NRR Project: “My Funny Valentine”
Composed by Richard Rodgers; lyrics by Larry Hart
Performed by the Gerry Mulligan Quartet featuring Chet
Baker
Recorded May 20, 1953
5:18
Another selection I know little about. Read Jeroen de Valk’s superior essay on this piece and Chet Baker here at the National Recording Registry.
It’s a slow-burning, gut-wrenching take on this famous melody. Baker’s dark energy infuses the recording with yearning, aided by Mulligan’s artful contributions.
The National Recording Registry Project tracks one writer’s expedition through all the recordings in the National Recording Registry in chronological order. Next time: the 1953 Maria Callas ‘Tosca’.
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