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Our Love Is Here to Stay - George & Ira Gershwin
For me to remember the words, the song can't be too obscure or the lyrics too long. (I like a lot of 80s songs, but I quickly get to the mumbling stage trying to recall the words.)
No one sings like Louis Armstrong. He turns every single word into an event. The rhythmic shifts, where the word falls slightly after or before the beat, give his singing (and playing) a tight-wound energy that is scintillating. But at the same time he is engaging and easy-going. Ella's style is actually quite different - much smoother for one. The difference between them might be compared to how a granddaddy handles a new grandbaby vs. a grandmother.
Underneath all of this is the perfect piano playing of Oscar Peterson.
This was the last song that George Gershwin wrote. Ira wrote the lyrics after his brother's death. He later collaborated with Kurt Weill, Harold Arlen and others.
For me to remember the words, the song can't be too obscure or the lyrics too long. (I like a lot of 80s songs, but I quickly get to the mumbling stage trying to recall the words.)
No one sings like Louis Armstrong. He turns every single word into an event. The rhythmic shifts, where the word falls slightly after or before the beat, give his singing (and playing) a tight-wound energy that is scintillating. But at the same time he is engaging and easy-going. Ella's style is actually quite different - much smoother for one. The difference between them might be compared to how a granddaddy handles a new grandbaby vs. a grandmother.
Underneath all of this is the perfect piano playing of Oscar Peterson.
This was the last song that George Gershwin wrote. Ira wrote the lyrics after his brother's death. He later collaborated with Kurt Weill, Harold Arlen and others.
