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Four from Porgy and Bess

Four beautiful songs from the opera "Porgy and Bess," including "I Love You Bess" with Mike Renzi on piano, with accompanying video by Steve Rizzo.

Duke Ellington Videos

Classic Ellington tunes. Rusty's best collection. More to come from his legendary work.

Songs from the Jazz Songbook

Ross Beatty sings songs from the jazz songbook, including songs by Ellington, Billy Strayhorn, Oliver Nelson, and James Moody. Also one old pop song, by H. Woods, J. Campbell and additional lyrics R. Beatty, "Try a Little Tenderness."

Miscellaneous

The greatest collection of Rusty's miscellaneous jazz videos.

L'etang and Try a Little Tenderness

"L'etang" (The Pond) in original French version and then in English adaptation. Yvonne Monnett piano "L'etang" is a sensory evocation of sitting beside "L'etang" is a French art song about the sensations from nature that one feels when sitting beside a pond on a summer evening.

"Try a Little Tenderness" expresses the loneliness and sorrow of a young woman during the Depression.

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