So, in case you were wondering (and I know you were), these are the CDs that currently ride around with me in my car (in no particular order):
Soundtrack to The Five Pennies. Danny Kaye, Louis Armstrong.
Nat King Cole. Early trio recordings.
The Cole Porter Songbook, Vol. One. Ella Fitzgerald.
Brahms - The Complete Symphonies. Berlin Philharmonic, Herbert von Karajan. (His interpretations weren't bad...for a Nazi.)
Handel's Messiah. Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, Neville Marriner.
Stars and Stripes Forever and the Greatest Marches. RCA Victor, various artists.
On the Road. Count Basie.
Disney Songs the Satchmo Way. Louis Armstrong.
The Best of Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong. Verve.
Schubert Symphonies - Nos. 3 and 5. Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Howard Shelley.
Beethoven Symphony No. 3, "Eroica." Berlin Philharmonic, Herbert von Karajan.
Soundtrack to Carousel. Gordon MacRae, Shirley Jones.
B.G. in HI-FI. Benny Goodman.
Scott Joplin Ragtime, Vol. 2. Recordings of piano rolls from the ragtime era.
The Definitive Collection - Louis Armstrong.
Now you know.
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