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Mitchell Parish added lyrics to popular tunes by Hoagy Carmichael and Duke Ellington, among others. This was the heyday of American Popular Song.
Part one begins with a birthday set by Gerry Mulligan and Sonny Stitt.

INTRO: Algiers Bounce
Red Allen
World On A String
1
Jersey Bounce
Gerry Mulligan & Chet Baker
Reunion
2
I May Be Wrong But I Think You're Wonderful
Gerry Mulligan & Chet Baker
The Great American Songbook
3
Stardust
Gerry Mulligan & Chet Baker
The Great American Songbook
4
My Little Suede Shoes
Sonny Stitt
Stitt Plays Bird
5
Salt And Pepper
Sonny Stitt, Paul Gonsalves

6
Dark Eyes
Dizzy Gillespie, Gerry Mulligan, Sonny Stitt

7
Sweet Lorraine
Gregory Porter

8
Stardust
Hoagy Carmichael

9
Mood Indigo
Nina Simone

10
Sophisticated Lady
Karrin Allyson

11
Passin' Thru
Charles Lloyd New Quartet
Passin' Thru