"Lush Life" w/ Emmet Cohen & Tyreek McDole

[@HookemHorns60]

Bravo Tyreek!! 👏 👏 👏 Johnny Hartman would be very proud!

[@redthepost]

This tune is a bear. Even Sinatra put it down and walked away from its complexity. You folks had fun with it. Way cool. Thank you.

[@stimpy1226]

Tyreek is a unique and wonderful male vocalist and Emmet reigns supreme on the piano.

[@Whydidtheychangeittohandlesnow]

This is the first time I’m hearing this song. It’s absolutely gorgeous and perfect for my Sunday morning right now.

[@stimpy1226]

It's one of John Coltrane's best Ballads originally recorded with Johnny Hartman.

[@lewis2868]

@@stimpy1226that’s an iconic version but it’s not a Coltrane tune… music and lyrics by Billy Strayhorn

[@matthewgoldberg1461]

Billy Strayhorn at age 19. Words and music. Greatest jazz ballad ever

[@aileen694]

​​@@stimpy1226 Hey! Billy Strayhorn wrote this song! Johnny Hartman made the first recording of it with Coltrane.:))

[@DavidMiller-bp7et]

That's right; this is the great Billy Strayhorn; one piece the great Ellington didn't take credit for. Very authentic version and feeling for what Billy had in mind. the jazzy blues while downing those cocktails. Emmet's smile and playing say it all. He really gets authenticity and the spirit of the blues. Nice work by all players. Such restraint with underlying tension building. Strayhorn revealing who he was; Tyreek getting us in the mood. His voice is rich in all registers. Nice falsetto treat at the end. Top shelf stuff. This is what it's about.

[@Nn-uh2kb]

Tyreek has a truly gifted voice. Sensational accompaniment by Emmett.

[@hnc52]

Emmet's masterful accompaniment to Tyreek's sumptuous vocal has made my day.

[@JesseBlueEads]

Tyreek is so extraordinary. I think it was right after we had both auditioned at SFCM or something like that, I was about to pack up and walked into a room where he was doing some amazing soloing in a jam; great to hear him with Emmet and co!

[@dotmarker]

So many have interpreted this, Emmet's is breathtaking.

[@m.7271]

Emmet makes everything look easy. So incredible

[@connorbrien4086]

This is such a touching rendition of this depressingly beautiful piece. I say depressing because of the meaning behind the song...

[@AbbeBuck]

Emmet. ❤

[@nancyreyes5219]

I love this song and this wonderful voice and graceful pianist is pure magic!

[@DanFeinman-xd2uf]

Simply beautiful. Tyreek's vocals are Lush, sumptuous and have such a melancholy vibe; so apropos for this classic. Emmett's accompaniment is exquisite..

[@cardanoana568]

What a perfect way to start this sunny Sunday morning! Where is Mr. Russell Hall? 😊

[@jazzbirdbecky]

Yeah?

[@arturopg9600]

incredible rendition of a complex song, written by a then 16 year-old B. Strayhorn. Emmet and the rest do it justice, such deep lyrics and mixed chords. If anyone has time, I also recommend Natalie Cole's version. No one ever mentions that one, and it is also brilliant. Thank you Emmet and Tyreek!!!

[@DB-LBC]

according to strayhorn he was 21

[@zivapalmer5775]

Johnny Hartman - Joe Williams kinda vibe. SO good.

[@randomchannel-px6ho]

Very clearly paying some hommage to the Hartman - Coltrane recording and it's incredible

[@josefelipemartinezdomingue9488]

Sencillamente hermoso. Felicitaciones.

[@martinbreslow1401]

I just heard Samara Joy's single titled Lush Life which is very good. Tyreek was super.

[@winesnout]

What a performance. Wow, I'm speechless.

[@cheri238]

🙏❤️🌍🌿🕊🎵🎶🎵 Bravo

[@DanFeinman-xd2uf]

Absolutely beautiful! Props to Tyreek and Emmett!!

[@billwhitlatch961]

Thanks!

[@AbbeBuck]

Tyreek. ❤

[@Tiessie]

Simply excellent

[@holsen8269]

Masterpiece ❤

[@rpvermeulen]

This has always been my number one favourite jazz song. And I am not particularly fond of vibrato in this genre. BUT! this is the best rendition I have heard so far! What a voice. What a depth. What a great, loving, silent power… Thank you Emmett, for this and all those other great artists you invite!

[@priscamolotsi]

Wonderful ❤

[@davisworth5114]

Just beautiful, new sub, thumbs up!!

[@jettrom609]

I was genuinely brought to tears by this beautiful performance.

[@sdoowramaj]

John Lumpkin! Awesome as always, Sir.

[@songbyrdmusicministry8398]

love it!

[@elizabetha7753]

Simply beautiful!

[@anthonyrende9392]

Beautiful !!!!!

[@bunchafunk]

Wow. Just wow.

[@robertkirsner4350]

OMG superb !!!!

[@jazzbirdbecky]

Incredible really

[@giuliorisino1507]

Molto bravi. Tyreek si ispira a J. Hartman ma è decisamente una bella interpretazione. Lush life è un brano stupendo e consiglio di ascoltare l’interpretazione di Archie Shepp a Montreaux nel 1976. Straordinaria.

[@AbbeBuck]

He certainly was. Very same tone et al.

[@barb.4776]

❤

[@niklunoe]

Billy Strayhorn (1915-67), otherwise known for being ever friendly and encouraging towards everyone, somehow wanted to largely keep this song - which he first drafted when he was seventeen or eighteen years old, and finished in 1936 - to himself. He accepted and assisted Ella Fitzgerald’s version, but was upset when Nat King Cole recorded it, and Ellington never played it (not even on his memorial album for “Swee’pea”: And His Mother Called Him Bill). But I think Mr. “Strays” would have appreciated Tyreek McDole’s rendition: He stays inside the deep, youthful agony that the lyrics convey (instead of escaping from or polishing it).

[@wal8675]

😍

[@tomcasey5972]

Exactly who I was thinking.

[@Dante-dp6qx]

Good rendition of my uncle's piece

[@mariafehublet]

❤🙏🎼🎶🎙️🎤🎁😘🇧🇷

[@sammydavies4835]

velvet

[@Jay-pk8zd]

If Duke would had been still alive, he certainly would had hired Tyreek on the spot...

[@jazzbirdbecky]

Andy Bey

[@tomcasey5972]

Exactly who I was thinking of. So glad his influence continues. Mr. McCoy also sings all the correct words-which is all too rare.

[@matchingbirthdays4happiness]

Yes, I thought so too.

[@mpcguy]

Heartbreaking lyric .... Nicely done!

[@charlesbarry971]

Similar to Johnny Hartman Billy Eckstein

[@clownwoods7401]

Andy Bey.

[@jazzbirdbecky]

Yes. Lives on.

[@dariomulonia3480]

bellissima versione, mammamia stupendo davvero

[@SungHatonnTheMystic]

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