Happy St. Patrick's Day!

Date: 
03/17/2012
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Johnny Griffin "The Kerry Dance"  (composed in 1879, attributed to James L. Molloy, b. County Offaly, Ireland, 1837-1909

Lester Young/King Cole/Buddy Rich "Peg O' My Heart (composed in New York in 1913 by Alfred Bryan and Fred Fisher)  p.s. Nat King Cole, b. 3/17/19 

               

 

Jackie Wilson "Danny Boy" (aka "The Londonderry Air," lyric composed in 1913 by Edward Weatherby)

Irish Lagniappe: Ben Webster plays a medley of "In a Mellotone/Danny Boy/Mack the Knife"