This is one of a good number of standards out there that you rarely ever hear played on casual gigs. And the reason is annoyingly benign as I see it: Every once in a while, a standard is not completely and fully conforming to the most basic jazz “requirements“ to be widely played. Maybe it’s a quirky form, a random tag or a few measures added or removed here or there, a chord progression that is not fully understood the very first second someone sees it on paper, stuff like that. Such is this tune, which is ever so slightly different and yet too delightfully wonderful do not play. To be fair, this slight type of ambiguity can be heard between two of the most famous versions of the song, that of Chet Baker from 1957 and that or Frank Sinatra from 1980. The chords on the Chet Baker recording are not super easy to discern and he actually sings the melody slightly different than others while the Sinatra version gives you a very clear understanding of what exactly is going on although some may prefer different versions. And actually, the very original version sung by Ginger Rogers spells out the form and the harmonies exactly, I think sometimes people tend to not listen to these very old recordings because sonically they might feel inferior to those of later decades, but man, everything you wanna know about this song is right there. So, no excuses not to play the song, it only took me about five minutes to come up with this version, and in fact, it is a one take, one pass recording. I made a couple of mistakes but screw it.