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There Is No Greater Love
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Wikipedia article
"'There Is No Greater Love'" is a 1936 jazz standard composed by Isham Jones, with lyrics by Marty Symes. It was the last hit song for Jones's orchestra before the bandleader turned the orchestra over to Woody Herman, beginning the latter's 50-year career as a bandleader.Jeremy Wilson: [http://www.jazzstandards.com/compositions-0/thereisnogreaterlove.htm "There Is No Greater Love" overview] at 'jazzstandards.com' - retrieved on 19 May 2009
The song is often played as a ballad – an example of this approach is Dinah Washington's 1954 recording on 'Dinah Jams'. Medium-tempo swing renditions have also been recorded by several artists, including Miles Davis, Gene Ammons, and Sonny Stitt.
Noah Baerman: [http://www.jazzstandards.com/compositions-0/thereisnogreaterlove.htm "There Is No Greater Love" analysis] at 'jazzstandards.com' - retrieved on 19 May 2009
Other versions
* Isham Jones with Woody Herman 1936
* Duke Ellington 1936
* Billie Holiday 1947
* Patti Page - 'Patti Page Sings for Romance' (1953).
* Dinah Washington 'Dinah Jams' (1954)
* Miles Davis 'Miles' (1955)
* Peggy Lee - 'The Man I Love' (1957).
* Sonny Rollins 'Way Out West' (1957)
* Nat King Cole - 'The Very Thought of You' (1958).
* Ahmad Jamal - 'At the Pershing: But Not For Me' (1958)
* Sammy Davis Jr. - 'I Gotta Right to Swing' (1960).
* Bobby Darin - 'Love Swings' (1961).
* McCoy Tyner - 'Inception' (1962)
* Miles Davis 'Four & More' (1964)
* Aretha Franklin - 'Yeah!!!' (1965)
* Circle 'Paris Concert' (1971)
* Woody Shaw with Cedar Walton 'Setting Standards' (1983)
* Stan Getz and Kenny Barron 'People Time' (1991)
* Vincent Herring with Wallace Roney and Mulgrew Miller 'Simple Pleasure' (2001)
* Amy Winehouse 'Frank' (2003)
See also
*List of 1930s jazz standards
Notes
Category:1936 songs
Category:1930s jazz standards
Category:Songs with music by Isham Jones
Category:Songs with lyrics by Marty Symes
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