| "I Cover the Waterfront" | ||||
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| Single by Sarah Vaughan | ||||
| Genre | Jazz blues | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Edward Heyman | |||
| Producer(s) | Johnny Green | |||
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"I Cover the Waterfront" is a 1933 popular song and jazz standard composed by Johnny Green with lyrics by Edward Heyman. [1] The song was inspired by Max Miller's 1932 best-selling novel,I Cover the Waterfront. [2]
The song became popular,and many artists have recorded it since 1933. [3] Notable artists include:
A 1933 motion picture,also inspired by Miller's book and also titled I Cover the Waterfront ,was re-scored at the last minute to include the tune. Sheet music publishers later used the film's success by claiming that the song was "[i]nspired by the United Artist Picture of the same name". [3]
"Stormy Weather" is a 1933 torch song written by Harold Arlen and Ted Koehler. Ethel Waters first sang it at The Cotton Club night club in Harlem in 1933 and recorded it with the Dorsey Brothers' Orchestra under Brunswick Records that year,and in the same year it was sung in London by Elisabeth Welch and recorded by Frances Langford. Also in 1933,for the first time the entire floor revue from Harlem's Cotton Club went on tour,playing theatres in principal cities. The revue was originally called The Cotton Club Parade of 1933 but for the road tour it was changed to Stormy Weather Revue;it contained the song "Stormy Weather",which was sung by Adelaide Hall.
Lady in Satin is an album by the jazz singer Billie Holiday released in 1958 on Columbia Records,catalogue CL 1157 in mono and CS 8048 in stereo. It is the penultimate album completed by the singer,and the last to be released in her lifetime. Her final album,Last Recording,was recorded in March 1959,and released just after her death. The original album was produced by Irving Townsend and engineered by Fred Plaut.
Bradford Alexander Mehldau is an American jazz pianist,composer,and arranger.
"The Way You Look To-night" is a song from the film Swing Time that was performed by Fred Astaire and composed by Jerome Kern with lyrics written by Dorothy Fields. It won the Academy Award for Best Original Song in 1936. Fields remarked,"The first time Jerry played that melody for me I went out and started to cry. The release absolutely killed me. I couldn't stop,it was so beautiful."
"Too Marvelous for Words" is a popular song written in 1937. Johnny Mercer wrote the lyrics for music composed by Richard Whiting. It was introduced by Wini Shaw and Ross Alexander in the 1937 Warner Brothers film Ready,Willing,and Able,as well as used for a production number in a musical revue on Broadway. The song has become a pop and jazz standard and has been recorded by many artists.
"Embraceable You" is a jazz standard song with music by George Gershwin and lyrics by Ira Gershwin. The song was written in 1928 for an unpublished operetta named East Is West. It was published in 1930 and included in that year's Broadway musical Girl Crazy,performed by Ginger Rogers in a song and dance routine choreographed by Fred Astaire.
"East of the Sun " is a popular song written by Brooks Bowman,an undergraduate member of Princeton University's Class of 1936,for the 1934 production of the Princeton Triangle Club's production of Stags at Bay. It was published in 1934 by Santly Bros. and soon became a hallmark of the Princeton Tigertones,Princeton University's signature all-male a cappella group. The standard is also sung by the Princeton Nassoons.
Metheny Mehldau is a jazz album released in 2006 by Nonesuch Records. Most of the album is a duet between guitarist Pat Metheny and pianist Brad Mehldau. On two songs,they are accompanied by drummer Jeff Ballard and bassist Larry Grenadier.
"Why Was I Born?" is a 1929 song composed by Jerome Kern,with lyrics written by Oscar Hammerstein II.
"It's All Right with Me" is a popular song written by Cole Porter,for his 1953 musical Can-Can,where it was introduced by Peter Cookson as the character Judge Aristide Forestier.
"I Can't Get Started",also known as "I Can't Get Started with You" or "I Can't Get Started (With You)",is a popular song. It was written in 1936 by Vernon Duke (music) and Ira Gershwin (lyrics) and introduced that year in the revue Ziegfeld Follies of 1936,where it was performed by Bob Hope and Eve Arden.
"Billie's Blues" is a blues song written by jazz singer Billie Holiday,composing it just before being recorded in a session on July 10,1936. According to the article in Melody Maker,on August 1,1936:
"Billie Holiday has her first solo recording at Brunswick last week...Bernie Hanighen,...suggested making a blues,so the blues it was". This blues was Billie's Blues.
"Now or Never" is a jazz song written by singer Billie Holiday,and composer Curtis Reginald Lewis.
Blues and Ballads is a studio album by jazz pianist Brad Mehldau. It is a piano trio recording,with Larry Grenadier on bass and Jeff Ballard on drums. Mehldau received a Grammy nomination at the end of 2016 for Best Improvised Jazz Solo on the album's "I Concentrate on You".
"Me,Myself,and I" is a song written by Irving Gordon with lyrics by Allan Roberts and Alvin S. Kaufman.
10 Years Solo Live is a recording by jazz pianist Brad Mehldau. It contains solo piano tracks from 19 concerts in Europe during the period 2004–2014.
Chris Thile &Brad Mehldau is an album by Chris Thile and Brad Mehldau. It was released by Nonesuch Records on January 27,2017.
Seymour Reads the Constitution! is an album by pianist Brad Mehldau. The trio recording,with Larry Grenadier on bass and Jeff Ballard on drums,was released by Nonesuch Records in 2018. The pianist reported that the melody and name of the title track came from a dream,during which actor Philip Seymour Hoffman read to him. The album received two Grammy nominations at the end of 2018.
Suite:April 2020 is a solo piano album by Brad Mehldau. It was recorded in 2020 and released later that year by Nonesuch Records.
Jacob's Ladder is an album by Brad Mehldau. It was recorded in 2020 and 2021 and released by Nonesuch Records in 2022.
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