My Funny Valentine

July 24, 2010 in Jazz Standards

My Funny Valentine was written by Richard Rogers and Lorenz Hart (before there was Rogers and Hammerstein).  It’s from “Babes In Arms,”  a 1937 musical from which the standards “Where or When” and “The Lady is a Tramp” also originated.  The musical was made into a film starring Judy Garland and 19-year-old Mickey Rooney, in 1939, although they cut My …

There Will Never Be Another You

June 23, 2010 in Jazz Standards

I’ve been fascinated by this jazz standard ever since I was in high school. I was at the Lionel Hampton jazz festival in Moscow, Idaho, which is the biggest jazz festival in the world by student participants. I still remember hearing the Outstanding High School soloists on each instrument jam on this tune with no music at the evening concert. …

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