Re: substitutions: "Lucky to Be Me"

Lawson G. Stone ( (no email) )
Mon, 03 Mar 1997 15:38:30 -0500

reed wrote:
>
> A great tune with music by Leonard Bernstein and lyrics by
> Betty Comden and Adolph Green. This is a truly amazing tune
> and I'm at a total loss to explain why Bill Evans is the only one
> that I've ever heard play it.
>
Check out Kenny Burrell and Cedar Walton on Kenny's "Sunup to Sundown"
CD. Kenny plays *acoustic* guitar on this. Cedar of course is absolutely
wonderful, whether comping or soloing. This is the track that "sold" me
this CD.

Also has a nice performance of "I'm Old Fashioned," a tune I haven't
seen performed very much. But maybe I'm missing some examples.
>
> The sheet music for "Lucky to Be Me" can be found in "The Comden & Green
> Songbook" by Warner Bros. PF9607.
>
> This was from a not too sucessful broadway show called "On the Town".
> Also from that show was the tune "Some Other Time" and "Lonely Town".
> All three of these tunes were played by Bill.
>
> Leonard Bernstein is often overlooked as one of the great songwriters.
> Another great tune for jazz musicians that we wrote was "Somewhere"
> from the show "West Side Story".
>
Does anyone know where the music to "Somewhere" can be found?

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