Jazz for aficionados

Diane Schuur is an artist that I don't think we've covered;


      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6DwEGPuyBs



This is another one of my favorite songs; there are so many beautiful versions, I like them all; this is my favorite instrumental version; I think, but you may come up with something better.


        https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z2_dTssW_eU


The songs that get recorded the most have a life of their own, and "Speak low" is such a song; let us examine the lyrics;



Time is so old and love so brief
Love is pure gold and time a thief

Speak low when you speak love
Our summer's day withers away too soon, too soon
Speak low when you speak love
Our moment is swift like ships adrift
Swept apart too soon

Speak low, darling speak low
Love is a spark, lost in the dark too soon, too soon
I feel wherever I go that tomorrow is near
Tomorrow is here and always too soon

Time is so old and love so brief
Love is pure gold and time a thief

We're late, darling, we're late
The curtain descends, everything ends too soon, too soon
I wait, oh darling, I wait
Will you speak low to me,
Speak love to me
And soon

Time is so old and love so brief
Love is pure gold and time a thief

We're late, darling, we're late
The curtain descends, everything ends too soon, too soon
I wait, darling, I wait
Will you speak low to me,
Speak love to me
And soon
And soon
Speak low, speak low
Speak low, speak low



That is life; "Love is pure gold and time is a thief"; don't waste it.

"The curtain descends, everything ends too soon, too soon"; no matter how long it lasts, the curtain descends, and everything ends too soon.


I cherish all the songs that played as the background to the movie of my life.

nsp
I posted this version
Art Pepper Quartet - You Go to My Head (1956)
Personnel: Art Pepper (alto sax), Russ Freeman (piano), Leroy Vinnegar (bass), Shelly Manne (drums)
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And yes, Peppe is all what you have said.

orpheus

Thank for your warm and colorful stories and for assigning me the role of an elegant woman with a hat.

But just to make you smile and all in good fun of course. ; )
If I would have ability to play a(ny) role, that would be more like close to this one https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LY2wGD6-j0Y

However (do not say this to anyone, this is only between me and you), this one can disarm me https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rl5wuQn0KJk

Since you are now a part of "our gang", I didn't want to leave you out, and I didn't know what else to do.

Mary_jo the heroine; I like that, you remind me of ladies I served with in the Air Force.

As for your private side, I won't tell a soul.

There is often something indescribably right about the way that the composer him/her self delivers a song. Simple, direct and without any pretense nor concern about the listener judging the possibly limited vocal and/or self-accompanying ability. No attempt to jazzifize the song, but to simply let the essence of the song come through. Whether it’s the “best” rendition or not, I always find it very interesting and puts all others in a certain perspective. Beautiful song!

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=VgQJvNhuiAE

A favorite:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=2CwPnp2VCYM