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"Invitation" is a song by Bronisław Kaper with lyrics by Paul Francis Webster, originally used in the film A Life of Her Own (1950). Though it was nominated for a Golden Globe award for Best Score in the original film, it only became a jazz standard after being used as the theme in the 1952 film Invitation. Tony Thomas notes that it was selected for the film for its degree of poignance.[1] It is considered to be Kaper's second best known song after "On Green Dolphin Street".[2] Jazzstandards.com describes it as a "lush and haunting score", and notes that it is most associated with John Coltrane, who recorded it in 1958.[3] Howard Morgen, who arranged it for guitar, writes that the "haunting" tune has "long been recognized by jazz players for its potential as an interesting mood piece" and "still sounds fresh and contemporary today".[4]

George Shearing was responsible for arranging the song for piano, while Frank Mantooth arranged a Latin version of it. Dakota Staton covered it on her 1958 album Dynamic!. In 1963 the song was recorded by Rosemary Clooney, to a lush arrangement by Nelson Riddle, and featured as the first track on her album "Love".[5] It has since been recorded by the vocalists Carmen McRae,[6] Freddy Cole, Andy Bey and Patricia Barber, pianists Bill Evans,[4] Randy Halberstadt, Steve Kuhn and Rene Rosnes, saxophonists John Coltrane, Joe Henderson, Herb Geller, Vincent Herring, Sahib Shihab and Don Braden, trumpeters Roy Hargrove and Brian Lynch, bassist Ray Drummond and Cal Tjader (on his album 'Latin Kick') among others.[3] David Frackenpohl arranged a version for guitar, which was published in the 2004 Mel Bay book Jazz Guitar Standards: Chord Melody Solos.[7]

Some significant recordings

Boz Scaggs Swing Low, 2008 https://www.beautifulboz.com/page/107978

References

  1. ^ Thomas, Tony (1991). Film score: the art & craft of movie music. Riverwood Press. p. 108.
  2. ^ MacDonald, Laurence E. (2 May 2013). The Invisible Art of Film Music: A Comprehensive History. Scarecrow Press. p. 144. ISBN 978-0-8108-8398-7.
  3. ^ a b "Invitation". Jazzstandards.com. Retrieved 11 August 2015.
  4. ^ a b Morgen, Howard (1999-10-01). Howard Morgen's Solo Guitar: Insights, Arranging Techniques & Classic Jazz Standards. Alfred Music. p. 58. ISBN 978-1-4574-0190-9.
  5. ^ Crossland, Ken; Macfarlane, Malcolm (13 June 2013). Late Life Jazz: The Life and Career of Rosemary Clooney. Oxford University Press, USA. p. 199. ISBN 978-0-19-981147-2.
  6. ^ Giddins, Gary (15 November 2004). Weather Bird : Jazz at the Dawn of Its Second Century: Jazz at the Dawn of Its Second Century. Oxford University Press, USA. p. 125. ISBN 978-0-19-534816-3.
  7. ^ Alfred Publishing Staff (2004). Jazz guitar standards: chord melody solos. Mel Bay Publications. p. 72. ISBN 978-0-7866-7024-6.
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