VARIOUS ARTISTS
But Not For Me
Ten versions
The 1943 film starred Mickey Rooney and Judy Garland.
A standard 16-bar form, but notice how George uses diminished seventh chords, creating a short uncertainty:
Some take it fast
But all this music's
From a glorious past
(2:26)
2. Chet Baker (1954)
CB, trumpet, vocal
Russ Freeman, piano, celesta
Carson Smith, bass
James Bond, bass
Bab Neel, drums
Lawrence Marable, drums
Peter Littman, drums
(3:04)
3. Modern Jazz Quartet (1956)
Milt Jackson, vibraphone
John Lewis, piano
Percy Heath, bass
Kenny Clarke, drums
(3:43)
4. Red Garland (1957)
RG, piano
Paul Chambers, bass
Arthur Taylor, drums
(5:51)
5. Miles Davis (1957)
MD, trumpet
Sonny Rollins, tenor saxophone
Horace Silver, piano
Percy Heath, bass
Kenny Clarke, drums
(5:43)
6. Ella Fitzgerald (1959)
EF, vocal
Strings
(3:34)
7. John Coltrane (1961)
JC, tenor saxophone
McCoy Tyner, piano
Steve Davis, bass
Elvin Jones, drums
(9:36)
8. Frank Sinatra (1980)
(3:52)
9. Linda Ronstadt (1986)
LR, vocals
Don Grolnick, piano
Plas Johnson, tenor saxophone
Bob Mann, guitar
Bob Magnusson, bass
John Guerin, drums
(5:27)
10. Diana Krall (2018)
DK, vocals
Bill Charlap, piano
Peter Washington, bass
Kenny Washington, drums
(3:07)
Brilliant! Possibly Ira Gershwin'as best or second-best lyric! "I was a fool to fall and get that way, / Heigh-ho, alas, and also lack-a-day!" Great pun ending: "when every novel's plot / ends in a marriage knot, / and there's no knot for me."
Posted by: David Lehman | July 18, 2023 at 07:19 PM