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Day Dream
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Wikipedia article
"'Day Dream'" is a jazz standard composed by Billy Strayhorn with lyrics by John Latouche and written in 1939. It was first recorded by saxophonist Johnny Hodges and his ensemble on November 2, 1940. Duke Ellington was credited as co-composer on the label of the original 78 RPM release, though he is not generally considered to be one of the song's creators.
Background
On March 23, 1939, Duke Ellington and his orchestra boarded the SS 'le de France' for a spring tour of Europe. Strayhorn was working for Ellington at the time but was allowed to remain at his Harlem residence. Thus, he had nearly seven weeks to work on new compositions and arrangements. "Day Dream" was composed during this time.
Notable recordings
By Johnny Hodges
*'Day Dream / Junior Hop' (Bluebird 11021, 1940)*'Memories Of Ellington' (Norgran, 1954)
*'Johnny Hodges with Billy Strayhorn and the Orchestra' (Verve, 1962)
By Duke Ellington
*'The Carnegie Hall Concerts: January 1943' (released 1977)*'Duke Ellington Presents...' (1956), 'Duke Ellington's Jazz Violin Session' (recorded 1963, released 1976)
*'...And His Mother Called Him Bill' (1968)
By others
*Ella Fitzgerald 'Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Songbook' (1957)*Jo Stafford 'Jo + Jazz' (1960)
*Rita Moss 'Daydream 7" EP (Rozell)' (1959)
*Billy Strayhorn 'The Peaceful Side' (1961), retrieved August 27, 2010
*Thad Jones 'The Danish Radio Big Band and Eclipse' (1978)
*Sarah Vaughan 'The Duke Ellington Songbook, Vol. 1' (1979)
*Betty Carter 'Feed the Fire' (1993)
*June Christy 'The Misty Miss Christy' (1956), 'Day Dreams' (1995)
*Chet Baker 'Chet Baker Sings and Plays from the Film "Let's Get Lost"' (1998)
*Tony Bennett 'Bennett Sings Ellington: Hot & Cool' (1999)
*Jacob Fischer 'Jacob Fischer...In New York City' (2014)
*Norah Jones- 'Norah Jones Performing Daydream 2002' (2014)
*Dave Holland and Kenny Barron 'The Art of Conversation' (2014)
*Karrin Allyson 'Daydream' (1997)
*Rita Box Peek 'Just For You' (2018)
References
Category:Songs with music by Duke Ellington
Category:Songs with music by Billy Strayhorn
Category:Songs with lyrics by John La Touche (lyricist)
Category:1940s jazz standards
Category:1940 songs
Category:Nancy Wilson (jazz singer) songs
Category:Ella Fitzgerald songs
Category:Jo Stafford songs
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