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natashavc:

Maybe it’s the tinny quality of the recording that makes this particular Gershwin jam more exotic. Or because Billie manages to understate the super sentimentality of the song by not dragging out any notes. Also the orchestration is stripped down to mostly a piano and lovely clarinet playing. It’s all waltzy instead of jazzy. I just love it.

So much like Chet Baker’s My Funny Valentine or Stan Getz’ Night and Day. Billie’s version, for me, is definitive.