Moon River - Jazz Standard

Caitlin Smith, NZ singer/songwriter, performs "Moon River" with The Fondue Set at The Gables, Auckland, New Zealand.

"Moon River" is a song composed by Johnny Mercer and Henry Mancini in 1961. It was sung in the movie Breakfast at Tiffany's by Audrey Hepburn, the movie's star, while the song itself won that year's Academy Award for Best Song for Mercer and Mancini. The success of the song was responsible for re-launching Mercer's career as a songwriter, which had stalled in the mid-1950s as rock and roll replaced jazz standards as the popular music of the time.

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• moon
• river
• caitlin
• smith
• jazz
• standard
• singer
• songwriter
• fondue
• set
• gables
• auckland
• new
• zealand
• johnny
• mercer

[mikemapps]

if you think this jazz is hard to understand you should look at any thelonious monk piece

[Holms]

everything is just great, but I think it's a little bit too fast

[leahandkenny]

You have a lovely voice, however I think if you sang the song straight with feeling you would reach more people. This is a love song. Less is more... I hope I have been of help to you. Wishing you much success.

[rcoones102]

Performance of this tune is very good. Passion, articulate, and with an aire of romance...very good

[vendettabigband]

Just checkin' out some of your videos and saying hello!

[646879]

Where was this when I was in NZ? All i saw was a piano bar that closed up at 10;00 ....(Christchurch..1970).....a­nd some Maori dudes who could drink everyone under the table...I can see this is a vast improvement!!

[fdiminished]

Great stuff.....greetings from an old "60's" guitarist

[robrippen]

I liked it. Thats just the beauty of jazz, its improv. A pretty girl with a nice voice makes it even better.

[susuemikado]

I like her too!

[susuemikado]

such an enjoyable voice