Artist: Bobby Shew

Bobby Shew
Aliases
Bobby Shew & His West Coast Friends
Bobby Shew Quartet
Bobby Shew Quintet
The Bobby Shew Quintet, featuring Carl Fontana
Real name
Robert Joratz
Born
March 4, 1941
Country
United States
Comments
Largely self-taught jazz trumpet and flugelhorn player. Shew is his step-father's name, which he took at age 5.

Performances

Covers

Title down Performer Release date Originally by
1 'Round Midnight Bobby Shew 1985 Cootie Williams and his Orchestra
2 A Child Is Born Bobby Shew Quintet 1980 Richard Davis
3 A Night in Tunisia Bobby Shew & His West Coast Friends 1981 Sarah Vaughan with Dizzy Gillespie and His Orchestra
4 Alone Together Bobby Shew Quartet 1985 Clifton Webb
5 Bags' Groove The Bobby Shew Quintet, featuring Carl Fontana January 25, 1996 The Milt Jackson Quintet
6 But Not for Me The Bobby Shew Quintet, featuring Carl Fontana January 25, 1996 Ginger Rogers & Willie Howard
7 But Not for Me Bobby Shew July 25, 1995 Ginger Rogers & Willie Howard
8 Confirmation Bobby Shew July 25, 1995 Dizzy Gillespie Jazzmen
9 Epistrophy Bobby Shew 1985 Thelonious Monk
10 I Hear a Rhapsody Bobby Shew & His West Coast Friends 1981 Al Donahue & His Orchestra
11 I Waited for You Bobby Shew Quartet 1985 Dizzy Gillespie and His Orchestra
12 I'll Close My Eyes Bobby Shew 1985 Dorothy Squires
13 If I Should Lose You Bobby Shew 1985 Gladys Swarthout & John Boles
14 In Your Own Sweet Way Bobby Shew July 25, 1995 Dave Brubeck
15 In a Sentimental Mood Bobby Shew July 25, 1995 Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
16 Just in Time The Bobby Shew Quintet, featuring Carl Fontana January 25, 1996 Sydney Chaplin and Judy Holliday
17 My Romance The Bobby Shew Quintet, featuring Carl Fontana January 25, 1996 Gloria Grafton & Donald Novis
18 Nica's Dream Bobby Shew July 25, 1995 The Jazz Messengers
19 Night and Day The Bobby Shew Quintet, featuring Carl Fontana January 25, 1996 Fred Astaire
20 Night in Tunisia Bobby Shew July 25, 1995 Sarah Vaughan with Dizzy Gillespie and His Orchestra
21 Prelude to a Kiss Bobby Shew 1985 Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
22 Rhythm-a-ning Bobby Shew July 25, 1995 Gerry Mulligan and Thelonious Monk
23 Softly, as in a Morning Sunrise Bobby Shew Quartet 1985 William O'Neal
24 Speak Low Bobby Shew & His West Coast Friends 1981 Mary Martin & Kenny Baker
25 Straight, No Chaser Bobby Shew 1985 Thelonious Monk
26 The Girl from Ipanema The Bobby Shew Quintet, featuring Carl Fontana January 25, 1996 João Gilberto, Antônio Carlos Jobim, Vinicius de Moraes
27 The Night Has a Thousand Eyes The Bobby Shew Quintet, featuring Carl Fontana January 25, 1996 Buddy Clark Accompanied by Dick Jones
28 You and the Night and the Music Bobby Shew & His West Coast Friends 1981 Georges Metaxa & Libby Holman

Releases

Audio album

Title down Performer Release date Label
1 Breakfast Wine Bobby Shew Quartet 1985 PAUSA
2 Class Reunion Bobby Shew Quintet 1980 Surra
3 Heavyweights The Bobby Shew Quintet, featuring Carl Fontana January 25, 1996 MAMA Records
4 'Round Midnight Bobby Shew 1985 Mopro Records
5 Tribute to the Masters Bobby Shew July 25, 1995 Double-Time
6 You and the Night and the Music Bobby Shew & His West Coast Friends 1981 Atlas [1]

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