My Funny Valentine

My Funny Valentine by thesongproject

The Story

My Funny Valentine “My Funny Valentine” is a show tune from the 1937 Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart musical Babes in Arms. It is now a jazz standard, appearing on over 1300 albums performed by over 600 artists. Make that 602 artists now! From Roy Hargrove, Chet Baker, to Miles Davis this is arguably a trumpeters tune to croon and we really enjoyed putting our voices on it.

thoughts::Mark

We originally created this recording for a cobranded experience with O’Brien Estate Wineries out of Napa California. The piece is so hauntingly beautiful and rich, we felt it deserved another opportunity to be heard within the context of our ongoing Song Project. The blending and intimate connection of the guitar and flugelhorn are undeniable and the colors and mood it creates are impassioned. I hope you dig the nuances and the flavors of this, our “My Funny Valentine”. I suggest playing it through warm sounding speakers, with candle-light and a glass of red wine.

thoughts::dlb

I fell in love with this song listening to the famous Miles Davis recording of it and have never let it go. In our version we really just tried to focus on the bare bones melody and its haunting quality. I hope you like it.