{"id":16218,"date":"2025-01-24T16:34:30","date_gmt":"2025-01-24T15:34:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/?p=16218"},"modified":"2025-01-26T15:26:35","modified_gmt":"2025-01-26T14:26:35","slug":"episode-327-eileen-farrells-high-standards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/24\/episode-327-eileen-farrells-high-standards\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode 327. Eileen Farrell\u2019s High Standards"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"mega-menu-wrap-primary\" class=\"mega-menu-wrap\"><div class=\"mega-menu-toggle\"><div class=\"mega-toggle-blocks-left\"><\/div><div class=\"mega-toggle-blocks-center\"><\/div><div class=\"mega-toggle-blocks-right\"><div class='mega-toggle-block mega-menu-toggle-animated-block mega-toggle-block-1' id='mega-toggle-block-1'><button aria-label=\"Menu\" class=\"mega-toggle-animated mega-toggle-animated-slider\" type=\"button\" aria-haspopup=\"true\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"mega-menu-primary\">\n                  <span class=\"mega-toggle-animated-box\">\n                    <span class=\"mega-toggle-animated-inner\"><\/span>\n                  <\/span>\n                <\/button><\/div><\/div><\/div><ul id=\"mega-menu-primary\" class=\"mega-menu max-mega-menu mega-menu-horizontal mega-no-js\" data-event=\"hover_intent\" data-effect=\"slide\" data-effect-speed=\"200\" data-effect-mobile=\"slide\" data-effect-speed-mobile=\"200\" data-mobile-force-width=\"body\" data-second-click=\"go\" data-document-click=\"collapse\" data-vertical-behaviour=\"standard\" data-breakpoint=\"600\" data-unbind=\"true\" data-mobile-state=\"collapse_all\" data-mobile-direction=\"vertical\" data-hover-intent-timeout=\"300\" data-hover-intent-interval=\"100\"><li class=\"mega-menu-item mega-menu-item-type-post_type mega-menu-item-object-page mega-menu-item-home mega-align-bottom-left mega-menu-flyout mega-menu-item-19160\" id=\"mega-menu-item-19160\"><a class=\"mega-menu-link\" href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/\">Home<\/a><\/li><li class=\"mega-menu-item mega-menu-item-type-post_type mega-menu-item-object-page mega-align-bottom-left mega-menu-flyout mega-menu-item-19161\" id=\"mega-menu-item-19161\"><a class=\"mega-menu-link\" href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/about-daniel\/\">About Daniel<\/a><\/li><li class=\"mega-menu-item mega-menu-item-type-post_type mega-menu-item-object-page mega-current_page_parent mega-align-bottom-left mega-menu-flyout mega-menu-item-19171\" id=\"mega-menu-item-19171\"><a class=\"mega-menu-link\" href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/all-episodes\/\">All Episodes<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Episode 327.  Eileen Farrell\u2019s High Standards<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"340\" height=\"50\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelody.blubrry.net\/?powerpress_embed=1415-podcast&amp;powerpress_player=mediaelement-audio\" title=\"Blubrry Podcast Player\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><strong>SOCIAL SHARE<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right\"><strong>SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-horizontal is-content-justification-left is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-7e5fce0a wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link no-border-radius wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/countermelody.blubrry.net\/\">SUBSCRIBE VIA YOUR FAVORITE PODCAST PLATFORM<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"773\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Farrell-Singing-773x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16635\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Farrell-Singing-773x1024.png 773w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Farrell-Singing-226x300.png 226w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Farrell-Singing-768x1018.png 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Farrell-Singing.png 815w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 773px) 100vw, 773px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:38px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s been a tough week all around, not just nationally and internationally, but also personally for me and my family. Because I did not have the time or energy to put out a brand-new episode today, I am presenting to you a former bonus episode first published sometime in the past couple years which features a collection of some of the finest late career recordings of pop standards that Eileen Farrell made between 1988 and 1991 arranged and music directed by Loonis McGlohon or Robert Farnon. The songs all stem from the tradition of the Great American Songbook, whether well-known or more obscure, whether originally written for Broadway shows, for Hollywood, or simply straight from Tin Pan Alley. Backed by either a small combo or an orchestra, Farrell sounds remarkably youthful and always deeply connected to the style and essence of this music, which is no surprise since she had been singing this repertoire from her earliest days and is one of the very finest all-around singers this country has ever produced.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Folder.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16664\" style=\"width:570px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Folder.jpg 500w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Folder-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Folder-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Habibi.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16668\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Habibi.jpg 750w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Habibi-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Iman Habibi<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Link to Iman Habibi&#8217;s article, &#8220;We Live In a Singing World,&#8221; from which this week&#8217;s word of wisdom derived: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sparksandwirycries.org\/magazine\/2025\/1\/11\/we-live-in-a-singing-world-iman-habibi\">www.sparksandwirycries.org\/magazine\/2025\/1\/11\/we-live-in-a-singing-world-iman-habibi<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:47px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-custom-size\" style=\"font-size:30px\"><strong> RECORDINGS HEARD IN THIS EPISODE<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:55px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"675\" height=\"938\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Farrell-With-Much-Love.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16637\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Farrell-With-Much-Love.png 675w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Farrell-With-Much-Love-216x300.png 216w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 675px) 100vw, 675px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>All tracks feature Eileen Farrell.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Unless otherwise noted, the core group of instrumentalists comprise: Loonis McGlohon (piano and arrangements), Joe Wilder (trumpet, flugelhorn), Phil Thompson (flute, saxophone), Greg Hyslop (guitar), Terry Peoples (bass), Jim Stack (vibraphone), and Bill Stowe (drums)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"811\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/AWilder-811x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16643\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/AWilder-811x1024.jpg 811w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/AWilder-238x300.jpg 238w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/AWilder-768x970.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/AWilder-1217x1536.jpg 1217w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/AWilder.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 811px) 100vw, 811px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Alec Wilder<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Alec Wilder, Loonis McGlohon: \u2019s Gonna Be a Cold, Cold Day [1989]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"477\" height=\"593\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Smiley-Eileen.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16666\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Smiley-Eileen.jpg 477w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Smiley-Eileen-241x300.jpg 241w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 477px) 100vw, 477px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Richard Whiting, Johnny Mercer: Too Marvelous for Words. Loonis McGlohon, Jon Thornton, Jim Pugh, Joe Negri, Bill Stowe [1990]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"216\" height=\"297\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Richard-Whiting.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16644\" style=\"width:542px;height:auto\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Richard Whiting<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Victor Young, Ned Washington: My Foolish Heart [1991]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"716\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Farrell-Song-Cover.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16661\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Farrell-Song-Cover.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Farrell-Song-Cover-300x210.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Farrell-Song-Cover-768x537.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"680\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Arlen-Harold.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16645\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Arlen-Harold.jpg 800w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Arlen-Harold-300x255.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Arlen-Harold-768x653.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Harold Arlen<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler: Stormy Weather [1991]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"625\" height=\"760\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Hart-and-Rodgers.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16646\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Hart-and-Rodgers.jpeg 625w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Hart-and-Rodgers-247x300.jpeg 247w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Lorenz Hart and Richard Rodgers<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart: Little Girl Blue [1988]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"503\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Farnon.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16647\" style=\"width:576px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Farnon.png 320w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Farnon-191x300.png 191w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Richard Farnon<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Harry Stoddard, Marcy Klauber: I Get the Blues When It Rains. Arranged and conducted by Robert Farnon [1991]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"311\" height=\"369\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Dark-Headshot.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16649\" style=\"width:485px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Dark-Headshot.png 311w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Dark-Headshot-253x300.png 253w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 311px) 100vw, 311px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"510\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Yip.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16648\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Yip.jpg 510w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Yip-239x300.jpg 239w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 510px) 100vw, 510px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Yip Harburg<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Harold Arlen, Yip Harburg: Happiness Is a Thing Called Joe [1988]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"460\" height=\"371\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Engvick-Wilder.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16650\" style=\"width:591px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Engvick-Wilder.jpg 460w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Engvick-Wilder-300x242.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 460px) 100vw, 460px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">William Engvick and Alec Wilder<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Alec Wilder, William Engvick: It\u2019s a Fine Day for Walking Country Style [1990]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"576\" height=\"456\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/David-Raksin.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16651\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/David-Raksin.jpg 576w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/David-Raksin-300x238.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">David Raksin<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>David Raksin, Johnny Mercer: Laura. 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