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I got it bad (and that ain`t good)

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  Tema del musical Jump for Joy de  de Duke Ellington y letra de Paul Francis Webster (creador de  Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing, o  The Shadow of Your Smile)  publicado en 1941.   Versión instrumental de Ben Webster Versión vocal de Nina Simone Letra My baby ever treats me sweet and gentle the way he should; I got it bad and that aint good! My poor heart is sentimental not made of wood I got it bad and that aint good! But when the weekends over and monday rolls aroun I end up like I start out just cryin my heart out He dont love me like I love him nobody could I got it bad and that aint good! Like alonely weeping willow lost in the wood I got it bad and that aint good! And the things I tell my pillow no woman should I got it bad and that aint good! Tho folks with good intentions tell me to save my tears Im glad Im mad about him I cant live without him Lord above me make him love me the way he should I got it bad and that aint good! Original lyric Th...

In a sentimental mood

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  Tema de Duke Ellington y letra de Manny Kurtz de 1935. Versión vocal de Ella Fitzgerald   

Jeep's blues

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  Compuesta conjuntamente por Duke Ellington y el saxofonista Johnny Hodges,  en 1938

Azalea

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  Elegante tema de Duke Ellington realizado con Louis Armstrong y sus All-Stars .  Letra It was such a fine spring day Down Lou'siana way, With fragrance divine And such magnificent regalia. Oh, so fine, Azalea. Oh what a lovely sight, In red, pink and white. Can't held but believe That nothing evil can assail you. So naïve, Azalea You're at ease on the knees Of the moss covered trees, Whose tops meet to make a high ceiling In the church-like pomp Of the cypress swamp. I've yet to get that same strange feeling. I've got to go back there And find that blossom fair I always dream of. 'Cause with you who could be a failure? My first love, Azalea

Mood Indigo

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  Compuesta por Duke Ellington y Barney Bigard en 1930, me gusta especialmente esta versión de Johnny Hodges, que fue precisamente saxofonista con Duke Ellington. También me gusta la versión, muy diferente, llena de ritmo de Nina Simone .