Canadian Sunset
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| "Canadian Sunset" | |
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| Single by Eddie Heywood | |
| Released | 1956 |
| Genre | Jazz |
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| Writer(s) | Eddie Heywood, Norman Gimbel |
"Canadian Sunset" is a popular song with music by jazz pianist Eddie Heywood and lyrics by Norman Gimbel. An instrumental version by Heywood and Hugo Winterhalter reached #2 on the Billboard chart in 1956. A version sung by Andy Williams was also popular that year, reaching #7 on the Billboard chart. The Cameos had a Chicago-area hit in 1960, and the Sounds Orchestral, conducted by Johnny Pearson, hit the Billboard Top Hot 100 and Easy Listening charts in 1965.
[edit] Emergence as a jazz standard
The tune has been covered by a number of jazz performers beginning in the 1960s.
- Wes Montgomery (guitar) recorded the piece with small combo. The recording features his signature octave melodic technique.
- Danny Gatton (guitar) playing with Buddy Emmons (pedal steel) produced a funky version of the tune that fit appropriately with the "Redneck Jazz" sound they developed (jazz played on instruments normally relegated to country music)
- George Shearing (piano) recorded the piece with his quintet along with an orchestral arrangement of his writing.
- Kenny Barron (piano) Trio
- Floyd Cramer (piano)
- Gene Ammons (tenor saxophone)
- Earl Bostic (alto saxophone)
- Earl Grant (organ)
- Joe Settlemires
- Cedar Walton made it funky in the 1976 album "Beyond Mobius"
- Sam Cooke did a version on his 'You Send Me' album
- Dean Martin recorded a version on his 1959 album "A Winter Romance"
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