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When You Wish Upon a Star
When Sunny Gets Blue
Shadow of Your Smile
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01-28-2024 11:44 AM
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Huge fan of Laura. That would get my "favorite balled to PLAY" vote.
Originally Posted by Bop Head
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Starlight
body and soul
in a sentimental mood
embraceable you
Autumn in New York
Lush life
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Tenderly rules
oh and misty
however I usually play misty with a double time feel.
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Sorry I got triggered I also like monks ballads: round midnight, ruby, pannonica, ask me now.
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Probably Solitude
In my solitude
You haunt me
With dreadful ease
Of days gone by
In my solitude
You taunt me
With memories
That never die
I sit in my chair
And filled with despair
There's no one could be so sad
With gloom everywhere
I sit and I stare
I know that I'll soon go mad
In my solitude
I'm afraid
Dear Lord above
Send back my love
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Originally Posted by Bop Head
Yes. Originally Posted by mr. beaumont
Laura
Scott Hamilton, superb.
Gene Tierney in the film Laura. What a beautiful woman.
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Indeed many nice ballads, hard to pick 1. I had to go listen to the thread. The different versions of Round Midnight were great. The bebop ballads are great too like If You Could See Me Now. Yes, Misty rules.
Bebop ballad, Embraceable You which was mentioned.
Laura is a beautiful tune. It's probably Jimmy Smith's most haywire ballad which is awesome.
Last edited by Jimmy Smith; 01-31-2024 at 02:53 PM.
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Ben Webster: My Funny Valentine.
I'm hooked on Ben Webster's breathy tone.
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Another is this, from the “Awakenings” soundtrack. Dexter Gordon “plays” it in the movie.
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Jazz hmm? don't know but nice
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Even a saxophone player can make this one sound beautiful...
and here's a solo version by me -
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It’s already been mentioned, so here’s my favorite versions of Spring Can Really Hang You Up the Most, 1 vocal, 3 on guitar:
It was actually Johnny Smith that got me hooked on the tune, but I prefer Kenny’s version, esp. using a Dom7 instead of Maj7 on the 2nd chord, which is what I use when playing. Then I heard Betty and it was all over…
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Really nice, fantastic chordal playing. Originally Posted by nevershouldhavesoldit
This is one of my fav versions, sounds like he's singing through his trumpet. (Yet, he's considered to be pop music.)
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Re: You Don't Know What Love Is - As I mentioned in another thread, Larry Coryell's acoustic rendition of it on his 1968 album, Lady Coryell, is lovely.
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Hmm, missing the written introduction which sets up the mood of the piece - a la Sarah Vaughn's rendition. Originally Posted by JazzPadd
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And right beneath Never Let Me Go on my list is The Nearness of You. Here's the way Maci Miller does it, with yours truly on guitar plus Mike O'Rourke on drums and George Livanos on bass:
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I really love "In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning."
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Just beat me to it with Laura. Originally Posted by mr. beaumont
Can't resist. I did a version which has no weird notes for once. Pure ballad and nice new strings :-)
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Ambleside Days is such a beautiful song.
John Taylor (piano)
John Surman (woodwind)
Ambleside Days | John Taylor
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Wardell Gray
A Sinner Kissed an Angel.
(Can I hear a Lester Young influence.)
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One ballad that no one has mentioned is "Cry Me a River" by Julie London with Barney Kessel on guitar.
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