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ddixon06 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Oh, this version is absolutely divine...AND definitive. Once you hear Hartman and Coltrane do it, you don't want to hear anyone else sing it.
gasparmc (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
what an absolutely deep voice
sgpnc (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
You are right, "Lush Life" can't be an easy song to sing. Sarah Vaughan in one of the half dozen who can do it right. Rickie Lee Jones does a very nice version, too.
fyreeyez (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
life can so mundane and unextraordinary until a moment is frozen in solitude like pure nectar from some other worldly beings like Coletrane and Hartman come along and remind us to breathe...
ssur55 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Hartman's voice was like silk. This music can move you to tears.
50GreenDodge (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Billy Strayhorn must have had it in for vocalists... here is a masterpiece in the American songbook and besides Johnny Hartman, who can sing it and sell it? Probably not a half dozen singers. Maybe if it's translated into French or something, singers will have more luck. Until then, this version certainly will do.
TFTBL57 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
thank you Billy Strayhorn for this amazing song
dimworks (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Best version of the song, in my opinion. Songs like this are what the saxaphone was made for, and song epitomizes it. Much love.
rc12069 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
'all i care is to smile in spite of it..' absolutely devastating recording, there's a wonderful sort of hushed despair in hartman's voice.. brings me to tears every time. thanks for posting
38village (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
I don't think, I've ever heard a bad version of this oid chestnut, but this is the best. It's featured in Clint Eastwood's The Bridges of Madison County |
