songbook

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He formed the orchestra - named after a friend of his mother's - 30 years ago, playing contemporary arrangements of classic jazz and American Songbook standards.

From BBC • Apr. 14, 2026

These songs are closer to the Great American Songbook, echoing the likes of Burt Bacharach and Hal Leonard.

From Salon • Jul. 8, 2025

Jazz: influences: “The songwriters from the Great American Songbook era,” he says.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 30, 2025

For Bennett, one of the few performers to move easily between pop and jazz, such collaborations were part of his crusade to expose young audiences to what he called the Great American Songbook.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 21, 2023

Perhaps some of Luther's Songs might as well have been omitted, but they are all translated that the Songbook might be a whole.

From Rampolli by MacDonald, George