Hm...I have been checking vocal versions of this song for two hours something, and to me it seems difficult to make the lyrics work out by staying close to the melody, Johnny plays on saxophone and is able to flow around like might be a difficult task on vocal, Johnny is terrific, I could not ask for more. Here is a rendition with Kurt Elling on vocal and Laurence Hobgood on piano that I think makes the song theirs by stepping out a bit from the melody, Sarah Vaughan and Ella Fitzgeralds versions did not work for me with those lyrics. : ruclips.net/video/RoFD4bO5Tm8/видео.html
@jan...What a fabulous recap. Your mentioning of versions that did not work out was ear catching. What I waited for you to comment on is Jo and Teresa Brewer, associated normally with the pop idiom during musically conservative times, stepped out to do a reverse crossover that worked for both women, showing that musi, after all, is universal. There are simply no words I have in my vocabulary to tell you how Hodges' saxophone held me spellbound as early as five years of age. What he could do with it is amazing. Thank you for your comment. I'm just sorry you didn't add more.
The sweet sounding sax of Johnny Hodges: the greatest alto sax before the coming of Charlie Parker
Hm...I have been checking vocal versions of this song for two hours something, and to me it seems difficult to make the lyrics work out by staying close to the melody, Johnny plays on saxophone and is able to flow around like might be a difficult task on vocal, Johnny is terrific, I could not ask for more. Here is a rendition with Kurt Elling on vocal and Laurence Hobgood on piano that I think makes the song theirs by stepping out a bit from the melody, Sarah Vaughan and Ella Fitzgeralds versions did not work for me with those lyrics. : ruclips.net/video/RoFD4bO5Tm8/видео.html
@jan...What a fabulous recap. Your mentioning of versions that did not work out was ear catching. What I waited for you to comment on is Jo and Teresa Brewer, associated normally with the pop idiom during musically conservative times, stepped out to do a reverse crossover that worked for both women, showing that musi, after all, is universal. There are simply no words I have in my vocabulary to tell you how Hodges' saxophone held me spellbound as early as five years of age. What he could do with it is amazing. Thank you for your comment. I'm just sorry you didn't add more.