[2026] A Curated Spring Jazz Collection That Evokes the Arrival of Spring

Cool Struttin’Sonny Clark

Sonny Clark – Cool Struttin’

Cool Struttin’ by Sonny Clark, released in 1958.

A beloved classic and a staple of modern jazz.

Sonny Clark is on piano, Art Farmer on trumpet, Jackie McLean on alto saxophone, Paul Chambers on bass, and Philly Joe Jones on drums.

They Say It’s SpringBlossom Dearie

They Say It’s Spring

Jazz vocalist Blossom Dearie, who made her mark with a childlike, innocent voice.

Although she was an artist from New York, she went to France at the age of 26 and began her professional career there.

From then on, her distinctive vocal timbre won her popularity, especially across Europe.

One of her spring-themed works is They Say It’s Spring.

Unusually for a spring-themed song, its lyrics are quite dark, so be sure to check out the Japanese translation as well.

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Ev’ry Time We Say GoodbyeNatalie Cole

Natalie Cole – Ev’ry Time We Say Goodbye (with lyrics)

This is a song known in Japan as “Itsumo Sayonara o,” composed as an interlude number for the 1944 revue Seven Lively Arts.

In line with the lyrics, the chord progression actually shifts from major to minor.

All The Things You AreJo Stafford

Jo Stafford – All The Things You Are.wmv

Composed by Jerome Kern with lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, this song was written for the 1939 musical “Too Hot for May.” Its Japanese title is “You Are My Everything.” Although the musical was a failure, its script was rewritten in 1944 and released as the film “Broadway Rhythm.”

April ShowersSpike Robinson

April Showers

Spike Robinson was an American jazz tenor saxophonist.

He originally studied electronic engineering and devoted himself to research at a corporation, but later in life he began performing in earnest as a professional tenor saxophonist.

He was truly a late bloomer.

One of his works themed around spring is April Showers.

It takes a positive view of rain, which is often seen as melancholy, and became quite popular.

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The Shadow of Your SmileTony Bennett

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This is a song composed as the theme for the 1965 film The Sandpiper, starring Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton.

While the film itself didn’t make much of a splash, the song was well received and won the Academy Award for Best Original Song that same year.

Tony Bennett, who performed it, also won a Grammy Award.

My Blue HeavenDjango Reinhardt

Django Reinhardt -My Blue Heaven-

Composed by Walter Donaldson with lyrics by George Whiting, this pop standard was released in 1928.

Known in Japanese as “Watashi no Aozora” (“My Blue Heaven”), it is a song themed around the modest happiness of family life.