Alone With Just My Dreams (vocal) – George Duvivier
A dreamy ballad with a sensitive lyric. Exclusive MP3s available in two different keys: both full tracks and Minus You backing tracks to practice along with.
- Recording: Nancy Valentine - The JazzLeadSheets Songbook
- Recorded on: May 24, 2003
- Label: jazzleadsheets.com (JLS 1011)
- Concert Key: C
- Vocal Range: Alto, G3 to A-flat4
- Style: Ballad
- Vocal - Nancy Valentine
- Piano - Cecilia Coleman
- Bass - Tim Givens
- Drums - Vince Cherico
Bassist George Duvivier, one of the most reliable, talented and dedicated bass players on the East Coast recording scene, wrote this song (words and music) in the mid-1940s when he was a young man in his early twenties. The beautiful chord progression and melody certainly shows how sensitive and articulate he had already become, musically and harmonically.
Lyric Description: In Alone With Just My Dreams, the narrator describes in often-poetic terms the emptiness that is felt when a love affair is over.
No-vocal version: The complete ballad recording is also available without the vocal track, so you can have your chance to express the song with the rhythm section.
If another key would be better for you, send the key you'd like to Don and we'll post the transposition on the website for purchase. If you're not sure which key is best, send us your range and we'll work with you to figure out the best key.
Lyric Description: In Alone With Just My Dreams, the narrator describes in often-poetic terms the emptiness that is felt when a love affair is over.
No-vocal version: The complete ballad recording is also available without the vocal track, so you can have your chance to express the song with the rhythm section.
If another key would be better for you, send the key you'd like to Don and we'll post the transposition on the website for purchase. If you're not sure which key is best, send us your range and we'll work with you to figure out the best key.
Trumpeter Joe Wilder was the first to record this composition, in 1991, as an instrumental. George and Joe were good friends and recorded together on over 30 sessions, starting in 1947 with the Jimmy Lunceford band, on such diverse albums as Tadd Dameron's "The Magic Touch" to Neal Hefti, Jimmy Smith, and vocalists Dakota Staton and Mark Murphy. Pianist James Williams accompanied Wilder on his 1991 recording
, along with Jay Leonhart on bass, Sherman Ferguson on drums and Remo Palmieri on guitar .
This lead sheet is also found in our Sing JAZZ! songbook, a collection of stunning, lesser-known vocal selections from the Second Floor Music repertoire (Sing JAZZ! contents).
Hear more of Nancy Valentine on "The JazzLeadSheets Songbook."
, along with Jay Leonhart on bass, Sherman Ferguson on drums and Remo Palmieri on guitar . This lead sheet is also found in our Sing JAZZ! songbook, a collection of stunning, lesser-known vocal selections from the Second Floor Music repertoire (Sing JAZZ! contents).
Hear more of Nancy Valentine on "The JazzLeadSheets Songbook."
The vocal Minus You track is one chorus long. Our lead sheet contains a first and second ending; if you are doing this without the Minus You track, the first ending can be used to go back to the A section for solos, but on the recording only the second ending is played. The one-measure piano intro is written in the lead sheet; it cues in the melody.
- Recording: Rachel Gould - The JazzLeadSheets Songbook
- Recorded on: October 23, 2004
- Label: jazzleadsheets.com (JLS 1006)
- Concert Key: B-flat
- Vocal Range: Alto, F3 to F-sharp4
- Style: Ballad
- Vocals - Rachel Gould
- Piano - Cecilia Coleman
- Bass - Tim Givens
- Drums - Vince Cherico
This version in a lower key also has a Minus You track. Our lead sheet in B♭ shows the piano intro, which is four measures long. The Minus You track is available with drums or without.
Vocalist Rachel Gould delivers an expressive performance, conveying the pain and longing described in the lyric.
Vocalist Rachel Gould delivers an expressive performance, conveying the pain and longing described in the lyric.
Vocalist Rachel Gould has a well-deserved reputation as an exceptional vocal teacher in Europe. Although born in the US, Rachel has spent most of her career abroad, living in Belgium and England. Jazzleadsheets.com was lucky to get her into the studio on two of her visits to the States.
Exclusive Minus You audio tracks
The form of this Minus You track is two choruses. The out melody begins from the B section. The four-measure piano intro, which is notated in the lead sheet, cues the beginning of the melody. Available with and without drums.
CLIPMinus Melody practice track without drums
CLIP Minus Melody practice track with drums
The form of this Minus You track is two choruses. The out melody begins from the B section. The four-measure piano intro, which is notated in the lead sheet, cues the beginning of the melody. Available with and without drums.
CLIPMinus Melody practice track without drums
CLIP Minus Melody practice track with drums
George Duvivier
August 17, 1920 – July 11, 1985
Known primarily as a bassist, Duvivier was one of the top accompanists of the late swing and bebop eras, backing Coleman Hawkins, Bud Powell, and so many more. Later, he was steadily active in the New York recording studios, doing countless instrumental dates and recordings with singers from Frank Sinatra and Sarah Vaughan to Barry Manilow. George was invaluable in the studio as a bassist, always playing just the right bass lines with the right attitude. He occasionally would offer suggestions, when he felt it was necessary, that saved many a session from disaster. Duvivier was also a gifted composer and arranger who wrote for Jimmie Lunceford, Sy Oliver and others. Read more...