.10Get Out Of Town - 02:42  (Cole Porter)
     Verve LP 12": 837 933-1 - Close Enough For Love (1989)
     PolyGram CD: 547 162-2 - Ultimate Shirley Horn [selected by Diana Krall] (1999)
k.11Memories Of You - 07:23  (Eubie Blake, Andy Razaf)
     Verve LP 12": 837 933-1 - Close Enough For Love (1989)
l.12It Could Happen To You - 02:48  (Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke)
     Verve LP 12": 837 933-1 - Close Enough For Love (1989)
m.13So I Love You - 03:15  (Carroll Coates)
     Verve LP 12": 837 933-1 - Close Enough For Love (1989)
     Verve CD: 539 678-2 - Jazz 'Round Midnight - Shirley Horn (1998)
     PolyGram CD: 559 734-2 - Quiet Now - Come A Little Closer [sequenced by Renee Rosnes] (1999)
All titles on: -     Verve CD: 837 933-2 - Close Enough For Love (1989)

Buck Hill (ts) on a, f, g, k, l only. Omit Charles Ables (eb) on d, m. Omit Steve Williams (d) on d, m.

"I Got Lost In Her Arms" performed as "I Got Lost In His Arms."


Date: November 16, 1988
Location: A & R Studios, New York City
Label: Verve

Joe Williams (ldr), Shirley Horn (p, v), Charles Ables (eb), Steve Williams (d), Joe Williams (v)

a.Love Without Money - 03:22  (Valerie Parks Brown)
b.Too Good To Be True - 04:20  (Eugene B. McDaniels, Paul Anderson)
Both titles on: -     Verve CD: 837 932-2 - In Good Company (1989)

Date: August 4, 1989
Location: Alice Tully Hall, New York City
Label: [private recording]

Buck Hill (ts), Shirley Horn (v)

a.[unknown titles]  (Composer Unknown)

Rhythm section unknown. Part of the Classical Jazz at Lincoln Center series, the concert was titled "A Billie Holiday Remembrance - Ladies and Tenors."


Date: ca. 1990
Location: BMG/RCA Studios, New York City
Label: Columbia

Alvin Batiste (cl), Todd Williams (cl, ss, ts), Wessell Anderson (as), Herb Harris (ts), Joe Temperley (bar), Wynton Marsalis (t, arr), Wycliffe Gordon (tb), Marcus Roberts (p), Reginald Veal (b), Herlin Riley (d), Shirley Horn (v), Sonny Kompanek (arr)

a.I Can't Get Started - 05:22  (Vernon Duke, Ira Gershwin)
b.The Ways Of Love - 04:27  (Wynton Marsalis, Joel Siegel)
Both titles on: -     Columbia CD: 47044 - Tune In Tomorrow (soundtrack) (1990)

Omit Sonny Kompanek (arr) on a.

Date unknown - 1990 is issue date.

Unknown strings on "The Ways Of Love."


Date: June 12 & 14 and August 11-13, 1990
Location: Clinton Recording Studios, New York City
Label: Verve

Shirley Horn (ldr), Jean 'Toots' Thielemans (h, g), Buck Hill, Branford Marsalis (ts), Miles Davis, Wynton Marsalis (t), Charles Ables (g, eb), Shirley Horn (p, v), Buster Williams (b), Billy Hart, Steve Williams (d)

a.01The Music That Makes Me Dance - 06:32  (Jule Styne, Bob Merrill)
b.02Come Dance With Me - 02:47  (Sammy Cahn, Jimmy Van Heusen)
     PolyGram CD: 547 162-2 - Ultimate Shirley Horn [selected by Diana Krall] (1999)
     Verve CD: B 000406802 - But Beautiful: The Best Of Shirley Horn (2005)
c.03Don't Let The Sun Catch You Cryin' - 05:58  (Joe Greene)
d.04Beautiful Love - 03:38  (Haven Gillespie, Victor Young, Wayne King, Egbert Van Alstyne)
     Verve CD: 539 678-2 - Jazz 'Round Midnight - Shirley Horn (1998)
     PolyGram CD: 559 734-2 - Quiet Now - Come A Little Closer [sequenced by Renee Rosnes] (1999)
e.05Come Back To Me - 03:43  (Alan Jay Lerner, Burton Lane)
f.06Too Late Now - 06:00  (Burton Lane, Alan Jay Lerner)
g.07I Just Found Out About Love - 02:24  (Jimmy McHugh, Harold Adamson)
     Verve CD: 589 646-2 - Kissing Jessica Stein (soundtrack) (2002)
     Verve CD: B 000406802 - But Beautiful: The Best Of Shirley Horn (2005)
h.08It Had To Be You - 06:49  (Gus Kahn, Isham Jones)
i.09Soothe Me - 03:31  (Joe Greene)
j.10Foolin' Myself - 02:46  (Peter Tinturin, Jack Lawrence)
     PolyGram CD: 547 162-2 - Ultimate Shirley Horn [selected by Diana Krall] (1999)
k.11If You Go - 08:57  (Geoffrey Parsons, Michel Emer)
l.12You Stepped Out Of A Dream - 03:44  (Gus Kahn, Nacio Herb Brown)
m.13You Won't Forget Me - 07:12  (Kermit Goell, Fred Spielman)
     Verve CD: B 000406802 - But Beautiful: The Best Of Shirley Horn (2005)
n.14All My Tomorrows - 06:22  (Sammy Cahn, Jimmy Van Heusen)
All titles on: -     Verve CD: 847 482-2 - You Won't Forget Me (1991)

Jean 'Toots' Thielemans (h) on d, i only. Buck Hill (ts) on j only. Branford Marsalis (ts) on h only. Miles Davis (t) on m only. Wynton Marsalis (t) on c only. Charles Ables (g) on l only. Jean 'Toots' Thielemans (g) on d, i only. Buster Williams (b) on e, j, l only. Omit Charles Ables (eb) on d, e, j, l. Billy Hart (d) on e, j, l only. Omit Steve Williams (d) on d, e, j, l.

No specific details known.


Date: probably early September 1990
Location: Chicago Jazz Festival, Chicago, IL
Label: [radio broadcast]

Shirley Horn (ldr), Buck Hill (ts), Shirley Horn (p, v), Charles Ables (eb), Steve Williams (d)

a.01Memories Of You  (Eubie Blake, Andy Razaf)
b.02Just In Time  (Jule Styne, Betty Comden, Adolph Green)
c.03A Beautiful Friendship  (Stanley Styne, Donald Kahn)
d.04Since I Fell For You  (Buddy Johnson)

Final selection is an untitled blues. An interview of Shirley Horn and Buck Hill followed the performance.


Date: October 12, 1990
Location: Clinton Recording Studio, New York City
Label: Novus

Carmen McRae (ldr), Shirley Horn (p), Charles Ables (eb), Steve Williams (d), Carmen McRae (v)

a.WFA1-0660-4I've Got The World On A String - 03:27  (Ted Koehler, Harold Arlen)
     Novus CD: 3110-2-N - Sarah - Dedicated To You (1991)
b.WFA1-0661-16Misty - 04:08  (Erroll Garner, Johnny Burke)
     Novus CD: 3110-2-N - Sarah - Dedicated To You (1991)
c.WFA1-0671-23/26I'll Be Seeing You - 04:55  (Sammy Fain, Irving Kahal)
     Novus CD: 3110-2-N - Sarah - Dedicated To You (1991)
d.tk 32Wave - 04:03  (Antonio Carlos Jobim)
e.tk 7Embraceable You - 07:42  (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin)
All titles on: -     Bluebird CD: 82876-52441-2 - Sarah - Dedicated To You (2003)

Date: October 13, 1990
Location: Clinton Recording Studio, New York City
Label: Novus

Carmen McRae (ldr), Shirley Horn (p), Charles Ables (eb), Steve Williams (d), Carmen McRae (v)

a.WFA1-0663-46Send In The Clowns - 03:53  (Stephen Sondheim)
b.WFA1-0666-40The Best Is Yet To Come - 02:35  (Cy Coleman, Carolyn Leigh)
c.WFA1-0669-35It's Magic - 04:57  (Jule Styne, Sammy Cahn)
d.WFA1-0670-53Dedicated To You - 06:03  (Sammy Cahn, Saul Chaplin)
All titles on: -     Novus CD: 3110-2-N - Sarah - Dedicated To You (1991)
-     Bluebird CD: 82876-52441-2 - Sarah - Dedicated To You (2003)

Omit Charles Ables (eb) on a. Omit Steve Williams (d) on a.


Date: October 14, 1990
Location: Clinton Recording Studio, New York City
Label: Novus

Carmen McRae (ldr), Shirley Horn (p), Charles Ables (eb), Steve Williams (d), Carmen McRae (v)

a.WFA1-0662-78Wonder Why - 02:46  (Sammy Cahn, Nicholas Brodszky)
     Novus CD: 3110-2-N - Sarah - Dedicated To You (1991)
     Bluebird CD: 82876-52441-2 - Sarah - Dedicated To You (2003)
b.WFA1-0664-82Black Coffee - 06:21  (Paul Francis Webster, Johnny Burke)
     Novus CD: 3110-2-N - Sarah - Dedicated To You (1991)
     Bluebird CD: 82876-52441-2 - Sarah - Dedicated To You (2003)
c.WFA1-0665-98/99Tenderly - 05:20  (Walter Gross, Jack Lawrence)
     Novus CD: 3110-2-N - Sarah - Dedicated To You (1991)
     Bluebird CD: 82876-52441-2 - Sarah - Dedicated To You (2003)
d.WFA1-0668-95The Lamp Is Low - 03:03  (Mitchell Parish, Peter DeRose, Maurice Ravel)
     Novus CD: 3110-2-N - Sarah - Dedicated To You (1991)
     Bluebird CD: 82876-52441-2 - Sarah - Dedicated To You (2003)
e.WFA1-0672-8Sarah - 03:40  (Carroll Coates)
     Bluebird CD: 82876-52441-2 - Sarah - Dedicated To You (2003)
f.WFA1-0672-12Sarah - 03:41  (Carroll Coates)
     Novus CD: 3110-2-N - Sarah - Dedicated To You (1991)
     Bluebird CD: 82876-52441-2 - Sarah - Dedicated To You (2003)
g.tk 4If You Could See Me Now - 05:08  (Tadd Dameron, Carl Sigman)
     Bluebird CD: 82876-52441-2 - Sarah - Dedicated To You (2003)
h.The Christmas Song  (Mel Torme, Robert Wells)
     Jazz Heritage CD: 513159T - A Merry Jazzmas

Omit Charles Ables (eb) on e, f. Omit Steve Williams (d) on e, f.

The first take of Sarah uses different lyrics.


Date: November 5, 1990
Location: Clinton Recording Studio, New York City
Label: Novus

Carmen McRae (ldr), Shirley Horn (p), Carmen McRae (v)

a.WFA1-0659-32/36Poor Butterfly - 03:59  (Raymond Hubbell, John Golden)
b.WFA1-0667-30I Will Say Goodbye - 02:36  (Marilyn Keith, Edmond David Bacri, Michel Legrand, Alan Bergman)
Both titles on: -     Novus CD: 3110-2-N - Sarah - Dedicated To You (1991)
-     Bluebird CD: 82876-52441-2 - Sarah - Dedicated To You (2003)

Date: ca. 1991
Location: New York City
Label: Verve

Shirley Horn (ldr), Shirley Horn (p, v), Charles Ables (eb), Steve Williams (d)

a.The Secret Of Christmas - 04:32  (Jimmy Van Heusen, Sammy Cahn)
b.What Are You Doing New Year's Eve? - 01:51  (Frank Loesser)
Both titles on: -     Verve CD: CDP Xmas-2 - The Secret Of Christmas/What Are You Doing New Year's Eve (1991)

Date unknown - 1991 is issue date. This was for a two-song promotional CD.


Date: April 3 & 4, 1991
Location: Studio Acousti, Paris, France
Label: EmArcy

Jean 'Toots' Thielemans (ldr), Jean 'Toots' Thielemans (h, g, w), Shirley Horn (p, v), Charles Ables (eb), Steve Williams (d)

a.01For My Lady - 04:30  (Jean 'Toots' Thielemans)
b.02How Long Has This Been Going On - 05:29  (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin)
c.03Blues In The Closet [aka Collard Greens And Black-Eyed Peas] - 04:11  (Oscar Pettiford)
d.04Someone To Watch Over Me - 08:04  (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin)
e.05I'm Beginning To See The Light - 04:37  (Harry James, Duke Ellington, Johnny Hodges, Don George)
f.06The More I See You - 04:54  (Mack Gordon, Harry Warren)
g.07The Mooche - 04:00  (Duke Ellington, Irving Mills)
h.08Close Your Eyes - 04:37  (Bernice Petkere)
i.09Blue And Sentimental - 03:29  (Count Basie, Jerry Livingston, Mack David)
j.10Corcovado [aka Quiet Nights Of Quiet Stars] - 05:37  (Antonio Carlos Jobim, Gene Lees)
k.11Willow Weep For Me - 04:49  (Ann Ronell)
l.12Once In A While - 03:18  (Michael Edwards, Bud Green)
All titles on: -     EmArcy CD: 314 510 133-2 - For My Lady (1991)

Shirley Horn (v) on d only.


Date: April 5, 1991
Location: Tremblay, France
Label: [private recording]

Shirley Horn (ldr), Jean 'Toots' Thielemans (h), Shirley Horn (p, v), Charles Ables (eb), Steve Williams (d)

a.01All Blues  (Miles Davis)
b.02Soothe Me  (Joe Greene)
c.03The Music That Makes Me Dance  (Jule Styne, Bob Merrill)
d.04Come Dance With Me  (Sammy Cahn, Jimmy Van Heusen)
e.05Close Your Eyes  (Bernice Petkere)

Date: May 17, 1991
Location: The Tonight Show, Burbank, CA
Label: [private recording]

Shirley Horn (ldr), Shirley Horn (p, v), Charles Ables (eb), Steve Williams (d)

a.Come Dance With Me  (Sammy Cahn, Jimmy Van Heusen)

Johnny Carson, host.


Date: August 1991 (four nights)
Location: Clinton Recording Studios, New York City
Label: Verve

Shirley Horn (ldr), Steve Kujala, Jim Walker (f), Gene Cipriano, Jack Nimitz, Robert Tricarico (ww), Wynton Marsalis (t), Jeffrey De Rosa, John Dickson, David Duke, Marilyn Johnson, Richard Todd, Brad Warnaar (frh), Larry Bunker (vib, per), John Chiodini (g), Alan Broadbent (p), Shirley Horn (p, v), Ian Underwood (syn), Chuck Domanico (b), Charles Ables (eb), Harvey Mason (d, per), Steve Williams (d), Luis Conte, Mark Stevens (per), Arnold Belnick, Mari Botnick, Ron Clark, Isabelle Daskoff, Joel Derouin, Assa Drori, Bruce Dukov, Henry Ferber, Clayton Haslop, Reginald Hill, Jean Hugo, Peter Kent, Brian Leonard, Rene Mandel, Gordon Marron, Ralph Morrison, Don Palmer, Jay Rosen, Marc Sazer, Haim Shtrum, Eve Sprecher, Gerald Vinci, Shari Zippert (vn), Marilyn Baker, Samuel Boghossian, Kenneth Burward-Hoy, Rollice Dale, Jerry Epstein, Pam Goldsmith, Roland Kato, James 'Jimbo' Ross, Evan Wilson (vl), Ronald Cooper, Larry Corbett, Todd Hemmenway, Igor Horoshevsky, Anne Karam, Dennis Karmazyn, Suzie Katayama, Raymond Kelley, Fred Seykora (vc), Bruce Morgenthaler, Susan Ranney (cb), Gayle Levant, Dorothy Remsen (hrp), Johnny Mandel (arr, con)

a.01Here's To Life - 05:36  (Artie Butler, Phyllis Molinary)
     Verve CD: B 000406802 - But Beautiful: The Best Of Shirley Horn (2005)
b.02Come A Little Closer  (John Wallowitch)
     PolyGram CD: 559 734-2 - Quiet Now - Come A Little Closer [sequenced by Renee Rosnes] (1999)
     PolyGram CD: 547 162-2 - Ultimate Shirley Horn [selected by Diana Krall] (1999)
c.02Wild Is The Wind - 07:27  (Dmitri Tiomkin, Ned Washington)
     PolyGram CD: 559 734-2 - Quiet Now - Come A Little Closer [sequenced by Renee Rosnes] (1999)
     PolyGram CD: 547 162-2 - Ultimate Shirley Horn [selected by Diana Krall] (1999)
d.03How Am I To Know? - 03:23  (Jack King, Dorothy Parker)
     Verve CD: 539 678-2 - Jazz 'Round Midnight - Shirley Horn (1998)
e.04A Time For Love - 06:44  (Johnny Mandel, Paul Francis Webster)
     Verve CD: 539 678-2 - Jazz 'Round Midnight - Shirley Horn (1998)
     PolyGram CD: 547 162-2 - Ultimate Shirley Horn [selected by Diana Krall] (1999)
     Verve CD: B 000406802 - But Beautiful: The Best Of Shirley Horn (2005)
f.05Where Do You Start - 04:36  (Johnny Mandel, Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman)
g.06You're Nearer - 03:31  (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart)
     PolyGram CD: 559 734-2 - Quiet Now - Come A Little Closer [sequenced by Renee Rosnes] (1999)
h.07Return To Paradise - 05:08  (Dmitri Tiomkin, Ned Washington)
     Verve CD: 314 589 606-2 - Verve Remixed (2002)
i.08Isn't It A Pity? - 05:47  (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin)
     Verve CD: 521 658-2 - 'S Marvelous - The George Gershwin Songbook (1994)
     Verve CD: 529 152-2 - The Complete Gershwin Songbooks (1995)
j.09Quietly There - 06:08  (Johnny Mandel, Morgan Ames)
     Verve CD: 539 678-2 - Jazz 'Round Midnight - Shirley Horn (1998)
k.10If You Love Me [aka Hymne A L'Amour] - 06:02  (Edith Piaf, Marguerite Monnot, Geoffrey Parsons)
     Verve CD: B 000406802 - But Beautiful: The Best Of Shirley Horn (2005)
l.11Estate [aka Summer] [original or English lyric ver. 1] - 07:38  (Bruno Martino, Bruno Brighetti, Joel Siegel)
     PolyGram CD: 559 734-2 - Quiet Now - Come A Little Closer [sequenced by Renee Rosnes] (1999)
     PolyGram CD: 547 162-2 - Ultimate Shirley Horn [selected by Diana Krall] (1999)
All titles on: -     Verve CD: 314 511 879-2 - Here's To Life (1992)

b, c performed as medley.

Wynton Marsalis (t) on e, j only. John Chiodini (g) on f only. Alan Broadbent (p) on a, f only. Chuck Domanico (b) on a, f only. Omit Charles Ables (eb) on a, f. Harvey Mason (d) on a, f only. Omit Steve Williams (d) on a, f. Harvey Mason (per) on a, f only.

This session produced trio and vocal tracks only for #2-4, #6-11.

All orchestra tracks and vocals on #1 and #5 recorded September 1991 at Group IV Recording in Los Angeles, CA.

Trumpet overdub on #4 and #9 recorded mid-December 1991, probably in New York City.

The version of "Return To Paradise" issued on Verve 314 589 606-2 was remixed by Mark de Clive-Lowe.


Date: August 7, 1991
Location: Alice Tully Hall, New York City
Label: [radio broadcast]

Shirley Horn (ldr), Charles Ables (eb), Steve Williams (d), Shirley Horn (v)

a.Don't Let The Sun Catch You Cryin' - 06:00  (Joe Greene)

Portions of this concert, titled "Two Divas Of Jazz" (with Abbey Lincoln) broadcast on Jazz From Lincoln Center.


Date: October 29 - November 3, 1991
Location: Village Vanguard, New York City
Label: Image Entertainment

Shirley Horn (ldr), Shirley Horn (p, v), Charles Ables (eb), Steve Williams (d)

a.01Change Partners  (Irving Berlin)
b.02I've Got The World On A String  (Ted Koehler, Harold Arlen)
c.03How Am I To Know?  (Jack King, Dorothy Parker)
d.04Wild Is The Wind  (Dmitri Tiomkin, Ned Washington)
e.05The Rules Of The Road  (Cy Coleman, Carolyn Leigh)
f.06One At A Time  (Michel Legrand, Marilyn Bergman, Alan Bergman)
g.07Nice 'n' Easy  (Lew Spence, Marilyn Keith, Alan Bergman)
h.08If You Love Me [aka Hymne A L'Amour]  (Edith Piaf, Marguerite Monnot, Geoffrey Parsons)
i.09Foolin' Myself  (Peter Tinturin, Jack Lawrence)
j.10Isn't It A Pity?  (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin)
k.11Return To Paradise  (Dmitri Tiomkin, Ned Washington)
l.12Quietly There  (Johnny Mandel, Morgan Ames)
m.13Shirley Horn theme  (Shirley Horn)
All titles on: -     Image Entertainment DVD: ID 3807 LKDVD - Live At The Village Vanguard (2007)

Omit Shirley Horn (v) on a, m.

DVD begins with interview of Lorraine Gordon. Final selection is present but not listed on DVD issue.

Engagement ran for six nights. Specific recording date needed.


Date: ca. 1992

Label: [radio broadcast]

Shirley Horn (ldr), Shirley Horn (p, v), Charles Ables (eb), Steve Williams (d)

a.01Nice 'n' Easy  (Lew Spence, Marilyn Keith, Alan Bergman)
b.02It Had To Be You  (Gus Kahn, Isham Jones)
c.03Foolin' Myself  (Peter Tinturin, Jack Lawrence)

Broadcast in 1992 along with interview of Shirley Horn by Terri Gross on NPR "Fresh Aire" program.


Date: ca. 1992

Label: Elektra

Shirley Horn (p, v), Charles Ables (eb), Steve Williams (d), Johnny Mandel (arr, con)

a.You'd Better Go Now - 04:08  (Bickley Reichner, Robert Graham)
     Elektra CD: 7559-61384-2 - Glengarry Glen Ross (soundtrack) (1992)

Date unknown - 1992 is issue date. Location uncertain - probably Hollywood, CA. Unknown orchestra which may or may not have been recorded at a different session.


Date: ca. 1992
Location: The Tonight Show, Burbank, CA
Label: [private recording]

Shirley Horn (ldr), Shirley Horn (p, v), Charles Ables (eb), Steve Williams (d)

a.Here's To Life  (Artie Butler, Phyllis Molinary)

Date unknown. Jay Leno, host.


Date: March 7, 1992
Location: Theatre du Chatelet, Paris, France
Label: Verve

Shirley Horn (ldr), Shirley Horn (p, v), Charles Ables (eb), Steve Williams (d)

a.01Wouldn't It Be Loverly - 06:23  (Frederick Loewe, Alan Jay Lerner)
b.02Just In Time - 03:13  (Jule Styne, Betty Comden, Adolph Green)
c.03He Was Too Good To Me - 04:51  (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart)
d.04Do It Again - 08:17  (George Gershwin, Buddy DeSylva)
e.05The Old Country - 05:37  (Nat Adderley, Curtis Lewis)
f.06It's Easy To Remember - 06:39  (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart)
g.07All Through The Night - 02:32  (Cole Porter)
h.08L. A. Breakdown - 06:47  (Larry B. Marks)
i.09I Loves You Porgy  (Dubose Heyward, George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin)
j.09Here Come De Honey Man - 09:45  (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, Dubose Heyward)
k.10A Song For You  (Leon Russell)
l.10Goodbye - 12:54  (Gordon Jenkins)
m.11That Ole Devil Called Love - 07:33  (Doris Fisher, Allan Roberts)
All titles on: -     Verve CD: 314 523 486-2 - I Love You, Paris (1994)

i, j, k, l performed as medley.


Date: May 15, 1992
Location: Blue Note, New York City
Label: [radio broadcast]

Shirley Horn (ldr), Shirley Horn (p, v), Charles Ables (eb), Steve Williams (d)

a.01Too Late Now  (Burton Lane, Alan Jay Lerner)
b.02Nice 'n' Easy  (Lew Spence, Marilyn Keith, Alan Bergman)
c.03I Just Found Out About Love  (Jimmy McHugh, Harold Adamson)
d.04How Am I To Know?  (Jack King, Dorothy Parker)
e.05A Time For Love  (Johnny Mandel, Paul Francis Webster)
f.06Return To Paradise  (Dmitri Tiomkin, Ned Washington)
g.07L. A. Breakdown  (Larry B. Marks)
h.08A Beautiful Friendship  (Stanley Styne, Donald Kahn)

Broadcast on NPR JazzSet. Spoken introduction by host Branford Marsalis over the first selection.


Date: August 15, 1992
Location: JVC Jazz Festival, Newport, RI
Label: [private recording]

Shirley Horn (ldr), Shirley Horn (p, v), Charles Ables (eb), Steve Williams (d)

a.01Change Partners  (Irving Berlin)
b.02How Am I To Know?  (Jack King, Dorothy Parker)
c.03Don't Let The Sun Catch You Cryin'  (Joe Greene)

Omit Shirley Horn (v) on a.

When broadcast on television "A & E Breakfast With The Arts," a short interview of Shirley Horn by JVC Jazz Festival producer George Wein preceded the final selection.


Date: ca. 1993
Location: Boston, MA
Label: [private recording]

Shirley Horn (ldr), Shirley Horn (p, v), Charles Ables (eb), Steve Williams (d), John Williams (con)

a.01If You Love Me [aka Hymne A L'Amour]  (Edith Piaf, Marguerite Monnot, Geoffrey Parsons)
b.02Come Dance With Me  (Sammy Cahn, Jimmy Van Heusen)
c.03Here's To Life  (Artie Butler, Phyllis Molinary)

Omit Shirley Horn (p) on c. Omit John Williams (con) on b.

Date unknown. The Boston Pops Orchestra accompanies on first and last selections. Specific players unknown.


Date: February 1993

Label: [private recording]

Shirley Horn (ldr), Shirley Horn (p, v)

a.[unknown titles]  (Composer Unknown)

In February of 1993 Horn was featured on CBS Sunday Morning television show. Details unknown but perhaps involving host Dr. Billy Taylor and other musicians.


Date: April 30 and May 1-3, 1993
Location: Clinton Recording Studios, New York City
Label: Verve

Shirley Horn (ldr), Gary Bartz (as, v), Charles Ables (g, eb, v), Shirley Horn (p, org, v), Tyler Mitchell (b, v), Steve Williams (d, v)

a.01Hit The Road, Jack - 03:09  (Percy Mayfield)
     PolyGram CD: 547 162-2 - Ultimate Shirley Horn [selected by Diana Krall] (1999)
b.02Just A Little Lovin' - 04:06  (Zeke Clements, Eddy Arnold)
c.03You Don't Know Me - 02:57  (Eddy Arnold, Cindy Walker)
     Verve CD: 539 678-2 - Jazz 'Round Midnight - Shirley Horn (1998)
     PolyGram CD: 559 734-2 - Quiet Now - Come A Little Closer [sequenced by Renee Rosnes] (1999)
     Verve CD: B 000406802 - But Beautiful: The Best Of Shirley Horn (2005)
d.04I'll Drown In My Own Tears - 05:02  (Henry Glover)
e.05Hard Hearted Hannah - 03:35  (Jack Yellen, Bob Bigelow, Charles Bates, Milton Ager)
     PolyGram CD: 547 162-2 - Ultimate Shirley Horn [selected by Diana Krall] (1999)
f.06Georgia On My Mind - 05:19  (Hoagy Carmichael, Stuart Gorrell)
g.07Makin' Whoopee - 03:52  (Walter Donaldson, Gus Kahn)
h.08Bein' Green - 03:15  (Joe Raposo)
     PolyGram CD: 559 734-2 - Quiet Now - Come A Little Closer [sequenced by Renee Rosnes] (1999)
     PolyGram CD: 547 162-2 - Ultimate Shirley Horn [selected by Diana Krall] (1999)
i.09Bye Bye Love - 05:25  (Boudleaux Bryant, Felice Bryant)
j.10The Sun Died - 05:37  (Ray Charles, Anne Gregory, Hubert Giraud, Pierre Leroyer)
k.11How Long Has This Been Going On - 03:59  (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin)
     Verve CD: 539 678-2 - Jazz 'Round Midnight - Shirley Horn (1998)
l.12If You Were Mine - 03:23  (James Lewis)
m.13I Got A Man - 03:25  (Ray Charles, Renald Richard)
n.14Just For A Thrill - 04:23  (Lillian Hardin Armstrong, Don Raye)
o.15Light Out Of Darkness - 05:26  (Ray Charles, Rick Ward)
     PolyGram CD: 559 734-2 - Quiet Now - Come A Little Closer [sequenced by Renee Rosnes] (1999)
All titles on: -     Verve CD: 314 519 703-2 - Light Out Of Darkness (1993)

Gary Bartz (as) on b, d, e, f, g, i, l only. Omit Charles Ables (g) on h, j, k, n, o. Tyler Mitchell (b) on a, b, g, i, l, m only. Charles Ables (eb) on d, e, f, j, k, n, o only. Charles Ables (v) on a only. Gary Bartz (v) on a only. Tyler Mitchell (v) on a only. Steve Williams (v) on a only.

Band vocal by "The Hornettes" on first selection.


Date: September 27, 1993
Location: Free Jazz Festival, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Label: Verve

Antonio Carlos Jobim (ldr), Oscar Castro-Neves (g), Shirley Horn (p, v), Herbie Hancock (key), Ron Carter (b), Harvey Mason (d), Alex Acuña (per)

a.The Girl From Ipanema - 02:40  (Antonio Carlos Jobim, Vinicius DeMoraes, Norman Gimbel)
b.Once I Loved (O Amor Em Paz) - 05:28  (Antonio Carlos Jobim, Vinicius DeMoraes, Ray Gilbert)
Both titles on: -     Verve CD: 314 531 556-2 - Antonio Carlos Jobim And Friends (1996)

Omit Herbie Hancock (key) on a.

"The Girl From Ipanema" performed as "The Boy From Ipanema."

"Once I Loved" is also on View Video Jazz Series 1349.


Date: ca. 1994
Location: Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz
Label: [radio broadcast]

Marian McPartland (ldr), Shirley Horn (p, v), Marian McPartland (p)

a.01A Beautiful Friendship - 01:54  (Stanley Styne, Donald Kahn)
b.02You Don't Know Me - 03:13  (Eddy Arnold, Cindy Walker)
c.03Isn't It Romantic - 03:29  (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart)
d.04In The Days Of Our Love - 05:15  (Peggy Lee, Marian McPartland)
e.05Wouldn't It Be Loverly - 03:20  (Frederick Loewe, Alan Jay Lerner)
f.06I Thought About You - 04:31  (Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Mercer)
g.07That Ole Devil Called Love - 04:00  (Doris Fisher, Allan Roberts)
h.08Impression Of Shirley - 03:32  (Marian McPartland)
i.09Shirley And Marian's Blues - 03:52  (Shirley Horn, Marian McPartland)

Omit Shirley Horn (p) on d, f, h. Omit Marian McPartland (p) on a, b, e, g. Omit Shirley Horn (v) on d, h, i.

Date unknown, but after release of "I Love You, Paris." Selections are interspersed with conversation.


Date: ca. 1994
Location: The White House, Washington, DC
Label: [private recording]

Shirley Horn (ldr), Shirley Horn (p, v), Charles Ables (eb), Steve Williams (d)

a.01How Am I To Know?  (Jack King, Dorothy Parker)
b.02Here's To Life  (Artie Butler, Phyllis Molinary)

Date unknown.


Date: July 14, 1994
Location: Montreux Jazz Festival, Montreux, Switzerland
Label: [private recording]

Shirley Horn (ldr), Shirley Horn (p, v), Charles Ables (eb), Steve Williams (d)

a.01Foolin' Myself - 02:20  (Peter Tinturin, Jack Lawrence)
b.02Return To Paradise - 04:12  (Dmitri Tiomkin, Ned Washington)
c.03How Insensitive [aka Insensatez] - 10:50  (Antonio Carlos Jobim, Vinicius DeMoraes, Norman Gimbel)
d.04Just In Time - 02:25  (Jule Styne, Betty Comden, Adolph Green)
e.05A Song For You - 06:32  (Leon Russell)
f.06Hard Hearted Hannah - 03:18  (Jack Yellen, Bob Bigelow, Charles Bates, Milton Ager)
g.07Lush Life - 07:33  (Billy Strayhorn)
h.08Something Happens To Me - 03:08  (Jack Segal, Marvin Fisher)
i.09Blues For Big Scotia - 03:18  (Oscar Peterson)
j.10Confession - 02:22  (Arthur Schwartz, Howard Dietz)

Video broadcast on German TV.


Date: ca. September 1994
Location: Monterey Jazz Festival, Monterey, CA
Label: [radio broadcast]

Shirley Horn (ldr), Shirley Horn (p, v), Charles Ables (eb), Steve Williams (d)

a.01The Look Of Love - 07:19  (Burt Bacharach, Hal David)
b.02How Am I To Know? - 04:42  (Jack King, Dorothy Parker)
c.03Nice 'n' Easy - 04:46  (Lew Spence, Marilyn Keith, Alan Bergman)
d.04A Song For You - 06:34  (Leon Russell)
e.05I've Got The World On A String - 04:16  (Ted Koehler, Harold Arlen)
f.06Here's To Life - 05:04  (Artie Butler, Phyllis Molinary)
g.07Hard Hearted Hannah - 02:42  (Jack Yellen, Bob Bigelow, Charles Bates, Milton Ager)
h.08Shirley Horn theme - 00:45  (Shirley Horn)

Omit Shirley Horn (v) on h.

Date unknown. Broadcast on NPR JazzSet. Broadcast closes with host Branford Marsalis talking over excerpt of Shirley Horn's untitled theme music.


Date: October 7, 1994
Location: La Villa, Paris, France
Label: [private recording]

Shirley Horn (ldr), Shirley Horn (p, v), Charles Ables (eb), Steve Williams (d)

a.01Nice 'n' Easy - 06:06  (Lew Spence, Marilyn Keith, Alan Bergman)
b.02A Beautiful Friendship - 03:37  (Stanley Styne, Donald Kahn)
c.03Isn't It A Pity? - 05:05  (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin)
d.04A Song For You - 06:35  (Leon Russell)
e.05I've Got The World On A String - 04:16  (Ted Koehler, Harold Arlen)
f.06Since I Fell For You - 06:08  (Buddy Johnson)
g.07If You Love Me [aka Hymne A L'Amour] - 05:59  (Edith Piaf, Marguerite Monnot, Geoffrey Parsons)
h.08How Am I To Know? - 07:32  (Jack King, Dorothy Parker)
i.09But Beautiful - 07:09  (Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke)
j.10Return To Paradise - 05:34  (Dmitri Tiomkin, Ned Washington)
k.11Hard Hearted Hannah - 03:26  (Jack Yellen, Bob Bigelow, Charles Bates, Milton Ager)
l.12Why Did I Choose You - 05:40  (Herbert Martin, Michael Leonard)
m.13The Old Country - 05:04  (Nat Adderley, Curtis Lewis)
n.14Don't Let The Sun Catch You Cryin' - 05:02  (Joe Greene)
o.15Shirley Horn theme - 02:50  (Shirley Horn)

Omit Shirley Horn (v) on o.


Date: May 15-18, 1995
Location: Shirley Horn's home, Washington, DC
Label: Verve

Shirley Horn (ldr), Joe Henderson, Buck Hill (ts), Roy Hargrove (fh), Charles Ables (g, eb), Shirley Horn (p, ep, v), Steve Novosel (b), Billy Hart, Elvin Jones, Steve Williams (d)

a.01Blues For Sarge - 04:16  (Ronald R. Dawson)
b.02The Look Of Love - 05:22  (Burt Bacharach, Hal David)
c.03Keepin' Out Of Mischief Now - 03:46  (Thomas 'Fats' Waller, Andy Razaf)
d.04The Meaning Of The Blues - 07:55  (Bobby Troup, Leah Worth)
     Verve CD: 539 678-2 - Jazz 'Round Midnight - Shirley Horn (1998)
e.05Here's Looking At You! - 03:27  (Carroll Coates)
f.06You Go To My Head - 09:08  (J. Fred Coots, Haven Gillespie)
g.07Fever - 04:42  (Johnny Davenport, Eddie Cooley)
     Verve CD: 539 678-2 - Jazz 'Round Midnight - Shirley Horn (1998)
     Verve CD: B 000406802 - But Beautiful: The Best Of Shirley Horn (2005)
h.08Come In From The Rain - 04:50  (Melissa Manchester, Carole Bayer Sager)
i.09Peel Me A Grape - 02:55  (Dave Frishberg)
     Verve CD: 539 678-2 - Jazz 'Round Midnight - Shirley Horn (1998)
j.10All Or Nothing At All - 07:10  (Arthur Altman, Jack Lawrence)
All titles on: -     Verve CD: 314 529 555-2 - The Main Ingredient (1996)

Joe Henderson (ts) on f, j only. Buck Hill (ts) on a, c, j only. Roy Hargrove (fh) on d only. Charles Ables (g) on a, h only. Omit Shirley Horn (p) on h. Shirley Horn (ep) on h only. Omit Steve Novosel (b) on b, c, e, g, i. Omit Charles Ables (eb) on a, d, f, h, j. Billy Hart (d) on i only. Elvin Jones (d) on f, j only. Omit Steve Williams (d) on f, i, j.

Additional recording done May 28, 1995 and September 2, 1995 at Sound on Sound in New York City. No specific details.


Date: July 9-11, 1995
Location: Acousti Studio, Paris, France
Label: Verve

Jeffery Smith (ldr), Shirley Horn (p), Charles Ables (eb), Steve Williams (d), Jeffery Smith (v)

a.01Angel Eyes - 04:10  (Earl Brent, Matt Dennis)
b.02Nature Boy - 03:27  (Eden Ahbez)
c.03What Are You Doing The Rest Of Your Life - 06:07  (Michel Legrand, Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman)
d.04When The Night Turns Into Day - 06:31  (Glenn Ferris, Jeffery Smith)
e.05Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me - 03:05  (Duke Ellington, Sidney Keith 'Bob' Russell)
f.06Stormy Monday Blues - 04:41  (Aaron 'T-Bone' Walker)
g.07You've Changed - 04:50  (Bill Carey, Carl Fischer)
h.08The Shadow Of Your Smile - 05:30  (Johnny Mandel, Paul Francis Webster)
i.09Just One Of Those Things - 02:47  (Cole Porter)
j.10When I Fall In Love - 05:36  (Edward Heyman, Victor Young)
k.11Ramona - 04:23  (L. Wolfe Gilbert, Mabel Wayne)
All titles on: -     Verve CD: 529 468-2 - Ramona (1995)

Shirley Horn produced this album.


Date: July 26-28, 1995
Location: Group IV Studios, Hollywood, CA
Label: MusicMasters

Benny Carter (ldr), Benny Carter (as), Chris Neville (p), Steve LaSpina (b), Sherman Ferguson (d), Shirley Horn (v)

a.A Kiss From You - 05:27  (Benny Carter, Johnny Mercer)
     MusicMasters CD: 65134 - Benny Carter Songbook (1996)

Date: November 24, 1995
Location: Abyssinian Baptist Church, New York City
Label: [radio broadcast]

Shirley Horn (ldr), Shirley Horn (p, v), Charles Ables (eb), Steve Williams (d)

a.01My, How The Time Goes By - 05:13  (Cy Coleman, Carolyn Leigh)
b.02A Beautiful Friendship - 03:41  (Stanley Styne, Donald Kahn)
c.03The Old Country - 05:55  (Nat Adderley, Curtis Lewis)
d.04Bridge Over Trouble Water - 06:02  (Paul Simon)
e.05For All We Know - 02:53  (Sam M. Lewis, J. Fred Coots)
f.06Shirley Horn theme - 01:53  (Shirley Horn)

Omit Shirley Horn (v) on f.

A spoken introduction by Rev. Calvin O. Butts (1:23) precedes the first selection.

Broadcast on NPR JazzSet. Credits by host Branford Marsalis heard over Shirley Horn's untitled theme music.


Date: ca. 1996

Label: Verve

Jesse Davis (as), Ron Blake (ts), Roy Hargrove, Don Sickler (fh), Mark Whitfield (g), Stephen Scott (p), Christian McBride (b), Billy Drummond (d), Shirley Horn (v)

a.The Christmas Song - 04:37  (Mel Torme, Robert Wells)
b.Winter Wonderland - 04:07  (Felix Bernard, Dick Smith)
Both titles on: -     Verve CD: 314 531 960-2 - Jazz For Joy - A Verve Christmas Album (1996)

Omit Ron Blake (ts) on b. Omit Roy Hargrove (fh) on a. Omit Don Sickler (fh) on b. Omit Mark Whitfield (g) on b.

Date unknown - 1996 is issue date.


Date: April 30, 1996
Location: Kennedy Center, Washington, DC
Label: [radio broadcast]

Shirley Horn (ldr), Shirley Horn (p, v), Charles Ables (eb), Steve Williams (d)

a.01Foolin' Myself - 02:17  (Peter Tinturin, Jack Lawrence)
b.02How Am I To Know? - 05:21  (Jack King, Dorothy Parker)
c.03Here's To Life - 05:50  (Artie Butler, Phyllis Molinary)

Part of the Mary Lou Williams Women In Jazz festival and broadcast on NPR JazzSet on March 6, 1997.


Date: May 17 & 18, 1996
Location: The Cinegrill, Hollywood, CA
Label: Verve

Shirley Horn (ldr), George Mesterhazy (g, key, arr), Shirley Horn (p, v), Steve Novosel (b), Steve Williams (d), Alex Acuña (per)

a.01Loving You - 04:21  (Artie Butler, Norman Martin)
     Verve CD: 539 678-2 - Jazz 'Round Midnight - Shirley Horn (1998)
     PolyGram CD: 559 734-2 - Quiet Now - Come A Little Closer [sequenced by Renee Rosnes] (1999)
b.02The Man You Were - 04:11  (Albert Van Dam, Martin Hall)
c.03Dreamy - 04:03  (Vitor Martin, Erroll Garner, Sydney Shaw)
d.04Someone To Light Up My Life - 04:36  (Antonio Carlos Jobim, Gene Lees, Vinicius DeMoraes)
     Verve CD: 539 678-2 - Jazz 'Round Midnight - Shirley Horn (1998)
e.05In The Dark - 05:17  (Lillian Green)
f.06Should I Surrender - 04:06  (Adam Ross, William Landau)
g.07Love Dance - 05:36  (Ivan Lins, Vitor Martins, Paul Williams)
h.08Kiss And Run - 04:48  (Jack Ledru, Rene Dononcin, William Engvick)
i.