Emily from "The Americanization of Emily" - Jazz Piano Solo - Johnny Mandel & Johnny Mercer

#med (Music.Every.Day)

This is video #889 of my video posting project. I have been working on this project since November 2023--learning and posting a video of NEW piano music every. single. day!

Today's piece is "Emily" from "The Americanization of Emily" by JJohnny Mandel & Johnny Mercer. This arrangement can be found in Hal Leonard's collection called "Bill Evans" with arrangements by Brent Edstrom.

I have been playing a few arrangements from this book and discovering that it is used in other books. (I played through Autumn Leaves and realized I had done it last year from another book!). I don't know if people want to hear the same song a year later, but I could do it if someone wants to compare!

This one is a lovely jazz ballad. It's from a movie starring James Garner, Julie Andrews, and Melvyn Douglas. The movie version was instrumental, although it did have lyrics. Frank Sinatra is the one who recorded it the same year the movie came out.

Tune in tomorrow for more of my #music.every.day experiment!

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