A Taste Of Honey May 3 2012
The TV series “Mad Men’ in addition to nailing the culture,fashions,idioms of the advertising business of the 50’s on Madison Ave NYC ,has inspired me to go back and find some of the music that we grooved and lived to from that era-not necessarily Jazz but it was another part of the music of our lives and the three featured tracks (*)are no exception.In addition today the artistry of Johnny Mathis,Nancy Wilson,Nina Simone,Joe Pass,Bee Gees et al., bring us into the mad month of May(and songs about May **)…my pick from the new releases available is Amadou and Mariam’s ‘Follila’ album..difficult to go past their own sounds and Mali music in total.
| Artiste | Track |
| Herb Alpert &The Tijuana Brass | A Taste of Honey |
| The Bee Gees | First of May ** |
| Scott Walker | When Joanna Loved Me** |
| The Mamas and The Papas | My Girl** |
| Emma Pask | My Romance ** |
| Anita O’Day | I Didn’t Know What Time It Was ** |
| You Take My Breath Away | Minnie Ripperton ** |
| Johnny Mathis | I Concentrate On You |
| Amadou & Maryam | Afrique Mon Afrique |
| John Coltrane | Theme for Ernie |
| Joe Pass | Night and Day |
| L’Orchestra Cinematique | The from ‘Mad Men’ |
| Brenda Lee | Sweet Nothin’s |
| Marilyn Monroe | I Wanna Be Loved By You |
| Clarence ‘Frogman’ Henry | But I Do |
| Bert Kaemfert | Wonderland By Night |
| Gary McFarland | Satisfaction |
| Nancy Wilson | Can’t Take My Eyes Off You |
| Nina Simone | Do What You Gotta Do |
| John Coltrane/Duke Ellington | In A Sentimental Mood |
| Harry Nilsson | Lullaby In Ragtime |
| Eugene McDaniels | Route 66 |