I Didn't Know What Time It Was

[casch0101]

This is a very unlikely duet....but with two great artists such as these it cannot but render great music.

[IRACEMABABU]

Quelle légèreté !

[HSCjazz]

It doesn't get any better. Arguably the best Rogers and Hart song played by the incomparable Grappelli joining with the vanguard of a younger generation.

[rodrigocs666]

who would dislike this?? I mean there's no way to dislike this, this is a piece of ART

[ClearOutSamskaras]

@rodrigocs666

If Unicorns existed, there are people who would hunt them.

[youtu33time]

was hoping this was "i love you more today than yesterday" but lovely nonetheless

[tuxguys]

What a gem... the nexus where Django Reinhardt intersects with John Coltrane... on one of the best Rodgers and Hart tunes ever. Django, Trane, Grapelli, Tyner, Rodgers, Hart... Aren't you proud to be a member of the same species as these guys? I sure am...

[valeriequercia]

A beautiful rendition of a song that both stops and starts my Heart.

[voltings]

how wonderfull. can anyone please tell me who the pianist is please. They go together like bread and honey. Great, Great Great. And even more Great.

[Billonzo]

He's McCoy tyner, the historic John Coltrane's pianist :D

[resotar]

the pianist is McCoy Tyner

[Hania454]

Beautiful.

[tsaix2]

Excuse me ! Who have Grappelli performance together with Luc ponty ? I can't found it.

[Denisol]

Sorry, I do not have that one.

[dukerosenthal]

There is an album called "Violin Summit" which is a live performance with 4 great Jazz Violinists: Grappelli, Ponty, Stuff Smith, and Svend Asmusson. I think it's from about 1964. Highly recommended!

[bozka000]

zawsze piękne :)

[phostnok]

un hombre increible!!!su humildad lo hizo brillar, su talento lo convirtio en legenda,su buen gusto lo hizo inolvidable....muchas gracias por la magia!!!grappelli rules forever.

[LifeIsShort21404]

That was just lovely! Pure magic.

[guitarz86]

rest in peace master

[leviathanarchangel]

Check out Ella's version in her song book.

[mostcommonwombat]

In answer to those discussing the history of this song, it originated in the 1939 Broadway musical "Too Many Girls" music Richard Rodgers, lyrics Lorenz Hart. Original singers were Marcy Westcott and Richard Kollmar. The show (thuis song included) were made in to a movie the following year. Before coming the jazz standard it is today, it was later included into the score of the movie version of the later Rodgers/Hart show "Pal Joey" with Sinatra doing the honours.

[tuxguys]

@mostcommonwombat That movie, incidentally, featured both Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz, who met during its making, and the rest, as they say is history...

[shouldabeenacritic]

The "GREAT" and wonderful sound of STEPHANE GRAPELLI. Find his version of "MISTY" someday.

It will give you GOOSE BUMPS. Erroll Garner...Johnny Mathis...Frank Sinatra...I don't care who does "MISTY". Nobody can top GRAPELLI

playing it unbelievably beautiful on VIOLIN.

[tombradley]

Let's praise the lyric too. It is sublime.

[jhon2891]

i really like this version.

[achimc]

So beautiful to hear all these interesting versions of the tune --one of the greats in our great American Standards song book. I've been playing it all year --any idea of what is special about it? Anybody?

[margaretcanton]

Strangely enough, one of the best recent versions of this song is James Taylor's 1992 one. Its arrangement and orchestration are unsurpassed. The music was written by Richard Rodgers and the lyrics by Lorenz Hart. It originally appeared in a 1940 movie, "Too Many Girls," which starred Lucille Ball.

[jhon2891]

where can i find this song or what is the origonal artist and song name?

[Lizziekirk]

The song title is "I Didn't Know What Time It Was". It is so old I doubt that any version would be called the original. Frank Sinatra sang it in a 1950's movie called "Pal Joey". It is now just thought of as a jazz standard.

[Denisol]

Lizziekirk just said what I was going to say.

[radcam69]

Check out Charlie Parker's version. Strings, the whole arrangement, eerie and gorgeous.

[redchannels]

@jhon2891 The song is called "I Didn't Know What Time It Was", it was written by Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart, and I guess the original artist was whoever introduced it in a Broadway show called "Pal Joey", back in the 1930's. Isn't it a wonderful song? I dig it a lot.