186: Indian Summer(time)

Hi.

Today is a special day!

With the help of Cheeba

(from Canada)

& Matt(hias)

(from Germany, who also send me this pic to use)

and countless other sources

(let's count Rab & Co in for sure!)

I've gathered here another 53 (!) versions

of the good old Summertime song!

Amen.

I said I'd stay away from this song a bit & I did...

It's cold at night, hot (OK, warm) during the day,

it's a typical indian summer(time) over here in 2008.

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No better time than the present to offer you this enormous batch of

versions, some of them REALLY aweful, some of them REALLY good,

and a lot of them, well, let's say they're OK.

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Mind you, there are some UNEXPECTED cool surprises in this lot,

so if you're in for some more, be sure to catch this at once!

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please enjoy!

(I know I did many times during this ride)

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1. Art Pepper - Summertime (6:32)

2. Artie Shaw - Summertime (5:01)

3. Booker T. & The MG's - Summertime (4:44)

4. Brian Bromberg - Summertime (4:34)

5. Caecilie Norby - Summertime (4:56)

6. Charles Mingus - Summertime (4:40)

7. Chris Farlowe - Summertime (4:44)

8. Clara Rockmore - Summertime (2:47)

9. Dee Dee McNeil - Barry & The Movements - Summertime (4:09)

10. Deep Dive Corporation - Summertime (4:05)

11. Dizzy Gillespie - Summertime (4:18)

12. Don Ralke - Summertime (2:53)

13. Duke Ellington Orchestra - Introduction/Summertime (1:25)

14. Duke Ellington Orchestra - Summertime (3:48)

15. Eddie Heywood - Summertime (2:39)

16. Fire & Ice, Ltd. - Summertime (5:57)

17. Frank Foster & George Wallington - Summertime (alt. take) (3:55)

18. Frank Foster & George Wallington - Summertime (3:55)

19. Freddie Hubbard - Summertime (10:11)

20. Free Design - Summertime (3:43)

21. George Harmonica Smith - Summertime (3:43)

22. George Shearing - Summertime (3:11)

23. Halibuts - Summertime (2:45)

24. Heavenly Noise - summertime (3:32)

25. Herbie Mann - Summertime (Live) (10:23)

26. Howard McGhee - Summertime (3:16)

27. Jack McDuff - Summertime (4:08)

28. James Last - Summertime (5:10)

29. Jerry Kruger & Her Orchestra - Summertime (3:03)

30. Jimmy Smith - Summertime(live) (8:27)

31. Jimmy Smith - Summertime (4:31)

32. Joe Sullivan - Summertime (3:16)

33. John Schroeder Orchestra - Summertime (2:22)

34. Johnny Hammond - Summertime / The Ghetto (10:04)

35. Karl Feder Halter - Summertime (2:11)

36. Kenny Burrell & Grover Washington Jr. - Summertime (7:18)

37. Kingsley And Hambro - Summertime (2:44)

38. Klaus Wunderlich - Summertime (2:43)

39. Link Protrudi & The Jaymen - Summertime (2:31)

40. Lou Rawls - Summertime (3:34)

41. Montreal - Summertime (4:11)

42. One G Plus Three - Summertime (2:59)

43. Ray Barretto - Summertime (Guajira) (6:04)

44. Ray Charles & Cleo Laine - Summertime (6:17)

45. Ronnie Hawkins & The Hawks - Summertime (2:38)

46. Rosinha De Valencia - Summertime (3:03)

47. Sonny Criss - Summertime (4:04)

48. Superblue - Summertime (6:56)

49. Tal Farlow - Summertime (5:38)

50. Three Sounds - Summertime (5:35)

51. Tony Ronald - Summertime (2:30)

52. Ventures - Summertime (2:38)

53. Willie Nelson & Leon Russell - Summertime (2:29)

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