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Jazz is my consolation and my inspiration. It makes my toes tap and my fingers snap. The lyrics, the singers, the instruments all make magic. Music has been a wonderful part of my life--starting when I was a kid in the elementary school band. Now mostly I listen to jazz. It comforts and cajoles. It's full of life--love, disapointment, triumph, perserverance.

Dave and I are off to Philly this weekend to hear our buddy Stacey Kent and her adorable husband, Jim Tomlinson. This song is on her latest CD, The Boy Next Door.

ALL I DO IS DREAM OF YOU All I do is dream of you The whole night through. With the dawn I still go on And dream of you. You're every thought; You're every thing; You're every song I ever sing-- Summer, winter, autumn, and spring. And were there more Than twenty four Hours a day, They'd be spent In sweet content Dreaming away. When skies are grey, When skies are blue, Morning, noon and nighttime too, All I do the whole day through Is dream of you. (Nacio Harb Brown and Arthur Freed)

I 'll feature a different song every week or so, so check back often!

For a more comprehensive look at jazz, visit my buddy Bruce Crowther's website.

For the lyrics to one of my favorite  songs, Devil May Care, scroll down.

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Bob Dorough wrote this song in the 1950s. If I have a personal anthem, this is it.

Devil May Care No cares for me, I'm happy As I can be. I've learned to love And to live-- Devil may care. No cares and woes Whatever comes Later goes. That's how I'll take and I'll give-- Devil may care. When the day is through, I'll suffer no regrets. I know that he who frets Loses the night. For only a fool Thinks he can Hold back the dawn. He who is wise Never tries to revise What's past and gone. Live, love today, Let come tomorrow what may. Don't even stop for a sigh, It doesn't help if you cry. That's how I live and I'll die-- Devil may care.                                        ---Bob Dorough

Sonny & Melanie brought a little miracle into our lives last week, Alisa Leoni. This one's for you, kid! I have two favorite recordings of this song: one loved for its ebullience, the other for its stark beauty. The jovial Louis Armstong performs a popular rendition on his album, What a Wonderful World and also on All-Time Greatest Hits.  Lesser known, but incredible Eva Cassidy does an amazing version on Live at Blues Alley.

What a Wonderful World I see trees of green, Red roses too. I see them bloom For me and you. And I think to myself What a wonderful world. I see skies of blue And clouds of white, The bright blessed day, The dark sacred night. And I think to myself What a wonderful world. The colors of the rainbow So pretty in the sky, Are also on the faces Of people going by. I see friends shaking hands Saying how do you do. They're really saying I love you. I hear babies crying. I watch them grow. They'll learn much more Than I'll never know. And I think to myself What a wonderful world. Yes I think to myself What a wonderful world.

Diana Krall sings it on When I Look I Your Eyes and does an extended version on Live in Paris. It is also a track on one of my all time favorite CDs, Kissing Jessica Stein (music from the movie).  All these CDs are available on Amazon.com.

What a Wonderful World was written by Bob Thiele and George David Weiss in 1967. Although Armstrong had a hit in England with it in 1968, it wasn't popular in the US until it was featured in the film, Good Morning, Vietnam.