The Sheik of Araby
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The Sheik of Araby is the first CD from Jonathan. It includes eleven standards from the early days of swing jazz through the 40's. Jonathan assembled his best collaborators as well as a new partner to help him with the project. Artists in the quintet include Ed Polcer on cornet, Mark Shane on piano, Mike Weatherly on bass and Kevin Dorn on percussion. Jonathan recorded it a few weeks before turning eleven years old over a two day period (about four hours a day) at Peter Karl's studio in Brooklyn. While Jonathan had discussed ideas for each piece in advance with his mom and Andy Stein, the pieces were recorded without charts or written arrangements and all the band members contributed to the final pieces.

Jonathan performs all the lead vocals on the recording.

CD Available at live events and will soon be available on-line.
Track Composers Year Key Time Top 1000 jazz tune rank in May 2006 at jazzstandards.com
Dinah
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Harry Akst, Joe Young, Sam M. Lewis 1925 G 3:23 134th
Yellow Dog Blues
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W. C. Handy 1914 B flat 5:44
not ranked
Is You Is or Is You Ain't (Ma Baby) Louis Jordan, Billy Austin 1943 f minor 4:26 805th
Memories Of You Eubie Blake, Andy Razaf 1930 E flat 3:18 83rd
Sheik of Araby
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Harry B. Smith, Ted Snyder, Francis Wheeler 1921 B flat 6:10 165th
God Bless The Child
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Billie Holiday, Arthur Herzog, Jr. 1941 E flat 6:12 170th
Oh Lady Be Good I. Gershwin, G. Gershwin 1924 G 3:35 22nd
Bei Mir Bist du Schoen
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Shalom Secunda, Jacob Jacobs, Saul Chaplin, Sammy Cahn 1937 a minor 4:23 967th
Do You Know… Louis Alter, Eddie Delange 1946 C 6:28 687th
Indiana; On the banks of the Wabash Hanley, McDonald 1917 F 2:38 41st
San
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Linday McPhail, Walter Michels 1920 A flat 4:52
not ranked
      Total: 51:09  
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Dinah - Licensed through The Harry Fox Agency, Inc. for B and G Akst Publishing Co., MPL Music Publishing Inc. OBO Morley Music Co. and Filtrax Copyright Holdings Inc. OBO EMI Mills Music, Inc.

Is You Is or Is You Ain't (Ma Baby) - Licensed through The Harry Fox Agency, Inc. for Universal-MCA Music Publishing Division of Universal Music Corp.

Memories Of You - Licensed through The Harry Fox Agency, Inc. for Shapiro Bernstein & Co. Inc. and Razaff Music Company.

God Bless The Child - Licensed through The Harry Fox Agency, Inc. for Edward B. Marks Music Company.

Oh Lady Be Good - Licensed through The Harry Fox Agency, Inc. for WB Music Corp.

Bei Mir Bist du Schoen - Licensed through The Harry Fox Agency, Inc. for Warner Bros Inc. and WB Music Corp OBO Cahn Music Company.

Do You Know What It Means To Miss New Orleans - Licensed through The Harry Fox Agency, Inc. for Shapiro Bernstein & Co. Inc. OBO Scarsdale Music Corp. and Louis Alter Publications.

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