Oh Lady be good by George & Ira Gershwin,performed by Steve Bone.Day 161

Oh Lady be good by George & Ira Gershwin,performed by Steve Bone.Day 161 of the jazz standard challenge."Oh, Lady be Good!" is a 1924 song by George and Ira Gershwin.
The song was introduced by Walter Catlett in the Broadway show, Lady, Be Good!, written by Guy Bolton, Fred Thompson, and the Gershwin brothers, starring Fred Astaire and Adele Astaire. It ran for 330 performances in its original Broadway run. The song is also performed in the 1941 film, Lady Be Good, though the film itself is unrelated to the musical play.
A 1947 recording of the song became a hit for Ella Fitzgerald, notable for her scat solo. The song became readily identified with Fitzgerald, and she sang it many times in live performance. For her album Ella Fitzgerald Sings the George and Ira Gershwin Songbook (1959), Oh, Lady be Good! was sung as a ballad, arranged by Nelson Riddle.

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[jimmyblackjazz]

Morning Steve, great playing as always. Just what is the "jazz standard challenge"?

Really like the stuff you do with your son and the funny comments you add. Warm Regards.

[groovetonemusic]

Hi Jimmy, The Jazz standard challenge just kind of happened one day.Basically it's to play a new standard everyday for as long as you can. I found myself blowing over the same songs with my band and I needed to find some fresh tunes. I have over the years bought many books which were only collecting dust , so I thought the time had come to start playing through all of them. So here we are on day 161. I'm hoping to keep this going for at least a year. Thanks for your support. Cheers Steve...

[hmada333]

Great Man , Keep It JAZZ ; ) .