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Erroll Garner – Misty
" Misty " is a jazz standard written in 1954 by pianist Erroll Garner . He composed it as an instrumental in the traditional 32-bar format and recorded it for the album Contrasts . Lyrics were added later by Johnny Burke . It appeared on Johnny Mathis ' 1959 album Heavenly and this recording reached number 12 on the U.S. Pop Singles chart later that year. It has since become Mathis’ signature song .
The song has been recorded by many other artists, including versions by Ella Fitzgerald , Sarah Vaughan and Ray Stevens who released a hit country version in 1975. Recordings by both Mathis and Garner have been inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame . It was ranked number 174 in the list of the Songs of the Century compiled by Recording Industry Association of America and National Endowment for the Arts .
The video is of the Erroll Garner trio playing Misty in the old BRT studio in Brussels, Belgium.
#music #jazz #tangled
" Misty " is a jazz standard written in 1954 by pianist Erroll Garner . He composed it as an instrumental in the traditional 32-bar format and recorded it for the album Contrasts . Lyrics were added later by Johnny Burke . It appeared on Johnny Mathis ' 1959 album Heavenly and this recording reached number 12 on the U.S. Pop Singles chart later that year. It has since become Mathis’ signature song .
The song has been recorded by many other artists, including versions by Ella Fitzgerald , Sarah Vaughan and Ray Stevens who released a hit country version in 1975. Recordings by both Mathis and Garner have been inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame . It was ranked number 174 in the list of the Songs of the Century compiled by Recording Industry Association of America and National Endowment for the Arts .
The video is of the Erroll Garner trio playing Misty in the old BRT studio in Brussels, Belgium.
#music #jazz #tangled
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