Sarah Vaughan - Midnight Sun (Pablo Records 1978) скачать видео бесплатно

Accompanied by Oscar Peterson, Joe Pass, Louie Bellson, and Ray Brown, "Midnight Sun" (1954) was originally an instrumental composed by Lionel Hampton and Sonny Burke in 1947 and is now considered a jazz standard. Subsequently, Johnny Mercer wrote the words to the song. It is said that Johnny Mercer was driving along the freeway from Palm Springs to Hollywood, California, when he heard the instrumental on his car radio and started to set words to the song as he drove.

Sarah Vaughan recorded the song on her album How Long Has This Been Going On? (1978). Musicians on the recording were pianist Oscar Peterson, guitarist Joe Pass, bassist Ray Brown, and drummer Louis Bellson. Hamilton wrote the standard "My Sweet" (1932) and Sievier wrote the English version of "Parlez-moi d'amour" (1930) by Jean Lenoir. Recorded April 25, 1978, Hollywood, Ca. (Pablo Records)

Your lips were like a red and ruby chalice

Warmer than, warmer than the summer night

The clouds were like an alabaster palace

Rising to a snowy height

Each star its own aurora borealis

Suddenly you held me tight

I could see the midnight sun

I can't explain the silver rain that found me

Or was that a moonlit veil?

The music of the universe around me

Or was that a nightingale, a nightingale

And then your arms miraculously found me

Suddenly, suddenly, suddenly the sky turned pale

I could see the midnight sun

Was there such a night

It's a thrill I still don't quite believe

But after you were gone

There was still some stardust on my sleeve

Stardust on my sleeve

The flame of it may dwindle to an ember

And the stars, and the stars

And the stars forget to shine

And we may see the meadow in December

Icy white, icy white and crystalline

But oh, my darling always I'll remember

When, when your lips were close

When your lips where close to mine

And I saw the midnight sun

And I saw the midnight sun

And I saw the midnight sun