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Darn That Dream

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"Darn That Dream" is a popular song with music by Jimmy Van Heusen and lyrics by Eddie DeLange, published in 1939.

The song was introduced in the Broadway musical Swingin' the Dream.

Recorded versions

  • Benny Goodman and his orchestra (vocal: Mildred Bailey) (1940) - Original Version
  • Blue Barron and his orchestra (vocal: Russ Carlyle) (1940)
  • Tommy Dorsey and his orchestra (vocal: Anita Boyer) (1940)
  • Miles Davis - Birth of the Cool (vocal by Kenny Hagood) (1950)
  • Patti Page - So Many Memories (1953)
  • Chet Baker and Stan Getz - West Coast Live (1954)
  • Clifford Brown and Max Roach - Brown and Roach Incorporated (1954)
  • Gerry Mulligan and Chet Baker - Gerry Mulligan Quartet Featuring Chet Baker (7" EP, 1954)
  • Dinah Washington - Dinah Jams (1954)
  • Tony Bennett - Cloud 7 (1955)
  • Doris Day - Day Dreams (1955)
  • Dexter Gordon - Daddy Plays the Horn (1955), One Flight Up with Chet Baker (1964)
  • Ahmad Jamal - Ahmad Jamal Plays (1955)
  • Thelonious Monk - The Unique Thelonious Monk (1956)
  • Billie Holiday - Body and Soul (1957)
  • Chet Baker - Chet Baker Big Band (1958)
  • Art Farmer - Modern Art (1958)
  • Sarah Vaughan with Count Basie Orchestra - No Count Sarah (1958)
  • Petula Clark - Petula Clark in Hollywood (1959)
  • Bill Evans and Jim Hall - Undercurrent (1962)
  • Ella Fitzgerald and Nelson Riddle - Ella Swings Gently with Nelson (1962)
  • Sathima Bea Benjamin - "A Night In Paris" (rec. 1963, rel. 1996)
  • Nancy Wilson - But Beautiful (1969)
  • Martial Solal - En solo (1971)
  • Cedar Walton, Clifford Jordan a.o. - The Pentagon (1976)
  • Art Pepper and George Cables - Darn That Dream (1982)
  • Andrew Hill - Verona Rag (1987)
  • Jim Hall Trio with Tom Harrell - These Rooms (1988) (duo: Jim Hall & Steve LaSpina)
  • Tom Harrell - Labyrinth (1996)
  • Michael Feinstein - Romance on Film, Romance on Broadway (2000)
  • Quintorigo - In cattività (2003)
  • Dianne Reeves - A Little Moonlight (2003)
  • Royce Campbell - Six by Six: A Jazz Guitar Celebration (2005)
  • Vijay Iyer - Solo (2010)
  • Pearl Django - Système D (2010)

    • References

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