Laura - jazz piano solo

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was written by David Raksin.

"Laura" is a 1945 popular song composed by David Raksin, with lyrics written by Johnny Mercer. It has since become a jazz standard. The best known versions are by Dick Haymes, Woody Herman and Julie London (included on her album Julie Is Her Name). It was adapted from the theme of the 1944 film, Laura.


Notable recordings
Ella Fitzgerald - Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Johnny Mercer Songbook (1964)


More info about the Composer:
David Raksin (August 4, 1912 - August 9, 2004) was an American composer born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. With over 100 film scores and 300 television scores to his credit, he became known as the "Grandfather of Film Music."One of his earliest film assignments was as assistant to Charlie Chaplin in the composition of the score to Modern Times (1936). He is perhaps best remembered for the haunting theme to the 1944 movie Laura, which became the 1945 song "Laura". Johnny Mercer put lyrics to this theme, and during Raksin's lifetime this was said to be the second most-recorded song in history following only Stardust by Hoagy Carmichael and Mitchell Parish. He also wrote the theme song to the television series Ben Casey.
Raksin's father was an orchestra conductor. Raksin played professionally in dance bands while attending high school. He went on to study composition with Harl McDonald at the University of Pennsylvania and later with Isadore Freed in New York and Arnold Schoenberg in Los Angeles. In New York Raksin worked as an arranger for Harms/Chappell.
Later in life Raksin taught at the University of Southern California and the University of California, Los Angeles.
At the time of his death, it was announced that Raksin had completed his autobiography, titled If I Say So Myself.
His son Alex is a Pulitzer Prize winning editorial writer for the Los Angeles Times.

Film/TV scores - selected list

Glass Houses (1972)
Will Penny (1968)
A Big Hand for the Little Lady (1966)
Invitation to a Gunfighter (1964)
The Patsy (1964)
Two Weeks in Another Town (1962)
Too Late Blues (1961 or 1962)
Ben Casey (1961) TV Series
Two Faces West (1960) TV Series
Al Capone (1959)
Separate Tables (1958)
Until They Sail (1957)
Man on Fire (1957)
20 Million Miles to Earth (1957)
Hellcats of the Navy (1957)
Hilda Crane (1956)
Jubal (1956)
Seven Wonders of the World (1955) (with Sol Kaplan, Jerome Moross, Emil Newman)
The Big Combo (1955)
Suddenly (1954)
Apache (1954)
The Bad and the Beautiful (1952)
Madeline (cartoon) (1952)
Carrie (1952)
Pat and Mike (1952)
It's a Big Country (1951)
Across the Wide Missouri (1951)
The Next Voice You Hear... (1950)
The Magnificent Yankee (1950)
Whirlpool (1949)
Force of Evil (1948)
Superman (1948)
Daisy Kenyon (1947)
Forever Amber (1947)
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (1947)
Fallen Angel (1945)
Laura (1944)
Tampico (1944)
Something to Shout About (1943)
City Without Men (1943)
The Men in Her Life (1941)
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1939)
Stanley and Livingstone (1939)
The Hound of the Baskervilles (1939)
Suez (1938)
[Modern Times] (1934)

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[swirls999]

Beautiful arrangement, Bravo! Do you have a transcription of this?

[PianistaItaliano]

@swirls999 Thanks, I only have a simple version from the jazz fake book

[bodryn]

This song has haunted me from my youth long ago. I finally had to search so I could hear it again. This piano version is a wonderfully creative and inspiring version of that song. Thank you.

[PianistaItaliano]

@bodryn you are welcome, thanks :-)

[petrumusic]

on Amazon:

After Sunset (2011) - Audio CD by Alfonso Gugliucci

Currently unavailable

[PianistaItaliano]

@petrumusic Hi Petru, this will be available in a few days, this is because I'm waiting for some US. licenses. However in Switzerland is now available on iTunes, Thanks for your support :-)

[laurathebig]

ah...........jazz piano, so smooth and relaxing, feels like it's massaging my soul.

[Zeldagamer1337]

Beautiful! I'm a jazz pianist, and once at a jazz piano camp, we had a guest conductor who decided to ask the name of the piano soloist. When I told him that my name is Laura, he immediately began singing. An interesting experience that I thought I'd share :)

[pianistatbrookhurst]

If I may have another comment do you have a cd available for sale of the songs you play????

If so where may I obtain them??

[pianistatbrookhurst]

meraviglioso! bravo e bravissimo! in plain english i loved it. enjoyed listening very much. will do so again after i dot my lst word.

[TheFuckyou991]

This is the real jazz

[predoje]

Let me tell you, your sound is professional, I will compere it to a Oscar Peterson and Bill Evans. Your music is unique, Im listening to your videos and still wondering why arent you famous?

[EyMeng]

i hear Art Tatum in your playing :)

[IllegalWhore]

My grandpa named my Aunt after this song. He was an awesome man, and I miss him. He'd always have the piano player play this song at his favorite restaurant. Well, this song is a beautiful one and it seems I can't ever listen to it without shedding a tear or two thinking of my awesome grandpa and how I wish he was here.

[swirls999]

@PianistaItaliano Thankyou for the reply - keep up the good work!

[ZaraS38]

also covered by nat king cole....