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In Reply to: His version of Lush Life on this record is... posted by Bung on April 24, 2007 at 16:22:56:
with Joe Pass. Johnny Hartman didn't do too badly with it either"Man is the only animal that blushes - or needs to" Mark Twain
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but not the Johnny Hartman. Lush Life is a great tune.
Got the absolute right mix of drinking-the-teardrops-away and ' what, me worry ? ' ... that Strayhorn's song needs.Love the Ella, the Johnny Hartman, too.
This is one of the all-time great postmodern jazz ballads.
If you get the DVD of the film "Living Out Loud" (also staring Holly Hunter and Danny Devito) check out the deleted scene of QL singing "Lush Life". She does a nice job with the song.
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