Artist	Song
Roscoe Mitchell Quintet	In Six
Harriet Tubman	Adapted
Theo Bleckmann	Life is Just a Bowl of Cherries
J.A. Granelli and Mr. Lucky	Whatever Lola Wants
Charles McPherson	Con Alma
Danny Kaye	Mad Dogs And Englishmen
Derek Bailey	After 5 Weeks (from Carpal Tunnel)
Stephen Vitiello & David Tronzo	Hum a Little, Mr. Bones
Stephane Grappelli & McCoy Tyner	I Didn't Know What Time It Was
Joe Lovano	Rush Hour on 23rd Street
Joe Henderson Sextet	Chelsea Bridge

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Inspired, in part, by the resurrection of Alma Cogan.Dream Song 76: Henry's Confession
Nothin very bad happen to me lately.
How you explain that? -I explain that, Mr Bones,
terms o' your bafflin odd sobriety.
Sober as man can get, no girls, no telephones,
what could happen bad to Mr Bones?
-If life is a handkerchief sandwich,
in a modesty of death I join my father
who dared so long agone leave me.
A bullet on a concrete stoop
close by a smothering southern sea
spreadeagled on an island, by my knee.
-You is from hunger, Mr Bones,
I offers you this handkerchief, now set
your left foot by my right foot,
shoulder to shoulder, all that jazz,
arm in arm, by the beautiful sea,
hum a little, Mr Bones.
-I saw nobody coming, so I went instead.
- John Berryman
Life Is Just a Bowl of Cherries
People are queer, they're always crowing, scrambling and rushing about;
Why don't they stop someday, address themselves this way?
Why are we here? Where are we going? It's time that we found out.
We're not here to stay; we're on a short holiday.
Life is just a bowl of cherries.
Don't take it serious; it's too mysterious.
You work, you save, you worry so,
But you can't take your dough when you go, go, go.
So keep repeating it's the berries,
The strongest oak must fall,
The sweet things in life, to you were just loaned
So how can you lose what you've never owned?
Life is just a bowl of cherries,
So live and laugh at it all.
Life is just a bowl of cherries.
Don't take it serious; it's too mysterious.
At eight each morning I have got a date,
To take my plunge 'round the Empire State.
You'll admit it's not the berries,
In a building that's so tall;
There's a guy in the show, the girls love to kiss;
Get thousands a week just for crooning like this;
Life is just a bowl of...aw, nuts!
So live and laugh at it all!
- Lew Brown (music Ray Henderson)

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