I should care
I Should Care is a pop song by Axel Stordahl , Paul Weston and Sammy Cahn , written in 1944 and released in 1945. The 32-bar song is in the ABAC song form .
Success as a pop song
The song was first introduced by Bob Allen (with the Tommy Dorsey orchestra ) in the film Thrill of a Romance (1945). Since that time it has made the hit parade several times:
- Martha Tilton (1945, with Eddie Miller and His Orchestra, # 10)
- Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra (1945, vocals: Teddy Walters, # 13)
- Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra (1945, vocals: Bonnie Lou Williams and the Sentimentalists, # 11)
- Frank Sinatra (1945, with Axel Stordahl and His Orchestra, # 8)
- Ralph Flanagan and His Orchestra (1952, vocals: Harry Prime, # 4)
- Jeff Chandler (1954, with Victor Young and His Orchestra, # 21)
He has continued to be recorded by many pop artists, including Nat King Cole , Bing Crosby , Julie London and Jane Monheit .
Development to the jazz standard
The way to the jazz standard prepared his interpretation of Thelonious Monk with the vocals of Kenny Hagood in 1948, appeared on the album Genius of Modern Music ; the following year she was to record Johnny Hartman with the Dizzy Gillespie Orchestra as well. Monk's 1957 solo recording for his LP Thelonious Himself is considered "one of the most important solo piano recordings in the history of jazz ." In 1962, Bill Evans played an instrumental version for his album How My Heart Sings! a. Nils Landgren and Diana Krall presented contemporary interpretations .
literature
- I Should Care (transcription). Jazz Research News 6
- Stephan Richter: The Beauty of Building, Dwelling, and Monk: Aesthetics, Religion, and the Architectural Qualities of Jazz. In: African American Review. Vol. 29, No. 2, 1995, pp. 259-268.
- Hans-Jürgen Schaal (Ed.): Jazz standards. The encyclopedia. 3rd, revised edition. Bärenreiter, Kassel u. a. 2004, ISBN 3-7618-1414-3
Web links
- Information on the film "Thrill of a Romance" in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Musical analysis at JazzStandards.com
Individual evidence
- ↑ H.-J. Schaal Jazz-Standards , p. 216