Skylark - performed by Mickey Stein

Composer: Johnny Mercer

Time for some basic re-entry into recording (Although .. probably a fairly 'eh' take due to figuring out how to play it "less than more" yesterday)

I heard it long ago by Freddy Hubbard with a brilliant arrangement which is what probably stuck in my mind for this, and which I didn't do justice at all. Then a minute ago I found it sung by Ella and that was also terrific, with much more 'stock' chords, and I like both of them now.

Straight acoustic, a cheap mic, a cheap guitar, a cheap player, and not enough practice. Man, that's a nasty setup.

Now that this ugly episode is done with, I'll go back to recording abstruse garbage as usual. I've figured out how to play a couple more of my originals as well.

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Music

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• Hashi
• cheap
• acoustic
• Guitar
• Mickey
• Stein
• jazz
• Standard
• fingerstyle
• musician
• Johnny
• Mercer
• guitar
• ballad
• Skylark

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The great Johnny Mercer wrote the lyrics. The melody is by the great Hoagy Carmichael