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Performer	Featured Album (or artist photo)	Performance(s) on Cafe Songbook (Click song title to visit Cafe Songbook page with performance on album and/or video.)
Mildred Bailey (born February 27, 1907, Tekoa, Washngton (US)– December 12, 1951 (age 44) Poughkeepsie, New York (US))	Amazon \|\| iTunes	Right as the Rain
Pearl Bailey (March 29, 1918, Southhampton, County, Virginia – August 17, 1990, Philadelphia, Pennsylavania)	Amazon \|\| iTunes	Hit the Road to Dreamland
Chet Baker (Dec. 23, 1929, Yale Oklahoma – May 13, 1988, Amsterdam, Netherlands)	Amazon \|\| iTunes	Everything Happens to Me How Long Has This Been Going On? If I Should Lose You The Lady Is a Tramp Let's Get Lost My Funny Valentine Someone To Watch Over Me This Time the Dream's on Me Time After Time What'll I Do? You Don't Know What Love Is
Patricia Barber (born Nov. 8, 1955, Chicago)	Amazon \|\| iTunes	You're My Everything
Count Basie (August 21, 1904 Red Bank, New Jersey, - April 26, 1984, Hollywood, Florida)	Amazon \|\| iTunes	After You've Gone Ain't Misbehavin' April in Paris (2 performances) The Best Is Yet To Come Honeysuckle Rose How Long Has This Been Going On? (with Ray Charles) I Could Write a Book I Guess I'll Have to Change My Plan If I Could Be with You I've Got My Love To Keep Me Warm Nice 'n' Easy She's Funny That Way Strike Up the Band (two Versions) These Foolish Things They Can't Take That Away from Me
Shirley Bassey	Amazon \|\| iTunes	Johnny One-Note
Joshua Bell (born December 9, 1967, Bloomington, Indiana, USA)	Amazon \|\| iTunes	My Funny Valentine
Tony Bennett (b. Aug. 3, 1926, Astoria, Queens, New York City)	Amazon \|\| iTunes	All the Things You Are The Best Is Yet To Come The Folks Who Live on the Hill I Could Write a Book I Guess I'll Have To Change My Plan "I Left My Heart in San Francisco" I Wanna Be Around I Wish I Were in Love Again It Amazes Me Just in Time The Lady Is a Tramp My Heart Stood Still My Heart Tells Me My Old Flame A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square Right as the Rain A Sleepin' Bee Strike Up the Band That Old Black Magic They All Laughed They Can't Take That Away from Me The Way You Look Tonight You're All the World to Me (two versions -- live and studio) You're Nearer (with Bill Evans)
The Berry Brothers (dance team working 1930s -1940s consisting of Ananias born New Orleans August 18, 1913, died Oct 5, 1951; James born c. 1915 died Jan. 28, 1969 and Warren Berry born December 25, 1922 Denver died Aug. 10 1996)	The Berry Brothers dancing to "Fascinating Rhythm" can be seen in the documentary of MGM Musicals "That's Entertainment."Also view at the Cafe Songbook page for "Fascinating Rhythm"	Fascinating Rhythm
Margot Bingham (born in PIttsburgh, Pennsylvania, US, singer and actress now based in New York City -- aka Margot B)	Amazon \|\| iTunes	Somebody Loves Me
Kathy Blackburn (San Francisco Bay area jazz and blues singer)	no photo or album cover available	Baltimore Oriole
Vivian Blaine (November 21, 1921, Newark, New Jersey - December 9, 1995, New York City)	Amazon \|\| iTunes	"It's a Grand Night for Singing" (on "It Might as Well Be Spring" page) "That's for Me"
Art Blakey (October 11 1919, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania - Oct 16 1990, New York City, aka Abdullah Ibn Buhaina)	Amazon \|\| iTunes	Come Rain or Come Shine It's Only a Paper Moon (with the Jazz Messengers) My Old Flame
Terence Blanchard (b. March 13, 1962, New Orleans, jazz trumpeter and composer)	Amazon	Let's Get Lost (with Diana Krall)
Mary J. Blige (born January 11, 1971, The Bronx, New York City)	Amazon \|\| iTunes	Come Rain or Come Shine
Paul Bley (born Hyman Paul Bley, November 10, 1932, Montreal, Quebec, Canada -- jazz pianist and composer)	Amazon \|\| iTunes	My One and Only This Time the Dream's on Me
Ray Bolger (January 10, 1904, Boston - January 15, 1987, Los Angeles, California)	Amazon \|\| iTunes	If I Only Had a Brain/a Heart/the Nerve Once in Love with Amy
Stefano Bollani (born December 5, 1972 Milan, Italy --jazz pianist)	Amazon \|\| iTunes	If I Should Lose You
Connee Boswell (born December 3, 1907, Kansas City, Missouri, US, – died October 11, 1976, New York City -- singe, actress)	Amazon \|\| iTunes	You Are My Lucky Star
The Boswell Sisters (Connee (sometimes Connie -- December 3, 1907 – October 11, 1976), Helvetia (Vet -- May 20, 1911 – November 12, 1988), and Martha (June 9, 1905 – July 2, 1958)	Amazon \|\| iTunes	Alexander's Ragtime Band When I Take My Sugar to Tea
Chris Botti (born October 12, 1962, Portland, Oregon, USA)	Amazon \|\| iTunes	My Funny Valentine
Lillian Boutté (born August 6, 1949 in New Orleans, LA US -- jazz and blues singer)	Amazon \|\| iTunes	You Brought a New Kind of Love to Me
Al Bowlly (January 7, 1899 in Lourenco Marques, Mozambique --died london, April, 1941)	Amazon \|\| iTunes	Little Dutch Mill
Ruby Braff (born Reuben Braff, March 16, 1927, Boston Massachussetts( ?), U.S. -- died February 9, 2003 Chatham, Massachussets, US) - jazz trumpeter and cornetist	Amazon \|\| iTunes	Where or When
Dee Dee Bridgewater (born Denise Eileen Garrett, May 27, 1950, Memphis, Tennessee, U.S. jazz singer, actress, radio personality (WBGO Newark, NJ))	Amazon \|\| iTunes	Oh, Lady, Be Good!
Shelton Brooks (May 4, 1886, Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada - September 6, 1975, Los Angeles, California)	album/photo currently unavailable	Some of these Days
The Brown Dots William "Pat Best, (guitar and vocals; Joe King (lead tenor), Jimmy Gordon (bass) and Ivory Deek Watson (2nd tenor)	Amazon	For Sentimental Reason
Clifford Brown aka "Brownie," (October 30, 1930, Wilmington, Delaware- June 26, 1956, a highway near Bedford, Pennsylvania)	Amazon \|\| iTunes	April in Paris (with Sarah Vaughan) Come Rain or Come Shine It Might As Well Be Spring Where or When
Kay Brown	Kay Brown at IMDB	A Kiss To Build a Dream On
Ray Brown (born Raymond Matthews Brown, October 13, 1926, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania US – died July 2, 2002, Indianapolis, Indiana US, Jazz bassist of great renown, known especially for work with Oscar Peterson and Ella Fitzgerald )	Amazon \|\| iTunes	Oh, Lady, Be Good! (with the Ray Brown Trio and Regina Carter)
Dave Brubeck (born December 6, 1920, Concord California)	Amazon \|\| iTunes	Ain't Misbehavin' All by Myself That Old Black Magic These Foolish Things You'll Never Know
Michael Bublé (b. 9 Sept. 9, 1975, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada)	Amazon \|\| iTunes	All I Do Is Dream of You I Won't Dance I've Got the World on a String Just in Time Star Dust These Foolish Things You'll Never Know
Jack Buchanan (April 2, 1891, Dumbartonshire, Scotland – October 20, 1957, London, UK)	Amazon \|\| iTunes	I Guess I'll Have to Change My Plan
Kenny Burrell (born July 31, 1931, Detroit, Michigan, USA--jazz guitarist)	Amazon \|\| iTunes	A Sleepin' Bee Spring Can Really Hang You Up the Most This Time the Dream's on Me
Kate Bush (born Catherine Bush, July 30, 1958, Welling, England, UK -- musician, singer-songwriter)	Amazon \|\| iTunes	The Man I Love
Douglas Byng (March 17, 1893, Near Nottingham, England – August 24, 1987, Northwood, Middlesex, England)	Douglas Byng at Wikipedia iTunes	Miss Otis Regrets
Charlie Byrd (born September 16, 1925, Suffolk, Virginia, US - died December 2, 1999 (age 74) Annapolis, Maryland, US -- jazz guitarist (Bossa nova, Brazilian jazz, Latin jazz, Swing))	Amazon \|\| iTunes	He Loves and She Loves

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