Darn That Dream - James Van Heusen & Eddie Delange

#med (Music.Every.Day)
This is video 446 of my video posting project. I have been working on this project since November 2023--learning and posting a video of new piano music (almost) every day! (I'm counting videos instead of days now!)
Today's piece is a beautiful standard called "Darn That Dream" by James Van Heusen & Eddie Delange. This is another arrangement from the Jazz Piano Solos: Coffee Table Jazz collection. The collection features arrangements of standards by Brent Edstrom.
Darn That Dream is a wonderfully chromatic melody which inspires a lot of fanciful chords from Brent. I am loving these quiet arrangements -- it's my favourite genre. Fun to emote, and complex jazz chords that add interest. I can see why all the greats have recorded this standard--the melody soars and has so much room for emotion and expression.
Tune in tomorrow for more of my #music.every.day experiment!

[@Володимир-ч9т1ю]

You truly love music, I can feel it when I listen to your incredibly talented performance of an absolutely phenomenal cover of this magical music. Thank you Elena Fortin 👍👏🌹🌹🌹💕.

[@elenafortinmusic]

@Володимир I cannot imagine my life without music! I do truly love it! Thank you for your comment.

[@dirksimagesandsounds1468]

Simply excellent!

[@elenafortinmusic]

Thanks so much!!! I'm glad you enjoyed it!

[@DavidMiller-bp7et]

Nice song, played so lovely. Did you, by some chance, do this one before in this series? Don't you just love those deeply yummy harmonies? It's why I love the genre so much. Also, reflective of so much gentler times. Masterful.

[@elenafortinmusic]

No, this one is a new one! I love the "deeply yummy" harmonies. Perfect description of 'em!