Ann Martindale & Richard Busch - Blue Champagne (2016)

Since 2007, Ann Martindale and Richard Busch have been performing classic American songs and jazz standards at venues in Massachusetts, Florida, New York and Connecticut.

Their repertoire includes songs by such greats as Rodgers & Hart, Duke Ellington, George Gershwin, Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer, Cole Porter, Hoagy Carmichael, Nat King Cole, Thomas “Fats” Waller and two of their particular favorites, Blossom Dearie and Dave Frishberg.

Recent bookings include the Metropolitan Room in New York City, the historic Nantucket Atheneum, the Baker Art Museum in Naples, Florida, as well as other libraries, museums and other concert venues in Florida and New England.

Richard is an accomplished composer, pianist and a Juilliard graduate. He has received grants in composition from the National Endowment for the Arts and has been a noted conductor and choral director for many years in Massachusetts. Each summer, he performs in a series of classical piano concerts on Cape Cod. He lives in Dennisport, Massachusetts.

Ann has been a frequent soloist in Massachusetts, Florida and Connecticut classical and popular music concerts, including programs for several seasons at the Newtown Meetinghouse and the Merryall Center for the Arts in Connecticut, as well as in summer concert series on Cape Cod. She lives in Fort Myers, Florida, and Nantucket, Massachusetts.

Tracklist:

1. They All Laughed (2:43)
2. Sentimental Journey (3:10)
3. My Baby Just Cares For Me (2:14)
4. It Might As Well Be Spring (3:27)
5. I Can't Get Started (3:11)
6. Blue Champagne (3:13)
7. Nearness Of You (2:38)
8. Nice Work If You Can Get It (2:51)
9. Do You Know What It Means To Miss New Orleans (3:30)
10. A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square (4:02)
11. I Wish I Were In Love Again (2:37)
12. Come Rain Or Come Shine (3:23)
13. Don'tcha Go 'way Mad (2:31)
14. Drinking Again (2:22)
15. Something Cool (4:27)
16. Route 66 (2:37)
17. Can't Take You Nowhere (2:20)