Ill Wind
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- "Ill Wind" is also a song by Flanders and Swann, set to the third movement of Mozart's 4th Horn Concerto.
"Ill Wind (You're Blowin' Me No Good)" is a song composed by Harold Arlen, with lyrics by Ted Koehler, it was written for their last show at the Cotton Club Parade, in 1934.
The melody came to Arlen whilst he was visiting Anya Taranda, a model who was to become Arlen's wife. [1]
[edit] Notable recordings
- Dinah Washington - "The Complete Dinah Washington On Mercury Vol. 4, 1954-1956" and "Dinah Washington - Dinah!" , Recorded November 12, 1955, Los Angeles, CA
- Horace Silver - "Further Explorations" (1958)
- Stan Kenton - "Standards In Silhouette" (1959)
- Ella Fitzgerald - Ella at the Opera House (1958), Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Harold Arlen Songbook (1961)
- Howard McGhee = "Sharp Edge" (1961)
- Earl Grant - Midnight Sun (1962)
- Lena Horne - This Is Lena Horne (1952)
- Lee Morgan - Cornbread (album) (1967)
- Larry Coryell/Emily Remler - Together (1985)[2]
- Frank Sinatra - In the Wee Small Hours (1955)
- Audra McDonald - Happy Songs (2002)
- Debbie Harry (in a medley with "Stormy Weather") - Hal Willner's Stormy Weather: The Music of Harold Arlen (2003)
[edit] External links
[edit] References
- ^ Liner notes, Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Harold Arlen Songbook
- ^ "Together overview". Allmusic.com. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r137106.
