Pink moon. Photo: Mayank Mrug
In the first part of a two-part show, Nick checks out some of the many jazz tunes inspired by, and named after, the moon: including Frank Sinatra singing "Fly Me to the Moon", Billie Holiday with "Blue Moon", and Lucien Johnson's "Magnificent Moon".
MUSIC DETAILS:
| # | Artist: | Song: | Composer: | Album | Label: | Duration: |
| 1 | Milt Jackson | Moonray | Madison / Quenzer / Shaw | Milt Jackson Quartet | Prestige | 05:05 |
| 2 | Anita O'Day | No Moon at All | Evans/Mann | Anita | Verve | 02:28 |
| 3 | Muggsy Spanier | Moonglow | Hudson / DeLange / Mills | Mercury | 02:45 | |
| 4 | Frank Sinatra | Fly Me to the Moon | Howard | Sinatra at the Sands | Reprise | 02:50 |
| 5 | Billie Holiday | Blue Moon | Rodgers / Hart | Blue Moon | Verve | 03:26 |
| 6 | Billie Holiday | What a Little Moonlight Can Do | Brunswick | 03:02 | ||
| 7 | Glenn Miller | Moonlight Serenade | Miller | RCA | 03:24 | |
| 7a | Freddie Hubbard | Ebony Moonbeams | Cables | High Energy | Columbia | 06:57 |
| 8 | Chisholm / Meehan / Dyne | View of the Moon | Meehan | Unwind | Rattle | 04:33 |
| 9 | Dave Brubeck | Quiet as the Moon | Brubeck | Quiet as the Moon | Limelight | 05:18 |
| 10 | Booker Little | Moonlight Becomes You | Burke / Van Heusen | Booker Little 4 & Max Roach | United Artists | 05:40 |
| 11 | Lucien Johnson | Magnificent Moon | Johnson | Wax\\\Wane | Private | 06:10 |
