Lush Life by Frank Sinatra Piano Solo - Digital Sheet Music
By Frank Sinatra"Lush Life" is a jazz standard that was written by Billy Strayhorn in 1936. It was performed publicly for the first time by Strayhorn and vocalist Kay Davis with the Duke Ellington Orchestra at Carnegie Hall on November 13, 1948.The song was written in the key of D-flat major. The melody is over relatively complex chord changes, compared with many jazz standards, with chromatic movement and modulations that evoke a dreamlike state and the dissolute spirit characteristic of the "lush life." The song's verse is 32 bars long, and its chorus is 24 bars.
Details
Summary
- Format:
- Score
- Item types:
- Digital
- Level:
- Intermediate
- Artist:
- Frank Sinatra
- Usages:
- School and Community
- Number of Pages:
- 5
Detailed Description
SKU: A0.1595239
By Frank Sinatra. By Billy Strayhorn. Arranged by Will Rowsell. This edition: pdf. Jazz. Score. 5 pages. Will Rowsell #1166278. Published by Will Rowsell (A0.1595239)."Lush Life" is a jazz standard that was written by Billy Strayhorn in 1936. It was performed publicly for the first time by Strayhorn and vocalist Kay Davis with the Duke Ellington Orchestra at Carnegie Hall on November 13, 1948.
The song was written in the key of D-flat major. The melody is over relatively complex chord changes, compared with many jazz standards, with chromatic movement and modulations that evoke a dreamlike state and the dissolute spirit characteristic of the "lush life." The song's verse is 32 bars long, and its chorus is 24 bars.
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