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| SONG | MUSIC/LYRICS |
| Gershwin Medley: Fascinating
Rhythm / Someone To Watch Over Me / How Long Has Thing Been Going
On? / Do It Again / Embraceable You / But Not For Me / The Man I
Love / Oh Lady Be Good / Love Walked In / Our Love Is Here To
Stay |
Geo. & Ira Gershwin
Geo.
& B.G. De Sylva |
| I'm In The Mood For Love |
J. McHugh & D.
Fields |
| It Could Happen To You |
James Van Heusen & Johnny
Burke |
| Moonlight In Vermont: Sound Sample |
J. Blackburn & K.
Suessdorf |
| April In Paris |
V. Duke & E. Y.
Harburg |
| I Got It Bad & That Ain't
Good |
D. Ellington & P.
Webster |
| Don't Get Around Much Anymore |
D. Ellington & Bob
Russell |
| A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley
Square |
Eric Maschowitz |
| More Than You Know |
V. Youmans/Rose/
Eliscu |
| Everything Happens To Me |
M. Dennis & T.
Adair |
| That's All: Sound Sample |
A. Brandt & B.
Haymes |
| Over The Rainbow |
H. Arlen & E. Y.
Harburg |
| Stardust |
H. Ccarmichael & M.
Parrish |
| Here's That Rainy Day: Sound Sample |
J. Van Heusen & J.
Burke |
| What Is There To Say? |
Vernon Duke/ E. Y.
Harburg |
COCKTAIL PIANO II came out in July of 1993 following the success of two earlier albums, COCKTAIL PIANO I and CHRISTMAS PIANO. The idea for the entire Cocktail Piano series is solo piano music which recreates the kind of sound you would hear in gathering places where people get together to visit with their friends. Conversation, not entertainment, is the rule and the music must never compete with the social occasion for attention. This is a rule Jim Haskins always adheres to when making these albums.
COCKTAIL PIANO II opens with a Gershwin medley of ten of his best loved tunes. It moves on to the very romantic It Could Happen To You by Jimmy Van Heusen and Johnny Burke, one of the best of their collaborations.
Moonlight In Vermont is done in the style of Claude Thornhill's tone poem theme song "Snowfall". You'll see moonlight on the snow in this poetic rendition. Duke Ellington gets his first tribute with a medley of two of his great hits, I Got It Bad And That Ain't Good segueing into Don't Get Around Much Anymore. Vernon Duke and E.Y. Harburg are prominent in this album by the inclusion of two of their best loved songs, the evocative April In Paris and What Is There To Say?
Try out the sound samples, order a copy, and plan your next party.
Cocktail Piano I
Cocktail Piano II
Cocktail Piano III
Cocktail Piano IV
Cocktail Piano V
Cocktail Piano VI
Cocktail Piano VII
"By Request" Cocktail
Piano 8
"You Must Believe In Spring"
Cocktail Piano 9
"Sentimental Journey"
Cocktail Piano 10
"When October Goes"
Cocktail Piano 11
"Four Seasons" Cocktail
Piano 12 "Our Newest"
Does Show Tunes
Remembers Songs of WWII
Christmas Piano
Goes to the Movies
Salutes the 70s
Discount package for any 15 albums
"The Greatest Generation Collection"
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