Can Someone Settle a Bet "Old Folks"

[gslade]

I am not able to check my collection at the moment

but a friend of mine say's that Hoagy Carmichael wrote this song

I do not remember reading about it in the Sudhalter book Stardust

I do not think he wrote it

I remember Dexter did a nice version on one of his Steeplechase albums

and Grant Green also

and Pee Wee and J. Guiffre

and Maybe J.R. Monterose?

Anyway great tune but damn if I know

any help?

[JSngry]

Willard Robison & Dedette Lee Hill. 1938

http://sc.millersville.edu/manuscripts/manus/scoreO.htm

[gslade]

Thanks for the free lunch Jim

[JSngry]

http://www.icebergradio.com/artist/30662/w...rd_robison.html

[JSngry]

Thanks for the free lunch Jim

Enjoy!

[Free For All]

This is a favorite ballad of mine. I fell in love with it after hearing Miles' version on Someday My Prince Will Come.

One of the coolest things about that recording is that you can hear Miles' chair creak between phrases. For some reason that doesn't bother me at all; on the contrary it adds to the charm of the tune. You can "feel" Miles breathing between phrases as he leans back. Way cool.

[ghost of miles]

I have a soft spot for Robison's work--check out Jack Teagarden's THINK WELL OF ME if you get a chance.

[jazzbo]

Yes Tea or Lee (Wiley or Peggy) doing Willard is always moving.

Edited April 13, 2005 by jazzbo

[Big Wheel]

This is a favorite ballad of mine. I fell in love with it after hearing Miles' version on Someday My Prince Will Come.

One of the coolest things about that recording is that you can hear Miles' chair creak between phrases. For some reason that doesn't bother me at all; on the contrary it adds to the charm of the tune. You can "feel" Miles breathing between phrases as he leans back. Way cool.

I also love this tune...it's put together so nicely. Especially the way in which the bridge has that sort of gospel sound in it around bars 5 and 6.

[king ubu]

I have a soft spot for Robison's work--check out Jack Teagarden's THINK WELL OF ME if you get a chance.

There's a few tunes on that one that always make me weak! A fantastic album!

[gslade]

I have a soft spot for Robison's work--check out Jack Teagarden's THINK WELL OF ME if you get a chance.

And I thought I was going to get a FREE Lunch

now I have another Teagarden on my to get list

[Dave James]

Ben Webster from the CD " Plays Ballads" on Storyville Records. Real nice.

Up over and out.

Edited April 13, 2005 by Dave James

[brownie]

First version I heard was the Charlie Parker rendition of the song with the Dave Lambert singers and arrangement by Gil Evans! Thought the voices were corny at the time but the version has aged very gracefully!

Like it just fine now.

[jazzbo]

Me too! I'm so glad this came out on that Verve Master Edition. Interesting stuff!

[Free For All]

I also love this tune...it's put together so nicely. Especially the way in which the bridge has that sort of gospel sound in it around bars 5 and 6.

Yes, the melody has a bluesy moment with an Ab-G-F (if you're thinking key of F) that happens over an A7. Really nice effect.

[Stereojack]

Another Robison tune I like a lot is "'Round My Old Deserted Farm". Teagarden's version was the first I heard, but my favorite version is by Mildred Bailey, who also did a pretty nice version of "Old Folks".

[ghost of miles]

"Don't Smoke In Bed" used to be the Robison tune that damn near broke my heart... now it's the resigned melancholia of "Guess I'll Go Back Home Again (This Summer)".

[Randy Twizzle]

As these two 6/25/68 obituaries (which I'm reproducing in their entirety) show, Robison was both a composer and a musician.