Selections from Verve Remixed, 2002

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Selections from Verve Remixed (2002)

Tracks:

Spanish Grease (Dorfmeister Con Madrid De Los Austrias Muga Reserva Mix) – Willie Bobo
How Long Has This Been Going On? (MJ Cole Remix) – Carmen McRae
Who Needs Forever? (Thievery Corporation Remix) – Astrud Gilberto
Is You Is Or Is You Ain’t My Baby (Rae & Christian Remix) – Dinah Washington
Feelin’ Good (Joe Claussell Remix) – Nina Simone
Return To Paradise (Mark De Clive-Lowe (Remix) – Shirley Horn
Wait ‘Till You See Him (De-Phazz Remix) – Ella Fitzgerald
Don’t Explain (dZihan & Kamien Remix) – Billie Holiday
See-Line Woman (Masters At Work Remix) – Nina Simone
Summertime (UFO Remix) – Sarah Vaughan
Strange Fruit (Tricky Remix) – Billie Holiday
Hare Krishna (King Britt Funke Mix) – Tony Scott

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2. How Long Has This Been Going On? (m. George Gershwin, w. Ira Gershwin)

Carmen McRae (MJ Cole Remix)

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4. Is You Is or Is You Ain’t My Baby? (Louis Jordan and Billy Austin) – recorded first by Louis Jordan & his Tympani Five (4 October 1943). Wikipedia says of the initial recording, “Is You Is or Is You Ain’t My Baby reached #1 on the US folk/country charts.^[1] The Louis Jordan recording also peaked at number two for three weeks on the pop chart and peaked at number three on the R&B charts.^[2]”

The Andrews Sisters with Bing Crosby had a #2 pop hit with their 1944 recording. The Nat King Cole Trio and Ida James made a Soundie featuring the song in 1944. Dinah Washington recorded it with Quincy Jones and his Orchestra in 1956.

Dinah Washington (Rae & Christian Remix)