**** Why didn’t she come back in after the trumpet solo. Seems like something is missing. Part of the tune left off. ****
I get what you mean, but it’s simple; it’s the chosen arrangement. Dealer’s choice, so to speak. I suppose we’re used to having a vocalist sing to the end of the arrangement, but that is certainly not always the case. She sings the song (lyrics) in its entirety; there is no more to the lyrics than what she sings. For her to sing again after the trumpet solo would mean she would have to repeat some of what she already sang, or write new lyrics; not a good option in either case. In fact, they used the old Count Basie arrangement with the addition of an extended trumpet solo toward the end. THAT is probably why you had the reaction that something was missing. The trumpet solos for several choruses followed by the band’s final ensemble statement to finish the tune which makes it all seem like an eternity since the vocalist last sang. This is Basie’s original recording of the same arrangement, but without the long trumpet solo at the end; we don’t miss the vocalist nearly as much:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=WEua4jhCBRo
Hope that was enough “agenda” for you 😊
I get what you mean, but it’s simple; it’s the chosen arrangement. Dealer’s choice, so to speak. I suppose we’re used to having a vocalist sing to the end of the arrangement, but that is certainly not always the case. She sings the song (lyrics) in its entirety; there is no more to the lyrics than what she sings. For her to sing again after the trumpet solo would mean she would have to repeat some of what she already sang, or write new lyrics; not a good option in either case. In fact, they used the old Count Basie arrangement with the addition of an extended trumpet solo toward the end. THAT is probably why you had the reaction that something was missing. The trumpet solos for several choruses followed by the band’s final ensemble statement to finish the tune which makes it all seem like an eternity since the vocalist last sang. This is Basie’s original recording of the same arrangement, but without the long trumpet solo at the end; we don’t miss the vocalist nearly as much:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=WEua4jhCBRo
Hope that was enough “agenda” for you 😊