At the beginning of the first track of "Brand New Retro Jazz Songs", Robert Arthur says the following..... The middle years of the 20th century have been called the Golden Age of Jazz. Why? Well, it begins with the multitude of exquisite songs by writers like Cole Porter, Rodgers & Hart, Kern & Hammerstein, Lerner & Lowe, Arlen & Harburgh, Irving Berlin, Duke Ellington, Frank Loesser, Hoagy Carmichael, Johnny Mercer, and many more. And then, at that time, there was a large group of excellent musicians and singers who put their own spin on this music and voila...great jazz. This is an album of brand new retro jazz songs for today's musical artists....and for anyone who wants to sing or play them rheir way....or to just listen to them and enjoy!