Standards Polls of 2021 #1: Best "Cry Me a River"

I kind of figured but had to double check that Barney Kessel played on the Julie London version of the song. Had long forgotten she sang it in The Girl Can’t Help It.

Here, following the title song:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WURyUKNt9Ac

Or just go here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0N1NDNy61L4

Also forgot about Tom Ewell in one of his Too Pooped to Pop roles. Wonder how many of those he did.

Was just listening to this one:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ToiHWeGIa88

Tom Ewell did have a habit of winding up home alone with 1950s bombshells, not sure what his deal was

And then home alone with Robert Blake’s parrot on Baretta! How much do you remember about the original in incarnation of that show?

Was reminded of the existence of that Richard Thompson album by its being posted on the other thread but never actually listened to it. No time like the present.

Guess Barney Kessel was mentioned already upthread and on yet another thread recently. See also his work with Billie Holiday. The band is particularly good on the Body and Soul album.

Ha, recent versions of that album have some false starts of “Comes Love,” one of which prompts the words “Jesus, Barney!”

Wonder if we keep doing this we will get to the standard first song by Jane Birkin’s mother, but maybe it’s not popular enough.

Re; Baretta I remember the parrot and Robert Blake’s t-shirt. I’m sure I watched the show but it’s buried deep in my subconscious… I don’t think it’s been widely rerun, at least not lately

I also brought that other song up here:
Lets post about JAZZ STANDARDS

One fun thing about reviewing these tunes in this context is to have an excuse to listen to great singers- along with some other singers I guess - and see what they do with them. I know there are two schools of thought for instrumentalists: some say it is important to listen to singers and learn the lyrics or at least a subset of them in order to get the proper phrasing whilst others say “you mean that song has words?!”

Yes. I know a certain music teacher who is brilliant as an instrumentalist but whenever I try to talk about the meaning behind the lyric of a song, or the emotional intention of the vocalist, he falls silent or says “I never listen to lyrics”

Found a thread about that topic on another borad, don’t know if I should link it.

Sorry, meant to say “That tune has words!?”

Anyway, would be happy to participate in further iterations and may start some myself if inspired.

Also just relocated this thread which mentions the song in question.

Songs That Share A Certain Property With The James Bond Theme

I just was reminded that there is something known as the “Cry Me a River” lick but I never remember what it is.

It's the first six descending notes of the vocal melody ("Now you say you're lone-ly")

Oh yeah

Someone around here has been learning "Moonlight in Vermont" and it is sounding pretty good.

On the piano. She also wants a bigger midi controller than the one she has, maybe that's for another thread.

Sam Cooke was never mentioned on this thread.

Don’t think I’ve ever heard his version.