Song Title |
Composer/Arranger/Comments |
Harlem Night Song-Recitation |
Langston Hughes |
Lift Ev’ry Voice and Sing |
James Weldon Johnson (words)/John Rosamond Johnson (music) |
Take the ‘A’ Train |
Billy Strayhorn, arr. Kirby Shaw |
Harlem Sweeties |
Langston Hughes-performed by Lottie Porch |
Jumpin’ at the Woodside |
Jon Hendricks (words)/Count Basie (music) |
Ezekiel Saw the Wheel |
Traditional-performed by Teaneck High School Madrigals |
Sympathy |
Paul Laurence Dunbar-performed by Lottie Porch |
God Bless the Child |
Billie Holiday and Arthur Herzog-performed by Rachelle Gill Alexander, winner 2009 Teaneck Teen Idol competition |
I’m Beginning to See the Light |
Don George, Johnny Hodges, Duke Ellington, Harry James, arr. Kirby Shaw |
Minnie the Moocher |
Cab Calloway and Irving Mills |
Ain’t Misbehavin’ |
Fats Waller, arr. Luther Henderson, adapted by Steve Bell |
Handful of Keys |
Fats Waller, arr. Larry Shackley |
It Don’t Mean a Thing (If It Ain’t Got That Swing) |
Irving Mills (words),Duke Ellington (music) arr. Mac Huff |