Nobody Else But Me

"Nobody Else But Me", sometimes called "Nobody Else But You", is a 1946 jazz standard composed by Jerome Kern with lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II for the 1946 Broadway revival of the musical Showboat.[1] The record, played in the key of E flat major, was originally "aimed at the light "cocktail jazz" market.[2] It was recorded by guitarist Joe Pass for his album Simplicity. The Best of Joe Pass by Wolf Marshall describes Pass's playing as follows: "Pass treats Nobody Else But You [Me] as would a jazz wind player, confining his statements to elegant single-note lines. In the head, he plays with the melody, embellishing the basic theme from his opening notes with a variety of rhythmic variations, short bop and swing licks, myriad phrasing nuances."[2] Saturday Review said, "The cool melancholy of Pass's guitar has its charm, but it is a relict when the temperature rises a little and the musicians swing out on "Nobody Else But Me." "[3][4][5]

References

  1. ↑ "Nobody Else But Me". Jazz Standards.com. Retrieved 11 February 2012.
  2. 1 2 The Best of Joe Pass. Hal Leonard Publishing Corporation. Jan 2004. ISBN 0-634-05194-6.
  3. ↑ Saturday review. Saturday Review Associates. 1967. p. 76. Retrieved 11 February 2012.
  4. ↑ Billboard - 23 Mar 1946 Selections run the gamut from "Or Man River" to "Make Believe," adding Kern's new song, "Nobody Else But You," .
  5. ↑ Gramophone - Volume 72, Issues 853-856 - Page 114 1994 Surely, too, this is not the "first complete recording of the published 1946 version" as TER claim. The single most distinguishing feature of the 1 946 version is the song "Nobody else but you", which Kern wrote specially for the revival just before his untimely death, but which is missing from this recording.


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