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如果以作曲家來分類,我有寫過Jerome Kern的幾首,後來變成Jazz Standards的創作,現在我來試試看列出Jimmy Van Heusen的,特別聚焦在連器樂樂手也視為該知道的Standard、能即興、能合奏的,不只有歌手演唱而已:
1. All The Way
2. But Beautiful
3. Darn That Dream
4. Here's That Rainy Day
5. I Thought About You
6. It Could Happen To You
7. Like Someone In Love
8. Polka Dots and Moonbeams
以上八首我第一個聯想到的爵士即興知名版本,姓名與專輯對應如下:
1. Lee Morgan - Candy
2. Freddie Hubbard - Open Sesame
3. Dexter Gordon - One Flight Up
4. Paul Desmond - Easy Living
5. Miles Davis - Someday My Prince Will Come
6. Miles Davis - Relaxin'
7. Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers - Like Someone In Love
8. Chet Baker - In New York
值得一提的是:在諸多猶太裔的Tin Pan Alley作曲家中,Jimmy Van Heusen並不是猶太裔的美國人,而這名字也是他的筆名(藝名),他原來的名字是Edward Chester Babcock
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