There's No More Blue Time (vocal) – Tadd Dameron & Georgie Fame
The vocal version of A Blue Time, an advanced and sophisticated blues to sing. It's been recorded twice by Georgie Fame, who wrote the lyrics, and also by Mark Murphy.
- Recording: Per Husby - If You Could See Me Now
- Recorded on: November 14-15, 1995
- Label: Gemini (GMCD 89)
- Concert Key: F
- Vocal Range: Tenor, B-flat3 to B-flat4
- Style: Swing (medium)
- Vocals - Georgie Fame
- Trumpet - Earl Gardner, Michael Leonhart
- French Horn - Peter Gordon
- Trombone - Jim Pugh
- Tuba - Howard Johnson
- Alto Sax - Jerome Richardson, Chris Potter
- Tenor Sax, Flute - Frank Wess
- Baritone Sax - Scott Robinson
- Guitar - Bucky Pizzarelli
- Piano - Ted Rosenthal
- Bass - Jay Leonhart
- Drums - Grady Tate
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- Piano Corner
- Bass Corner
- Drum Corner
- Guitar Corner
- Inside & Beyond
- Minus You
Lyric Description: Like Never Been In Love, the lyric looks at love from two sides; before, when the blues were all-encompassing, and after, when love has conquered and the blues are vanquished.
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This arrangement presents There's No More Blue Time as part of a blues medley. Georgie Fame sings the melody in unison with the low brass on the first chorus, then with the saxes the second time and on the out head. Accordingly, he follows the melody as written without varying the rhythm—this is particularly noticeable on the fifth measure the first and second times. This medley also includes Taddd's Just Plain Talkin' and a Gigi Gryce shout chorus used in Batland.
Shortly after writing the lyric, George Fame called the Second Floor Music/Twenty-Eighth Street Music office in New York to get our approval and arrange for a lyricist contract before recording the song.
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- Recording: Mark Murphy - Some Time Ago
- Recorded on: December 27-28, 1999
- Label: HighNote (HCD 7048)
- Concert Key: F
- Vocal Range: Tenor, B-flat3 to B-flat4
- Style: Swing (medium)
- Vocals - Mark Murphy
- Alto Sax - Allen Mezquida
- Piano - Lee Musiker
- Bass - Steve LaSpina
- Drums - Winard Harper
- Tadd Dameron - There's No More Blue Time (Some Time Ago)
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- Description
- Historical Notes
- Solos
- Piano Corner
- Bass Corner
- Drum Corner
- Guitar Corner
- Inside & Beyond
- Minus You
Our own Don Sickler produced this Mark Murphy session
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- Recording: Georgie Fame - Lost In A Lover's Dream
- Recorded on: January 31, 2012
- Label: Three Line Whip (TLW 009)
- Concert Key: F
- Vocal Range: Tenor, B-flat3 to B-flat4
- Style: Swing (medium)
- Vocals - Georgie Fame
- Guitar - Primoz Grasic
- Bass - Mario Mavrin
- Tadd Dameron & Georgie Fame - There's No More Blue Time (Lost In A Lover's Dream)
Video
- Description
- Historical Notes
- Solos
- Piano Corner
- Bass Corner
- Drum Corner
- Guitar Corner
- Inside & Beyond
- Minus You
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Tadd Dameron
February 21, 1917 – March 8, 1965
A giant of the bebop era, Dameron had a wonderful melodic and harmonic imagination which he brought to compositions and arrangements for both small and big bands. Writing first for Harlan Leonard, Jimmy Lunceford, Count Basie and Billy Eckstine, in the late '40s Dameron started composing and arranging for Dizzy Gillespie's big band. He also recorded his own superb sextet for Blue Note Records in 1947 which featured trumpet great Fats Navarro. Read more...
Georgie Fame
born on June 26, 1943
English vocalist and pianist Georgie Fame has had a busy career in both the jazz and R&B scenes. Born Clive Powell, he was renamed at age 16 by the impresario Larry Parnes. He gained early recognition in the '60s with his R&B band Georgie Fame And The Blue Flames; one of their biggest hits was Yeh, Yeh by Rodgers Grant . Read more...