There are songs that are such classics that they are recorded over and over, generation after generation, and they still seem contemporary. “Cry Me a River” was written in 1953 and first recorded by the British actress Julie London in 1955 as part of the movie musical The Girl Can’t Help It. It was Ella Fitzgerald who introduced it to Jazz fans, though, and it has been recorded by so many great jazz artist since, especially the vocalists, including Shirley Bassey, George Benson, Etta James, Nina Simone, Dinah Washington, Frank Sinatra, Ray Charles, Dexter Gordon, Fourplay, etc.

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