Composers Sing Their Thing

I thought we'd do something a little different to start the week. Here are five nifty clips of hip jazz-pop composers playing and singing their own songs [Photo above of Bobby Troup]:

Here's Joe Bushkin with Rosemary Clooney and the Hi-Lo's in 1956 singing Oh Look at Me Now. Dig Rosey's easy-going confidence and beautiful phrasing (and who knew Bushkin c…