Clever composition titles

[mjzee]

Long overdue, I finally listened to the Warne Marsh album "Warne Out" on Interplay.  The final track is a tune by Nick Ceroli titled "Warne Piece."  So clever!  Say it out loud if you need to.  What are some of your favorite titles, in terms of cleverness (clever play on words, context, etc.)?

BTW, I hate the word "composition" rather than "song," but it's probably more appropriate for jazz.

[BillF]

"Coolin' Off With Ulanov"

"Disorder at the Border"

[JSngry]

"Justice" (Monk)

[miles65]

Shishkabop (Benny Goodman)

[BillF]

"All the Things You Could Be by Now If Sigmund Freud's Wife Was Your Mother" (Mingus)

[Chuck Nessa]

Hugo's Head

[Larry Kart]

Johnny Mandel's "Keester Parade" and "London Derriere"

[mikeweil]

Hank Mobley wrote a whole bunch:

Old World, New Imports

East of the Village

Funk In A Deep Freeze

My Groove, Your Move

No Room For Squares

Hi Groove, Low Feedback

Don't Get Too Hip

[TedR]

"Souled Out".........Tower of Power Album and Song title.

[Larry Kart]

Ted Brown's "Smog Eyes" (on the changes of "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes")

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ujAAMN_s9L8

Al Cohn's "Ah-Moore" (which alludes to his then-wife, singer Marilyn Moore)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ugck_15nHO4

[Larry Kart]

Al Cohn's "Zoot Case" and "Nose Cone"

Horace Silver’s “Horoscope,” “Quicksilver,” and “Hankerin’”

 

Carl Perkins' "Grooveyard"

[The Magnificent Goldberg]

I know loads, but can't think of any!

MG

[jazzbo]

Duke Ellington "Warm Valley"

[jlhoots]

Straight, No Chaser

[The Magnificent Goldberg]

One I've always liked is the thought of Cole Porter, sitting at his desk one rainy afternoon, happily contemplating punctuation issues.

What? Is this thing called love?
What's this thing called, love?
What's this thing called, love?
What's this (goddamn) thing called, love?

MG

[The Magnificent Goldberg]

Here are a few more

Misery is a thing called Moe (sung to the tune of 'Happiness is a thing called Joe')

Streamline Stanley (Sonny Stitt)

Original? (another Sonny Stitt tune)

Don-De-Lion (Skatalites number featuring Don Drummond)

A few from the realms of George Clinton
Do fries go with that shake (Clinton himself)
Viagravation (another of Clinton's own)
When in doubt: vamp (F Wesley)
Discositdown (F Wesley)
If you don't like the effects, don't produce the cause (Funkadelic)
Free your mind and your ass will follow (Funkadelic)
Unfinished instrumental (Parliament)
There is nothing before me but thang (Parliament)
Everywhere is out of town (Pee Wee, Fred & Maceo)

MG

[Larry Kart]

Manny Albam’s mock-lugubrious “Poor Dr. Milmoss,” which refers to the James Thurber cartoon below. Solos by Gerry Mulligan and Al Cohn on baritone, plus brief sallies by Joe Newman and Bob Brookmeyer:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e9DEBvjFjRw

[BillF]

The Woody Herman Orchestra featured Gene Ammons on "The Big Lie" (on the changes of "Fine and Dandy")

Stan Getz's "Parker 51" on the "Cherokee" changes that Bird loved was recorded in 1951 when the eponymous pen was a must-have item. Clever!

Other Getz punning titles from that era, both with a marine flavor, are "Long Island Sound" and "Navy Blue".

[Larry Kart]

Ellington's "T.T. on Toast"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k3ooKwUYlCM

Bob Brookmeyer's "Raney Day"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aaaYA_88sPM

[BillF]

17 minutes ago, Larry Kart said:

Manny Albam’s mock-lugubrious “Poor Dr. Milmoss,” which refers to the James Thurber cartoon below. Solos by Gerry Mulligan and Al Cohn on baritone, plus brief sallies by Joe Newman and Bob Brookmeyer:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e9DEBvjFjRw

Yes, I remember noticing that one. Nice!

[JSngry]

Let's All Go Down To The Footwash (Threadgill/Air). Used to think it was some kind of funny thing, then found out that it's a very real thing, the footwash is.

Now, "Spotted Dick Is Pudding", that one speaks for itself.

[The Magnificent Goldberg]

I like Clifford Scott's 'Let's go to the snack bar' rather better, myself

MG