Here are my originals and songlist which of course are terribly boring but it gives me a chance to store some images of Althea 🙂
JAMES’ ORIGINALS 1998-1999
- YELLOW OPTION
- CAYO HUESO
- MAGIC HAT #5
- HAVANA DOG
- DANCIN’ ON DUVAL
- OPUS 23
- ALL ABOUT A BETTY
- LOST IN YOU
- DREAMING JEANNIE
- CHASIN THE BIRD
- JUST LOOKING
- APATHY
- STOP IT
- LOST KITTEN BLUES
- SOARING
- JAMES’ BAD DAY
- STEAMBOAT SUNSPLASH II
- KEYS DREAMS
- JAMES BAY
- THE FIRST TIME
- KELLY’S HOUSE
- LOST IN RIO
- STILL IN LOVE
- SPANISH DANCER
- JAMES’ WORLD
- CARIBBEAN LULLABY
- OPUS 47
- JUST LOOKING
- DEEP BLUE SEA
- ALTHEA’S GROOVE
- CARIBBEAN SOUL
- STORM WATCH
- ALONE AGAIN
- CITY LIGHTS
- KING LOUIS
- REJOICING
- OPUS 35
- SAX TEARS
- JAMES RIDES WEST
- BLUE DHARMA
- COOL ATTITUDE
- HOT BUTTER
- Y FILES
- LATIN BREEZE
- CELEBRATION
- JUS A GROOVE
- COMING HOME
- LITTLE TERROR GIRL (ALTHEA)
- IPA
- RAINY DAYS
- FOREVER AND EVER
- RIDING HIGH
- (TOO) HUNG OUT (TO DRY)
- JUST ONE COCKTAIL
- (LIVING IN) A GLASS PALACE
- DEEP BLUE SEA
- ALL THE KINGS HORSES
- HOPE
- FANFARE
- SOUTH BEACH
- JUST A WALK IN THE PARK
- SWEET DREAMS
- QUIET NIGHTS
- ALTHEA’S DOLPHIN
- TWILIGHT
- A1A
- HER GLORY
- LI (VOCE)
- OLD HAVANA
- HARBOR LIGHTS
- BLUES FOR BREAKFAST
- MY LOVE
- BAILA BAILA
- FANTASY FEST
- OLD TOWN (KW)
- SET ME FREE
- ERASING THE PAST
- IN THE LIGHT
- UNDONE
- JAAAAAAMMMMMEEEESSSSS
JAMES’ ORIGINALS PRE-1998
- APATHY
- BIANCA’S BLUES
- CARRIBEAN TIME (livin’ on)
- LONESOME BLUES
- LOST KITTEN BLUES
- LOOB’S DOCTORAL BLUES
- MIRTH AND MERRYLAND
- REFLECTIONS
- SMILES AND TEARS
- SPECIAL K
- STEAMBOAT SUNSPLASH
- STILL IN LOVE
- SUNDAY AFTERNOON
- THUMPER
- WOODY’S BLUES
- CHIP & MOE
- CLOTHESLINE
- KEY WEST BLUES
- KOOOM CAFE
- MEADOW
- NEW OPUS #1
- NEW OPUS #2
- PAIN AGAIN????
- SLEEPY JAMES
- SO SOFT
- SWEET-C
- TROPICAL-BALL
Jazz Flute Standards – please note this list is far from complete… and my favorite Latin Composer would have to be Brasil’s Antonio Carlos Jobim
- 500 MILES HIGH — CHICK COREA
- A DAY IN LIFE OF FOOL — LUIS BONFA
- A SMOOTH ONE — BENNY GOODMAN
- A TIME FOR US — NINO ROTA
- AFRO BLUE MONGO — SANTAMARIA
- ANA MARIA — WAYNE SHORTER
- AND I LOVE HER — LENNON/MCCARTNEY
- APPLE HONEY — WOODY HERMAN
- BERNIE’S TUNE — BERNIE MILLER
- BREEZIN’ — GEORGE BENSON
- BRIANS SONG — LEGRAND/BERGMAN
- BLUE BOSSA — KENNY DORMAN
- BLUESETTE — TOOTS THEILSMANS
- BOTH SIDES NOW — JONI MITCHELL
- BROWN SKIN GIRL — SONNY ROLLINS
- CAROLINA MOON — BENNY DAVIS
- CARAVAN — DUKE ELLINGTON
- CAST YOUR FATE TO THE WIND — VINCE GUARALDI
- CHAMELEON — HERBIE HANCOCK
- CHINA DOLL — JERRY GARCIA
- CHIP & MOE — JAMES LOOBY
- CLOTHESLINE — JAMES LOOBY
- COME CANDELA — MONGO SANTAMARIA
- CON SABOR — JUAN CALZADA
- CURACAO — CAL TJADER
- DARK STAR — JERRY GARCIA
- DEARLY BELOVED — J.KERN/J.MERCER
- DELIRIO — CESAR DE LA LUZ
- DESAFINADO — CARLOS JOBIM
- DINDI — CARLOS JOBIM
- DOODLIN’ — HORACE SILVER
- FEVER –JOHN DAVENPORT
- FOOLS RUSH IN
- FLYING HOME — LIONEL HAMPTON
- FOR YOU BLUE — GEORGE HARRISON
- GENTLE RAIN — SARAH VAUGHN
- GIRL FROM IPANEMA — CARLOS JOBIN “STAN GETZ”
- GRAZIN IN THE GRASS — PHILEMON HOU
- GREENSLEEVES — TRADITIONAL
- GREEN DOLPHIN STREET — KAPER/WASHINGTON
- GROOVIN’ HIGH — DIZZY GILLESPIE
- HERE’S THAT RAINY DAY — JIMMY VAN HEUSEN
- HOW HIGH THE MOON — MORGAN LEWIS
- HOW INSENSATIVE — A.C. JOBIM
- I LEFT MY HEART IN SAN FRANCISCO — CROSS/CORY
- I LET A SONG GO OUT OF MY HEART — DUKE ELLINGTON
- IF YOU NEVER COME TO ME — A.C. JOBIM
- I’LL CATCH THE SUN — ROD McKUEN
- IMAGINATION –J.VAN HEUSEN/J.BURKE
- INCENTIVE — HORACE SILVER
- ITS A BLUE WORLD — BOB WRIGHT/CHET FOREST
- JESSICA — DICKEY BETTS
- JOYCE’S SAMBA — D. FEREIRA
- KEY WEST BLUES — JAMES LOOBY
- KOOOM CAFE — JAMES LOOBY
- KILLING ME SOFTLY — C. FOX
- LET IT BE — LENNON/MCCARTNEY
- LET’S GO DANCING — VICTOR FELDMAN
- LINDA CHICANO — MARK LEVINE
- LITTLE BOAT — CARLOS JOBIM
- A LITTLE TEAR — DEODATO/VALLE
- LONG AGO AND FAR AWAY — J.KERN/G. GERSHWIN
- MAMBO INN — MARIO BAUZO
- MANTECA — DIZZY GILLESPIE
- MARAKESH EXPRESS — GRAHAM NASH
- MEADOW — JAMES LOOBY
- MERCY MERCY MERCY — JOE ZAWINUL
- MIDNIGHT SUN — LIONEL HAMPTON
- THE MIDNIGHT SUN WILL NEVER SET — QUINCY JONES
- MINUET — J.S. BACH
- MOANIN’ — BOBBY TIMMONS
- THIS MASQUERADE — GEORGE BENSON
- MOONDANCE — V. MORRISON
- MOONLIGHT IN VERMONT — SUESSDORF/BLACKBURN
- MOON LOVE — MACK DAVID
- MORNING DANCE — J. BECKENSTEIN
- MY ROMANCE — ROGERS/HART
- MY PRAYER — GEORGE BOULANGER
- NATURE BOY — EDEN AHBEZ
- NEW OPUS #1 — JAMES LOOBY
- NEW OPUS #2 — JAMES LOOBY
- NORWEGIAN WOOD — LENNON/MCCARTNEY
- OLD CAPE COD — MILT YAKUS/ALLAN JEFFREY
- ONCE IN A LIFETIME — BRICUSSE/NEWLEY
- ONCE I LOVED — A.C. JOBIM
- ONE NOTE SAMBA — A. C. JOBIM
- OTHER ONE — BOB WEIR
- OUR HOUSE — GRAHAM NASH
- PHILADELPHIA MAMBO — TITO PUENTE
- PICADILLO — TITO PUENTE
- PINK PANTHER — H.MANCINI
- POSSESSED — JAMES LOOBY
- QUIET NIGHTS OF QUIET STARS — CARLOS JOBIM
- ROBBINS’S NEST — THOMPSON / “ILLINOIS” JACQUET
- SABOR — JOAO DONATO
- SAMBA DU BOIS — PHIL WOODS
- SANDU — CLIFFORD BROWN
- SATIN DOLL — STRAYHORN/MERCER
- SECRET LOVE — SAMMY FAIN
- SEPTEMBER SONG
- SKYLARK — HOAGY CARMICHAEL
- SLEEPY JAMES — JAMES LOOBY
- SLOW HOT WIND — GERRY NIEWOOD
- SMOKE GETS IN YOUR EYES — KERN/HARBACH
- SO SOFT — JAMES LOOBY
- SOLAR — MILES DAVIS
- SOPHISTICATED LADY — DUKE ELLINGTON
- SPAIN — CHICK COREA
- ST THOMAS — SONNY ROLLINS
- SUMMERTIME — G. GERSWIN
- SUNSHINE OF MY LIFE — S. WONDER
- SWEET-C — JAMES LOOBY
- TAKE FIVE — PAUL DESMOND
- TENDERLY — GROSS/LAWRENCE
- THESE FOOLISH THINGS — J. STRACHEY/H. LINK
- TRACES — JIMMY COBB
- TRISTE — CARLOS JOBIM
- THERE WILL NEVER BE ANOTHER YOU — HARRY WARREN
- THINGS AIN’T WHAT THEY USED TO BE — DUKE ELLINGTON
- TROPICAL-BALL — JAMES LOOBY
- WAVE — CARLOS JOBIM
- WILLOW WEEP FOR ME — RONNEL/HOLIDAY
- WELL YOU NEEDN’T — THELONIUS MONK
- YESTERDAYS — KERN/HARBACK
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AFFIRMATION — J. FELICIANO
ALL BLUES — MILES DAVIS
ALL OF ME — SIMONS/MARKS
ALL OR NOTHING AT ALL — ARTHUR ALTMAN
ALL THINGS YOU ARE — OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN
ANGEL EYES — MATT DENNIS
APATHY — JAMES LOOBY
AS TIME GOES BY — HERMAN HUBFIELD
A SMOOTH ONE — BENNY GOODMAN
AUTUMN LEAVES — JOHNNY MERCER
AUTUMN IN NEW YORK — V. DURHAM
BEGIN THE BEGUINE — COLE PORTER
BEAUTIFUL LOVE — D. GILLESPIE/KING/ALSTINE
BEWITCHED — L.HART/R.ROGERS
BIANCA’S BLUES — JAMES LOOBY
BIRTH OF THE BLUES — RAY HENDERSON
BLUE MOON
CARELESS LOVE — W. C. HANDY
CARRIBEAN TIME (livin’ on) — JAMES LOOBY
CAROLINA MOON — BENNY DAVIS
C JAM BLUES — DUKE ELLINGTON
CHEEK TO CHEEK — IRVING BERLIN
CRAZY FINGERS — JERRY GARCIA
DIDN’T WE — JIMMY WEBB
DON’T GET AROUND MUCH ANYMORE — DUKE ELLINGTON
DAYS OF WINE AND ROSES — HENRY MANCINI
DOCK OF THE BAY — OTIS REDDING
DREAM A LITTLE DREAM OF ME — SCHWANDT/ANDREE
EARLY AUTUMN — WOODY HERMAN/J. MERCER
EAST OF THE SUN — BROOKS BOWMAN
EUROPA — CARLOS SANTANA
EVERGREEN — B. STREISAND
FALLING IN LOVE WITH LOVE — ROGERS/HART
FASCINATION — DAVIS/ F.D. MARCHETTI
FEELS SO GOOD — CHUCK MANGIONE
FLAMINGO — ED ANDERSON/TED GROUYA
FLY ME TO THE MOON — BART HOWARD
FREEWAY JAM — JEFF BECK
GEORGIA — HOAGY CARMICHAEL
GIANT STEPS — CHARLIE PARKER
GREEN GREEN GRASS OF HOME — CURLY PUTNAM
HAVE YOU MET MISS JONES — L HART/ R ROGERS
HONEYSUCKLE ROSE — FATS WALLER
I’M BEGINNING TO SEE THE LIGHT — HARRY JAMES/DUKE ELLINGTON
I’M GETTING SENTIMENTAL OVER YOU — NED WASHINGTON
I GET A KICK OUT OF YOU — COLE PORTER
I LOVE YOU — COLE PORTER
INDIAN SUMMER — DUBIN/HRBERT
IS YOU IS OR IS YOU AIN’T MY BABY — B. AUSTIN
ISN’T IT ROMANTIC — L.HART/R.ROGERS
IT HAD TO BE YOU — ISHAM JONES
JAMAICA FAREWELL — STANDARD
JAMMIN’ — BOB MARLEY
JERSEY BOUNCE — BENNY GOODMAN
JESSICA — DICKEY BETTS
LET’S FALL IN LOVE — TED KOEHLER/HAROLD ARLEN
LET’S DO IT — COLE PORTER
LIKE SOMEONE IN LOVE — J. VANHEUSEN/J. BURKE
LINE FOR LYONS — GERRY MULLIGAN
LITTLE BOAT (o barquino) — A.C. JOBIM
LONESOME BLUES — JAMES LOOBY
LOST KITTEN BLUES — JAMES LOOBY
THE LOOK OF LOVE — B. BACHARACH
LOOB’S DOCTORAL BLUES — JAMES LOOBY
LOVERMAN — DAVIS/RAMIREZ/SHERMAN
MEDITATION — CARLOS JOBIN
MY MELANCHOLY BABY — GEORGE NORTON
MICHELLE — LENNON/MCCARTNEY
MIRTH AND MERRYLAND — JAMES LOOBY
MISTER MAGIC — GROVER WASHINGTON
MISTY — J. BURKE/ E. GARNER
MOONGLOW — HUDSON/DELANGE/IRVING
MOONLIGHT BAY — PERCY WENDLEN
MOONLIGHT SERENADE — GLEN MILLER
MORNING DANCE — J. BECKENSTEIN
THE MORE I SEE YOU — HARRY WARREN
MY BLUE HEAVEN — WALTER DONALDSON
MY FAVORITE THINGS — R. ROGERS
MY FUNNY VALENTINE — HART/ROGERS
THE NEARNESS OF YOU — HOAGY CARMICHAEL
NICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT — IRA/GEORGE GERSWIN
NIGHT IN TUNISIA — DIZZY GILLESPIE
OLD DEVIL MOON — ZOOT SIMS
OUR DAY WILL COME — M. GARSON
PEOPLE — ROB MERRIL/JULE STYNE
REFLECTIONS — JAMES LOOBY
SABOR — JOAO DONATO
SAD SAMBA — GROVER WASHINGTON
SAMBA PA TI — CARLOS SANATANA
SATIN DOLL — STRAYHORN/MERCER
SEPTEMBER IN THE RAIN — DUBIN/WARREN
SMILES AND TEARS — JAMES LOOBY
SO NICE — MARCOS VALLE
SOLITUDE — DUKE ELLINGTON
SOMEONE TO WATCH OVER ME — GEORGE/IRA GERSHWIN
SOMETHING — LENNON/MCCARTNEY
SONNY BOY — AL JOLSON
SPANISH EYES — BERT KAEMPFERT
SPECIAL K — JAMES LOOBY
ST THOMAS — SONNY ROLLINS
STARDUST — HOAGY CARMICHAEL
STAREYES — RAYE/DEPAUL
STELLA BLUE — JERRY GARCIA
ST LOUIS BLUES — W.C. HANDY
STEAMBOAT SUNSPLASH — JAMES LOOBY
STILL IN LOVE — JAMES LOOBY
SUNDAY AFTERNOON — JAMES LOOBY
WHEN SUNNY GETS BLUE — FISHER/SEGAL
SWEET GEORGIA BROWN — BERNIE/PINKARD/CASEY
TAKE FIVE — PAUL DESMOND
TAKE THE A TRAIN — DUKE ELLINGTION
TASTE OF HONEY — MARLOW/SCOTT
THAT OLD FEELING — SAMMY FAIN
THERE WILL NEVER BE ANOTHER YOU — HARRY WARREN
THEY CAN’T TAKE THAT AWAY FROM ME — GERSHWIN/GERSHWIN
THREE LITTLE BIRDS — B. MARLEY
THIS CAN’T BE LOVE — G. GERSHWIN
THIS GUY’S IN LOVE — BURT BACHARACH
THUMPER — JAMES LOOBY
UNFORGETTABLE — IRVING GORDON
TIME AFTER TIME
UNDER A BLANKET OF BLUE — JERRY LIVINGSTON
UNFORGETTABLE — IRVING GORDON
THE WAY YOU LOOK TONIGHT — JEROME KERN
WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD — LOUIS ARMSTRONG
WHEN I FALL IN LOVE — HEYMAN/ YOUNG
WHEN LIGHTS ARE LOW — BENNY CARTER
WHEN SUNNY GETS BLUE — FISHER/SEGAL
WHEN YOUR LOVER HAS GONE — E. A. SWAN
WHERE OR WHEN LORENZ — HART/R ROGERS
WHILE MY GUITAR GENTLY WEEPS — GEORGE HARRISON
WOODY’S BLUES — JAMES LOOBY
YESTERDAYS
YOU MADE ME LOVE YOU — MCCARTHY/ MONACO
YOUNG LOVE — ERROL GARNER
YOU’D BE SO NICE TO COME HOME TO — COLE PORTER
YOUNGER THAN SPRINGTIME — O. HAMMERSTEIN
Christmas
These are very different interpretations. The Albany Times Union reviewed one of my Christmas performances (1998) and stated it was “Festive, Flawless and CD Quality”.
WE THREE KINGS OF ORIENT ARE — JOHN HENRY ANGELS WE HAVE HEARD ON HIGH — FRENCH TRADITIONAL AWAY IN A MANGER — LUTHER’S CRADLE HYMN THE CHRISTMAS SONG — MEL TORME DECK THE HALLS — WELSH TRADITIONAL THE FIRST NOEL — TRADITIONAL GOD REST YE MERRY GENTLEMEN — ENGLISH TRADITIONAL GO TELL IT ON THE MOUNTAIN — AMERICAN SPIRITUAL HARK THE HERALD ANGELS SING — FELIX MENDELSOHN THE HOLLY AND THE IVY — ENGLISH TRADITIONAL IT CAME UPON A MIDNIGHT CLEAR — RICHARD S JINGLE BELLS — JAMES PIERPONT JOY TO THE WORLD — GEORGE HANDEL LINUS AND LUCY — VINCE GUARALDI O COME ALL YE FAITHAFUL — LATIN HYMN O CHRISTMAS TREE (O TANNENBAUM) — GERMAN TRADITIONAL O LITTLE TOWN OF BETHLEHEM — LEWIS REDNER WE WISH YOU A MERRY CHRISTMAS — ENGLISH TRADITIONAL WHAT CHILD IS THIS — TRADITIONAL Classical Flute This is far, far, from a complete list …. and my favorite classical composer… PYTOR I’LLICH TCHAIKOVSKY SYMPHONY #6 2ND MOVEMENT — PYTOR I’LLICH TCHAIKOVSKY ANITRA’S DANCE — EDVARD GRIEG BRIDAL CHORUS — RICHARD WAGNER CAPRICCIO NO. 24 — NICOLO PAGANINI DANCE OF THE SUGAR PLUM FAIRY — PYTOR I’LLICH TCHAIKOVSKY DANUBE WAVES — ION IVANOVICI FUR ELISE — LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN INDIAN SUMMER — DUBIN/HRBERT LONDONDERRY AIR — BRITISH FOLKSONG LULLABY — JOHANNES BRAHMS MEDITATION (from Thais) — JULES MASSENET MINUET — LUIGI BOCCHERINI MINUET 1 IN G — LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN MINUET — J.S.BACH MORNING — EDVARD GRIEG IN THE HALL OF THE MOUNTAIN KING — EDVARD GRIEG SYMPHONY NO. 9 IN D MAJOR (ODE TO JOY) — LUDWIG VON BEETHOVEN OVER THE RAINBOW — HAROLD ARLEN PIANO CONCERTO NO.1 IN Bb MINOR — PYTOR I’LLICH TCHAIKOVSKY PIANO CONCERTO #2 IN C MINOR — SERGEI RACHMANINOFF REVERIE — CLAUDE DEBUSSY ROMEO AND JULIETT — PYTOR I’LLICH TCHAIKOVSKY THE SKATERS — EMIL WALDTEUFEL THE SWAN — CAMILLE SAINT-SAENS SWAN LAKE — PYOTR II’YICH TCHAIKOVSKY WALTZ OF THE FLOWERS — PYTOR I’LLICH TCHAIKOVSKY
