It All Depends on You (Sinatra in 1949) [by David Lehman]

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September 22, 2017

It All Depends on You (Sinatra in 1949) [by David Lehman]

This is the best version. . .Echt Sinatra. Notice the be-bop scat in the second go-round. Yeah, I know the conventional wisdom has it that scatting is not his strong suit. Nevertheless he improvised the most famous scat line in all of popular music. You know: doobie doobie doo. da da da dee .da. . . .

Posted by The Best American Poetry on September 22, 2017 at 08:48 PM in Adventures of Lehman, Feature, Music | Permalink

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I left it
on when I
left the house
for the pleasure
of coming back
ten hours later
to the greatness
of Teddy Wilson
"After You've Gone"
on the piano
in the corner
of the bedroom
as I enter
in the dark

from New and Selected Poems by David Lehman