Union Square Park. NYC. By Paul Goldfinger ©. Left click makes it a little bigger.
CHARLIE PARKER (with strings) from the Complete Master Takes album. “April in Paris”
This song was written by Vernon Duke and Yip Harburg (wouldn’t it be great to have a name like “Yip?”) for a Broadway show in 1932 called “Walk a Little Faster.” The Count Basie and his Orchestra version (1955) is the most famous (“one more time; one more once.”) The Basie version also was featured in the Mel Brooks movie “Blazing Saddles” where it is transplanted to the old west. —Paul Goldfinger, music editor @Blogfinger