Download and print blues in the night my mama done tol me sheet music for piano solo chords, lyrics, melody by johnny mercer. Prince, tom petty, steve winwood, jeff lynne and others while my guitar gently weeps duration. The bigband mystique of the 1940s was explored by blues in the night. Piano chords only, lyrics and melody may be included. The soul of the blues wails out full and strong in blues in the night, a scorching, tonynominated musical. Starring priscilla lane, betty field, richard whorf, lloyd nolan. Jigger lane forms a band that includes singer ginger character. Blues in the night has some excellent musical numbers, especially for jazz fans, and you can get a rare look at jimmy lunceford and his band, who were riding a wave of popularity about this time.
The biz premium subscriber content has moved to business. From cab calloway and his orchestra 1941 1942, chronological classics 682. May 29, 2015 on the orchestrations for blues in the night, those darker colors go way on down. Jigger richard whorf and the gang exhort leo jack carson to show off his chops in a dinner club being blown down by the real jimmie lunceford and his band in anatole litvaks blues in the night, 1941. Song information for blues in the night rosemary clooney on allmusic.
Their jazz band travels from one smalltime gig to another, always hoping for their big break but always denied fame thanks to their own personal demons. Deutsch francais bahasa indonesia nederlands portugues. Her voice and face gave him mixed signals part humor, part challenge. Priscilla lane as character performing the harold arlenjohnny mercer standard the dreams on me leading into drama featuring richard whorf, howard da silva and wallace ford, in blues in the night, 1941 view the tcmdb entry for blues in the night 1941. Unique mixes of the best in classic and contemporary blues, soul and zydeco presented each monday evening at 9. Blues in the night is a 1941 american musical in the film noir style released by warner brothers, directed by anatole litvak and starring priscilla lane, richard whorf, betty field, lloyd nolan, elia kazan, and jack carson.
Beat the blues with a night of blues music in the parks. Sinatra took one for my baby out of the studio with him that night, and never stopped working on it. Garfield would parody the already classic, oscarnominated song for 1941, blues in the night music by harold arlen, lyrics by johnny mercer. Blues in the night 1941 movie clip jimmie lunceford. With priscilla lane, betty field, richard whorf, lloyd nolan. Her accompanists on most of the album consist of ted rosenthal piano, christian mcbride bass and lewis nash drums, augmented on some tracks by anat cohen tenor. From cab calloway and his orchestra 19411942, chronological classics 682 my mama done told me, when i was in kneepants.
Blues in the night 1941 africanamerican baritone william gillespies original. Sonny clark trio blues in the night 1996, cd discogs. But thats a drive from here, id have to give you directions and we all know how men are about directions. Oct 24, 2006 blues in the night, a program of blues and blues oriented material, features mostly familiar standards with a few originals written by vocalist ann hampton callaway, who also is responsible for some of the arrangements. Blues trail lms gospel and the blues and saturday night. The mississippi blues trail mississippi arts commission. The premier site for the history and analysis of the standards jazz musicians play the most. Blues in the night is a popular blues song which has become a pop standard and is generally considered to be part of the great american songbook. But the number i liked best was this time the dreams on me, sung by priscilla lane unless she was dubbed, the band canary for the group. Jigger richard whorf and the gang exhort leo jack carson to show off his chops in a dinner club being blown down by the real jimmie lunceford and his band in anatole litvaks blues in the night, 1941 view the tcmdb entry for blues in the night 1941.
See more goofs when brad and kay crash their car toward the end of the movie, the car looks like a 40 or 41 buick. The 26 hot and torchy numbers that tell of the sweet, sexy and sorrowful experiences that three women have with the lying, cheating snake of a man who does them wrong will leave you energized, inspired and ready to wail. Beat the blues with a night of blues music in the parks june. Movie mirrors index blues in the night 1941 b 88en.
Recorded at the van gelder studio, new jersey on december 7, 1958. Blues in the night first was heard in the 1941 movie hot nocturne. Harold arlen blues in the night sheet music leadsheet. Blues in the night is een amerikaanse muziekfilm uit 1941 onder regie van anatole litvak. Based on edwin gilberts play, a jazz band meets a fleeing criminal and plays in his roadhouse, but his exgirlfriend makes the bands leader go astray. Originally released in 1979 as sonny clark blues in the night. On the orchestrations for blues in the night, those darker colors go way on down.
Print and download lead sheets for blues in the night composed by harold arlen in bb major transposable. Blues in the night 1941 streaming vf, blues in the night 1941 streaming vk, regarder blues in the night 1941 film en francais, blues in the night 1941 film francais streaming gratuits, telecharger blues in the night 1941 film francais. Blues in the night is a 1941 american musical in the film noir style released by warner brothers. Blues in the night brought change, still solid after 60 years knkx. Released 1941, blues in the night stars priscilla lane, betty field, richard whorf, lloyd nolan the movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 29 min, and received a score of out of 100 on metacritic. Apr 04, 2020 the biz premium subscriber content has moved to business. Priscilla lane as character performing the harold arlenjohnny mercer standard the dreams on me leading into drama featuring richard whorf, howard da silva and wallace ford, in blues in the night, 1941. Read about blues in the night by ella fitzgerald and see the artwork, lyrics and similar artists. Atrium beba palast, and the alhambra, the latter two being primarily movie.
Her accompanists on most of the album consist of ted rosenthal piano, christian mcbride bass and lewis nash drums. Jazz standards songs and instrumentals blues in the night. Blues in the night my mama done tol me sheet music for. The plot of a scrappy band trying to make their way in the world is pretty standard, but its enlivened by some awesome photography and lively musical numbers. Jul 16, 20 blues in the night was a song written for the 1941 film of the same name, to be sung by a man in jail.
The music was written by harold arlen, the lyrics by johnny mercer, for a 1941 film begun with the working title hot nocturne, but finally released as blues in the night. Blues in the night 1941 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Blues in the night 1941 blues in the night 1941 user. Blues in the night rosemary clooney song info allmusic. Blues in the night is not necessarily a canonized film, and probably rightly so, but anatole litvaks attempt to capture some jazz lightning in a bottle is an entertaining multireeler. Based on edwin gilberts play, a jazz band meets a fleeing criminal and plays in his roadhouse, but his. In 1941 litvak also directed blues in the night, an ambitious but ultimately inadequate drama about the stressful lives of jazz musicians and their girlfriends read more. The song blues in the night was written in 1941 published and ed sept. Jigger pines quintet is sockin em solid before hopping a boxcar to the next gig. Set in a rundown chicago hotel in 1938, this incredible musical revue focuses on three womens relationships with the same snakeofaman and their interweaving stories told through the torch songs and blues of duke ellington, bessie smith, johnny mercer, harold arlen and alberta hunter among others.
Future directors richard whorf and elia kazan star as, respectively, a neurotic bandleader and a carefree clarinettist. For more location information, visit grist mill park map. High resolution official theatrical movie poster for blues in the night 1941. The project began filming with the working title hot nocturne, the play upon which it is based, but was eventually named after its principal musical number blues in the. Blues in the night was a song written for the 1941 film of the same name, to be sung by a man in jail.
Check out blues in the night by peggy lee on amazon music. Blues in the night mercer, arlen transcribed from cab calloway and his orchestra, recorded september 10, 1941. Written by harold arlen and johnny mercer, its considered to be a landmark. This group of legendary blues artists performs acoustic folk blues in the piedmont blues and ragtime music style. Blues in the night 1941 movie clip the dreams on me. But plenty of tumult involving a criminal lloyd nolan, a songbird priscilla lane, a siren betty field and those blues in the night the famed title tune and other songs are by harold arlen and johnny mercer. It actually sounds better sung by a woman about a man whos a twoface, a worrisome thing whollleave you to sing the blues in the night. Langston hughes, translation, and the diasporic blues, demonstrates that. With blues in the night, he seemed to understand that hed done everything he could, and that was that. The music was written by harold arlen, the lyrics by johnny mercer, for a 1941 film begun with the working title hot nocturne, but finally released. I am a jazz and movie buff, and maybe the first whom managed to write an essay on both, in 1957. Blues in the night unique mixes of the best in classic and contemporary blues, soul and zydeco. Blues in the night, a program of blues and bluesoriented material, features mostly familiar standards with a few originals written by vocalist ann hampton callaway, who also is responsible for some of the arrangements. Blues in the night wikipedia, a enciclopedia livre.