듀크 엘링턴 오케스트라가 최절정기에 올랐던 바로 1940년의 공연 실황을 담은 역사적인 앨범. 지미 블랜튼과 벤 웹스터가 재적하던 당시의 이들의 황홀한 빅밴드 앙상블과 발군의 솔로 연주는 재즈가 보여줄 수 있는 최고의 매력을 담고 있다. 1940년 11월 7일 노스 다코다, 파고의 크리스탈 볼룸에서 저녁 8시부터 다음날 새벽 1시까지 벌어진 이들의 공연 가운데서 뽑은 총 46곡의 넘버를 담았다. 25년여 동안 듀크 엘링턴 밴드의 부동의 트럼페터로 활약하는 레이 낸스의 데뷔 무대이기도 했던 바로 그 공연! .... ....
You ain't been blue; no, no, no. You ain't been blue, Till you've had that mood indigo. That feelin' goes stealin' down to my shoes While I sit and sigh, "Go 'long blues".
Always get that mood indigo, Since my baby said goodbye. In the evenin' when lights are low, I'm so lonesome I could cry.
'Cause there's nobody who cares about me, I'm just a soul who's bluer than blue can be. When I get that mood indigo, I could lay me down and die.
In the dark of deepest night there comes a haunting sigh floating down from somewhere on high, oh, what a lonely lullaby You'll hear a symphony in blue when ever BOY MEETS HORN, you'll hear a melody so new when BOY MEETS HORN; low and oh, so sweet that it seems It's like the mellow music from another world of dreams; you'll hear a strange and tender whenever BOY MEETS HORN, and when the music in the moonlight greets the morn, you'll see him standing way above the crowd and rockin on a cloud whenever BOY MEETS HORN. You'll hear a symphony in blue when ever BOY MEETS HORN, you'll hear a melody so new when BOY MEETS HORN; low and oh, so sweet that it seems It's like the mellow music from another world of dreams; you'll hear a strange and tender whenever BOY MEETS HORN, and when the music in the moonlight greets the morn, you'll see him standing way above the crowd and rockin on a cloud whenever BOY MEETS HORN.
They say into your early life romance came And in this heart of yours burned a flame A flame that flickered one day and died away Then, with disillusion deep in your eyes You learned that fools in love soon grow wise The years have changed you, somehow I see you now
Smoking, drinking, never thinking of tomorrow, nonchalant Diamonds shining, dancing, dining with some man in a restaurant Is that all you really want? No, sophisticated lady, I know, you miss the love you lost long ago And when nobody is nigh you cry
Smoking, drinking, never thinking of tomorrow, nonchalant Diamonds shining, dancing, dining with some man in a restaurant Is that all you really want? No, sophisticated lady, I know, you miss the love you lost long ago And when nobody is nigh you cry
A turn of the tide or the weather Are things we accept as they come But since you and I've been together The change in my heart leaves me numb I Never Felt This Way Before I met you You stole my heart and what is more I let you I fell in love too often I won't deny But my heart didn't soften till you came by When I discovered you between romances I looked at you and read between your glances this is one romance I can't ignore I Never Felt This Way Before. I Never Felt This Way Before I met you You stole my heart and what is more I let you I fell in love too often I won't deny But my heart didn't soften till you came by When I discovered you between romances I looked at you and read between your glances this is one romance I can't ignore I Never Felt This Way Before.