Love Is Here to Stay

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Love Is Here to Stay (m. George Gershwin, w. Ira Gershwin)

Jazzstandards.com indicates that Love Is Here to Stay was the last song composed by George Gershwin.

From Wikipedia:

The song was the last composition George Gershwin completed. Ira Gershwin wrote the words after his brother’s death, giving the song a special poignancy” (uncited). Jazzstandards.com assigns the song to 1938 (the only George Gershwin standard dated that year) suggesting that the lyrics may have been added shortly before the film’s release on 4 February 1938.

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Kenny Baker – in The Goldwyn Follies (1938)

Barney Kessel Quintet

Recorded 1 July 1954 — Bob Cooper (ts, ob) Claude Williamson (p) Barney Kessel (g) Monty Budwig (b) Shelly Manne (d) — released on the 1955 LP Barney Kessel, Vol. 2: Kessel Plays Standards

Dinah Washington

Recorded NYC, 5 February 1954 — Clark Terry (tp) Eddie Chamblee (ts) Junior Mance (p) Jackie Davis (org) Mickey Baker (g) Keter Betts (b) Ed Thigpen (d) Dinah Washington(vo)

Carmen McRae – from the album By Special Request, 1955

Harry “Sweets” Edison and his Orchestra

Recorded in LA, 4 September 1956, Norman Granz, producer — Harry “Sweets” Edison (trumpet, arranger), Ben Webster (tenor saxophone), Jimmy Rowles (piano), Barney Kessel (guitar), Joe Mondragon (bass), Alvin Stoller (drums). Released on the album Sweets, 1956.

Jackie McLean Quartet – recorded: Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ, 15 February 1957

Jackie McLean – Alto Sax
Mal Waldron – Piano
Arthur Phipps – Bass
Art Taylor – Drums

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The Sharps – 1957

Ella Fitzgerald – from Sings the George and Ira Gershwin Songbook, released in 1959

From Wikipedia:

Riddle arranged 59 Gershwin compositions for the album, including the two orchestral suites which open the album. Though Fitzgerald was 20 years old at the time George Gershwin died in 1937, Ira Gershwin was still alive to see this project completed, and helped contribute lyrics and support to some songs on the album which had never been recorded before. It was this project that led Ira Gershwin to say that he had “never known how good our songs were until I heard Ella sing them.”

Dexter Gordon – from Gordon’s Our Man In Paris — recorded at CBS Studios, Paris France 23 May 1963. Originally released on Blue Note (4146) — Dexter Gordon (tenor saxophone); Bud Powell (piano); Pierre Michelot (bass); Kenny Clarke

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Bill Evans Trio – from the album You’re Gonna Hear From Me, recorded at the Jazzhus Montmartre in Copenhagen, 24 November 1969 but not released until 1988 — Bill Evans – piano, Eddie Gomez – bass, Marty Morell – drums