I went back to listen to this again. I have to say, it made me go back and look for the music. It contains so much more than the version that I play and that you usually hear in the average jazz club. In those cases, all you usually hear is the main verse (....in that deeeeeep purple....), in fact, I didn't even know what the intro, bridge, etc. even sounded like. All I could find was the usual fake book version, which contained none of the subtlety displayed in Judy's performance (sheet music version). With this tune, there is a tendency to cut out a lot of the good stuff and go straight for the 'red meat'. I'm really glad Gary posted this. It made me listen to it (ALL of it) with new ears and now I'm sure that I'll change my approach to it from the same old tired 'main verse repeated over and over with walking bass line' to (hopefully) something more interesting. To me, this is a positive result of someones posting of a member performance. Any comments I made concerning choice of instrument voicing should not be construed as a (negative) criticism of Judy's performance. In fact, few on Synthzone would be able to match it.

BUT, Diki is still correct, in that if you post a member performance on THIS board (which, let's face it, is comprised mainly of musicians), you ARE going to get comments and opinions about it. It goes with the territory, and to me, that's okay.

chas