There Is No Greater Love
"There Is No Greater Love" is a 1936 jazz standard composed by Isham Jones, with lyrics by Marty Symes. It was the last hit song for Jones's orchestra before the bandleader turned the orchestra over to Woody Herman, beginning the latter's 50-year career as a bandleader.[1]
The song is often played as a ballad – an example of this approach is Dinah Washington's 1954 recording on Dinah Jams. Medium-tempo swing renditions have also been recorded by several artists, including Miles Davis, Gene Ammons, and Sonny Stitt. [2]
Other versions
- Circle – Paris Concert (1971)[3]
- Nat King Cole - The Very Thought of You (1958).[4]
- Bobby Darin - Love Swings (1961).[5]
- Miles Davis – Miles (1955)[3]
- Miles Davis – Four & More (1964)[3]
- Sammy Davis Jr. - I Gotta Right to Swing (1960).[6]
- Duke Ellington – 1936[3]
- Stan Getz and Kenny Barron – People Time (1991)[3]
- Vincent Herring with Wallace Roney and Mulgrew Miller – Simple Pleasure (2001)[3]
- Billie Holiday – 1947[3]
- Isham Jones with Woody Herman – 1936[3]
- Peggy Lee - The Man I Love (1957).[7]
- Patti Page - Patti Page Sings for Romance (1953).[8]
- Sonny Rollins – Way Out West (1957)[3]
- Woody Shaw with Cedar Walton – Setting Standards (1983)[3]
- Dinah Washington – Dinah Jams (1954)[3]
- Aretha Franklin - Yeah!! (Expanded Edition) (1965)[3]
- Amy Winehouse – Frank (2003)[3]
Notes
- ^ Jeremy Wilson: "There Is No Greater Love" overview at jazzstandards.com - retrieved on 19 May 2009
- ^ Noah Baerman: "There Is No Greater Love" analysis at jazzstandards.com - retrieved on 19 May 2009
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m Gioia, Ted (2012). The Jazz Standards: A Guide to the Repertoire. New York City: Oxford University Press. p. 158. ISBN 978-0-19-993739-4.
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See also
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