Jim R Posted October 10, 2004 Report Posted October 10, 2004 Some versions I have: Harry Allen Plays Ellington Songs Gene Ammons Gentle Jug, Vol. 3 Chet Baker The Complete Pacific Jazz Studio Recordings Billy Bean The Trio "Rediscovered" Kenny Burrell Gifts (a.k.a. "Heritage") Jaki Byard Out Front! Conte Candoli Sweet Simon Nat Cole The Unforgettable Nat King Cole John Coltrane Lush Life John Coltrane & Johnny Hartman Billy Eckstine No Cover No Minimum Mark Elf Over The Airwaves Art Farmer To Duke With Love Ella Fitzgerald Ellington Songbook Red Garland The Nearness Of You Roland Hanna Live At Maybeck Recital Hall, Vol. 32 Johnny Hartman Thank You For Everything Joe Henderson Lush Life / The Music Of Billy Strayhorn Eddie Higgins Haunted Heart Clifford Jordan Spellbound Clifford Jordan Royal Ballads Klaus Weiss Quintet Featuring Clifford Jordan / Live At Opus 1 Clifford Jordan Live At Ethell's Peter Leitch Red Zone Bill Mays Live At Maybeck Recital Hall, Vol. 26 Carmen McRae Blue Moon Phineas Newborn A World Of Piano! Frank Rosolino Four Horns And A Lush Life Billy Strayhorn The Peaceful Side Of Billy Strayhorn Billy Strayhorn Lush Life Sarah Vaughan Complete On Mercury, Vol. 1 "Great Jazz Years; 1954- 1956" Sarah Vaughan Duke Ellington Songbook Vol. 1 Teddy Wilson / Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz With Teddy Wilson No doubt there are some other great versions not listed here. ====== Maybe I should have asked "besides Coltrane/Hartman" (or maybe not, but that's my all-time favorite, hands down). Strayhorn on Capitol, Trane on Prestige, and one of the Clifford Jordans would probably be my next choices. Quote
JSngry Posted October 10, 2004 Report Posted October 10, 2004 Trane/Hartman. That's one of those magic moments that happen a few times every century. Quote
A Lark Ascending Posted October 10, 2004 Report Posted October 10, 2004 Stan Getz - Live at Montmartre. Sometime in the 70s. Quote
kdd Posted October 10, 2004 Report Posted October 10, 2004 Trane/hartman. This was a really easy one Quote
LAL Posted October 11, 2004 Report Posted October 11, 2004 (edited) Trane/Hartman for sure. I also like Strayhorn's heartfelt rendition (vocal) of his own song on the Lush Life album. Edited October 11, 2004 by LAL Quote
doubleM Posted October 11, 2004 Report Posted October 11, 2004 Trane/Hartman, but I also really dig Chet Baker's version w/ Russ Freeman. Quote
Larry Kart Posted October 11, 2004 Report Posted October 11, 2004 Can't say I prefer it to Coltrane/Hartman but Nat Cole's pioneering version with Pete Rugolo ought to be heard. As you might imagine, Coles's voice and the song are a perfect fit. Quote
Jim R Posted October 11, 2004 Author Report Posted October 11, 2004 Good call, Larry. BTW, is there any song that isn't a perfect fit for that voice? B-) Quote
danasgoodstuff Posted October 12, 2004 Report Posted October 12, 2004 I believe that Strayhorn actively dis-liked Nat's rendition, at least in part because he garbles the lyrics...any confirmation on this? My fav, Coltrane, the instrumental, I hear the lyrics just fine in my head without anyone singing them. Quote
JSngry Posted October 12, 2004 Report Posted October 12, 2004 BTW, is there any song that isn't a perfect fit for that voice? B-) "Roundabout"? Quote
Jim R Posted October 12, 2004 Author Report Posted October 12, 2004 BTW, is there any song that isn't a perfect fit for that voice? B-) "Roundabout"? Jim, I need to be hipped. Did Nat record it? I only have one version in my entire collection, but it's an instrumental (Bill Charlap on Criss Cross). A quick search revealed that Vernon Duke (wait a second... you weren't referring to the YES tune, right? ) once said that this was his second favorite composition, after Autumn In New York Ogden Nash lyric... but I'm not sure I've ever heard it... Quote
catesta Posted October 12, 2004 Report Posted October 12, 2004 Trane/Hartman Yep, that has got to be it. I've also become quite fond of George Coleman's version on "My Horns of Plenty". Quote
jazzbo Posted October 12, 2004 Report Posted October 12, 2004 (edited) I really like Nat's, whether William did or not. Also really like a noncommercial version I have from a radio interview/broadcast where Strays plays and sings the item himself. And I really like the version on his Capitol lp. Especially the stereo version! Come to think of it I like Rickie Lee Jones' as well. I've become less and less and less of a Johnny Hartman fan over the years. His version doesn't do it for me. Edited October 12, 2004 by jazzbo Quote
Shrdlu Posted October 12, 2004 Report Posted October 12, 2004 Trane and Hartman, but I am also very fond of the long Trane version on Prestige - very absorbing. Quote
nmorin Posted October 13, 2004 Report Posted October 13, 2004 Good call, Larry. BTW, is there any song that isn't a perfect fit for that voice? B-) The Temples of Syrinx Quote
Chas Posted May 22, 2006 Report Posted May 22, 2006 Surprised to find that one of my favorite versions of this great song went unmentioned in this thread : a duet between Charles McPherson and Pat Martino found on this album : At eight minutes it is the longest , and I think , best track on the album . Beautifully lyrical playing from both men ; really lovely . Quote
Shawn Posted May 22, 2006 Report Posted May 22, 2006 The instrumental version by the Red Garland Quintet w/Trane. I also really enjoy Andy Bey's recent version (as I think the lyrics are well understood and interpreted by Bey). Quote
connoisseur series500 Posted May 22, 2006 Report Posted May 22, 2006 (edited) George Coleman plays a beautiful version on this cd. Edited May 22, 2006 by connoisseur series500 Quote
mikeweil Posted May 22, 2006 Report Posted May 22, 2006 Trane/Hartman. That's one of those magic moments that happen a few times every century. Indeed! Long after that, Michel Sardaby's solo piano version (featured in BFT 18), and the version I recorded with a local singer many moons ago - her name is Regina Klein (the CD is long OOP). Quote
JSngry Posted May 22, 2006 Report Posted May 22, 2006 BTW, is there any song that isn't a perfect fit for that voice? B-) "Roundabout"? (wait a second... you weren't referring to the YES tune, right? ) Actually....yes, I was. Quote
tonym Posted May 22, 2006 Report Posted May 22, 2006 I love the Trane/Hartman version to bits but I've always been partial to the to the Trane version from 1957 with Red Garland and Don Byrd. Possibly because Garland's playing is like so much of his stuff with the Quintet; beautifully dense chords and shimmering triplets. The when Byrd's solo comes in, it's like a mountain looming into view. Love it. Quote
Chuck Nessa Posted May 22, 2006 Report Posted May 22, 2006 I love the Trane/Hartman version to bits but I've always been partial to the to the Trane version from 1957 with Red Garland and Don Byrd. Possibly because Garland's playing is like so much of his stuff with the Quintet; beautifully dense chords and shimmering triplets. The when Byrd's solo comes in, it's like a mountain looming into view. Love it. Me too. Quote
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