Concert key: Gm
Style: Ballad or Bossa
- Vocal - Nancy Valentine
- Piano - Cecilia Coleman
- Bass - Tim Givens
- Drums - Vince Cherico
There is no key indication because it's not really in a regular definable key. However, it definitely has a minor flavor and very interesting chord progression. Hear the bossa version on this page, press the Details button to hear the ballad.
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Vocal key: C
Style: Ballad
- Vocal - Nancy Valentine
- Piano - Cecilia Coleman
- Bass - Tim Givens
- Drums - Vince Cherico
Bassist George Duvivier wrote this song (words and music) in the mid-1940s when he was a young man in his early 20s. The beautiful chord progression and melody certainly shows how deep he had already become, musically and harmonically, at that young age.
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Vocal key: F
Style: Ballad
- Vocal - Nancy Valentine
- Piano - Cecilia Coleman
- Bass - Tim Givens
- Drums - Vince Cherico
Pianist and composer Walter Davis, Jr. understood the power of lyrics and always knew the lyrics of the songs he played. He wrote quite a few songs himself, both words and music, that he never had a chance to record, like this lovely ballad.
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Vocal key: B-flat
Style: Medium swing
Recorded on October 1, 2004, and released on "Dedicated To You" / Gloria Cooper (Origin 82450)
- Vocal, Piano - Gloria Cooper
- Trumpet - Don Sickler
- Tenor Sax - Wayne Escoffery
- Guitar - Freddie Bryant
- Bass - Tim Givens
- Drums - Vince Cherico
- Arranger - Don Sickler
This lyric speaks of a budding romance between two people whose eyes, we ultimately discover in a nice bit of surprise, are the same color. L. Aziza Miller wrote the delightful lyric to Tommy Turrentine's instrumental Glo's Theme.
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Concert key: B-flat
Style: Medium Latin
Recorded on November 23, 2002, and released on "Tina May Sings The Ray Bryant Songbook" (33 Records 33JAZZ 150)
- Vocal - Tina May
- Piano - Ray Bryant
- Trumpet - Don Sickler
- Alto Sax - Bobby Porcelli
- Tenor Sax - Patience Higgins
- Baritone Sax - Jay Brandford
- Bass - Tim Givens
- Drums - Vince Cherico
- Arranger - Don Sickler
This is the lyric version of Ray Bryant's instrumental Cuban Fantasy. Ray Bryant's been a fan of Tina May's singing since they first met in Paris in 1997. They collaborated in a wonderful project, Tina May Sings The Ray Bryant Songbook, with Tina writing lyrics and singing. The album is a definitive recording of Ray Bryant's compositions with lyrics sung and mostly written by Tina with arrangements by Don Sickler.
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Vocal key: C
Style: Bossa or Ballad
- Vocal - Nancy Valentine
- Piano - Cecilia Coleman
- Bass - Tim Givens
- Drums - Vince Cherico
This intriguing song can be sung as a ballad or a bossa. Recorded versions of both are available. The bossa version is on this page. Press the Details button to hear the ballad version.
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Concert key: A minor
Style: Medium up Latin
Recorded on November 23, 2002, and released on "Tina May Sings The Ray Bryant Songbook" (33 Records 33JAZZ 150)
- Vocal - Tina May
- Piano - Ray Bryant
- Trumpet - Don Sickler
- Alto Sax - Bobby Porcelli
- Tenor Sax - Patience Higgins
- Baritone Sax - Jay Brandford
- Bass - Tim Givens
- Drums - Vince Cherico
- Arranger - Don Sickler
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Concert key: G minor
Style: Medium swing
Recorded on November 23, 2002, and released on "Tina May Sings The Ray Bryant Songbook" (33 Records 33JAZZ 150)
- Vocal - Tina May
- Piano - Ray Bryant
- Trumpet - Don Sickler
- Alto Sax - Bobby Porcelli
- Tenor Sax - Patience Higgins
- Baritone Sax - Jay Brandford
- Bass - Tim Givens
- Drums - Vince Cherico
- Arranger - Don Sickler
This is the lyric version of Ray Bryant's instrumental I Don't Care. Ray Bryant's been a fan of Tina May's singing since they first met in Paris in 1997. They collaborated in a wonderful project, Tina May Sings The Ray Bryant Songbook, with Tina writing lyrics and singing. The album is a definitive recording of Ray Bryant's compositions with lyrics sung and mostly written by Tina with arrangements by Don Sickler.
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Vocal key: F minor
Style: Medium swing
Recorded on October 21, 2004, and released on "Dedicated To You" / Gloria Cooper (Origin 82450)
- Vocal, Piano - Gloria Cooper
- Trumpet - Don Sickler
- Tenor Sax - Wayne Escoffery
- Guitar - Freddie Bryant
- Bass - Tim Givens
- Drums - Vince Cherico
- Arranger - Don Sickler
Cheryl Pyle's lyric takes a suggestion from Cochrane's instrumental title, Waltz No. 1, and paints compelling images in words of a dance under the night sky. The instrumental lead sheet is also available for C treble & bass clefs, B-flat and E-flat instruments: see Waltz No. 1.
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Concert key: F
Style: Ballad
This is the first released recording of Kirk Nurock's gorgeous composition written to the poetry of Emily Dickinson, available now only on jazzleadsheets.com, recorded September 4, 2006.
- Vocal - Theo Bleckmann
- Tenor Sax - Bob Kindred
- Piano - Kirk Nurock
- Bass - Cameron Brown
- Drums - Billy Hart
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