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Old 05-30-2006, 01:30 PM
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Default Re: Greatest Pop / Jazz Standards - Recommendations

I know hundreds of these tunes and here are my personal favorites:

stardust (note sinatra's version contains only the verse)
the nearness of you
they can't take that away from me
but beautiful
while we're young
I'll be seeing you

al, I really highly recommend tony bennett on the album "tony bennett and bill evans". also, ella fitzgerald has a songbook series (i.e. the cole porter songbook, kern songbook, etc) which is fairly comprehensive and a very good overview.

edit: another highly recommended record is willie nelson's "stardust".
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