BOTM May 2018 The very thought of you

[Colin the Bear]

Very pleased to be asked to host BotM.

After trawling through the archive to make sure I picked a tune we haven't done before, I've selected a song 90ish years old. The very thought of you.
It's a deceptively simple melody with a lovely sentiment in the lyric. Many version have cropped up over the years. I first became aware of it by Nat King Cole. As my interest in 1920/30's dance music grew I learned it's a Ray Noble song from the 1920's.

It's in the very romantic key of Ab. Backing track has 8 bars intro and twice through. ABAB format with no surprises.

Enjoy

 

[Colin the Bear]

View: https://youtu.be/8bw5h-WPYBQ

View: https://youtu.be/iC1XYHafUuM


Look at the faces in this clip from "Young man with a horn" Kirk on Trumpet, Doris on vocals. Hoagy Carmichael on piano.

View: https://youtu.be/I_NOsstW9gE


Nice one from Rod making his come back after having throat surgery and finding he could still sing but with a voice that was an octave lower.

Rod Stewart - The Very Thought of You (from It Had To Be You)


Who's this dueting with Tony?

Tony Bennett - The Very Thought Of You

 

[Colin the Bear]

And...meee!

https://soundcloud.com/colin-the-bear%2Fthe-very-thought-of-you-voxalto

View: https://soundcloud.com/colin-the-bear/the-very-thought-of-you-voxalto

 

[U CAN CALL ME AL]

Thanks @Colin the Bear great to have a month with with BOTM & SOTM, I now have two new numbers to get under the fingers. Nice singing and playing on the post. Regards Al

 

[jbtsax]

Thank you Colin for reminding me of this great old ballad. I enjoyed your version a lot. Here is a recording by my favorite male singer Tony Bennet.

oops already linked to---now we have two 😳

 

[nigeld]

Here's Ella

 

[Colin the Bear]

@jbtsax Yeah but, who's the girl?

 

[Sue]

@jbtsax Yeah but, who's the girl?

Ana Carolina Ana Carolina

 

[rhysonsax]

Good choice.

here are a couple of nice versions:

Rhys

 

[Jeanette]

Nice choice and love your recording @Colin the Bear 🙂

Jx

 

[mrpeebee]

Here is a nice instrumental version with Harry Edison on trumpet and the great Jimmy Forrest on tenor (solo at 2:30):

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p8a_ssyH8Z8

 

[nigeld]

@Colin the Bear - The rtf files with the notes on don't display properly on my Mac.
Could you post PDF's?

 

[Colin the Bear]

Many a slip 'twixt...any how...Try this


TVToY tenor.jpg - Box

TVToY alto.jpg - Box

I've just noticed that BiaB has placed the alto part an octave down. No problem...just play it an octave up 😉

 

[nigeld]

Those work for me. Many thanks.

 

[U CAN CALL ME AL]

Very quick take on Yamaha YAS 62 Mk I, Jody Jazz DV MP 5 'new' old ! 3S Jazz Select reed. Mic placement probably too high picking up the occasional bubbling. Will give the Tenor a go after a couple of pads are replaced.

The Very Thought of You​

 

[Jeanette]

Very quick take on Yamaha YAS 62 Mk I, Jody Jazz DV MP 5 'new' old ! 3S Jazz Select reed. Mic placement probably too high picking up the occasional bubbling. Will give the Tenor a go after a couple of pads are replaced.

The Very Thought of You​

Really enjoyed that 🙂

Jx

 

[Colin the Bear]

Very quick take on Yamaha YAS 62 Mk I, Jody Jazz DV MP 5 'new' old ! 3S Jazz Select reed. Mic placement probably too high picking up the occasional bubbling. Will give the Tenor a go after a couple of pads are replaced.

The Very Thought of You​

Man that's slow. Very brave playing so slow 😉

 

[B Flat]

Here's one I prepared earlier.
Don't actually remember when, I just found it while looking for a backing track.
The very thought of you baritone.mp3 - Box
Nick.

 

[rhysonsax]

I really liked several recordings of this by Zoot Sims on soprano, so thought I would try one myself at his sort of tempo and with a guitarist from BiaB.

The Very Thought of You - Rhys sop V1.mp3 - Box

Rhys

 

[rhysonsax]

And now a tenor version at a quicker tempo. Again, BiaB provided the backing band.

The Very Thought of You - Rhys tenor V1.mp3 - Box

Rhys