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1   It Never Entered My Mind (Richard Rodgers & Lorenz Hart)

2   Heartbreak Hotel (Mae Boren Axton, Tommy Durden & Elvis Presley)

3   Body and Soul (Johnny Green, Edward Heyman, Robert Sour & Frank Eyton)

4   I'm a Fool to Want You (Frank Sinatra / Jack Wolf / Joel Herron)

5   I Will Wait for You (Michel Legrand & Norman Gimbel)

6   Goodbye (Gordon Jenkins)

7   Rainbow Cake (Paul Grabowsky & Vince Jones)

8   Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye (Cole Porter)

9   Only the Lonely (Jimmy Van Heusen & Sammy Cahn)

10 One Beer (Michelle Nicolle)

11 The Good Life (Sacha Distel & Jack Reardon)

Award-winning jazz singer Michelle Nicolle and acclaimed composer and pianist Paul Grabowsky unveil the hidden poetry within beloved ballads by artists like Frank Sinatra and Cole Porter, transforming familiar melodies into haunting explorations of longing, heartbreak, and the bittersweet beauty of unrequited love. From jazz standards to unexpected gems, each song on this release is stripped back to its emotional core, revealing those ephemeral moments of yearning often disguised beneath popular songs.

Recorded for ABC Jazz and masterfully engineered by Mal Stanley
Released on ABC Jazz - 15 August 2025