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I've decided to take up the reins for this months B&I TOTM!
This one is going to be a lovely ballad, one that I know so well from Dexter Gordon - Especially seeing as it is only just the day after his birthday:
Darn That Dream - It's a beautiful ballad from the well renowned Jimmy Van Heusen, originally released in 1939. Benny Goodman helped make it famous, and, unbeknownst to me, it was actually in the musical Swingin' the Dream which was apparently a broadway retelling of A Midsummer Night's Dream! I hope you will all join me in slowing things down and playing some wonderful takes this month!
Here is the lead sheets and a couple of backings:
drive.google.com
More backings here (I really enjoy the top one):
And it has been updated and added to the index here:
www.saxontheweb.net
This one is going to be a lovely ballad, one that I know so well from Dexter Gordon - Especially seeing as it is only just the day after his birthday:
Darn That Dream - It's a beautiful ballad from the well renowned Jimmy Van Heusen, originally released in 1939. Benny Goodman helped make it famous, and, unbeknownst to me, it was actually in the musical Swingin' the Dream which was apparently a broadway retelling of A Midsummer Night's Dream! I hope you will all join me in slowing things down and playing some wonderful takes this month!
Here is the lead sheets and a couple of backings:
Darn That Dream - Google Drive

More backings here (I really enjoy the top one):
And it has been updated and added to the index here:

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