Sweet Lorraine
E539583
"Sweet Lorraine" is a popular jazz standard from the 1930s, best known for its many recordings by prominent swing and jazz artists.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sweet Lorraine canonical | 4 |
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | jazz standard ⓘ |
| composer | Cliff Burwell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| decadeOfPopularization | 1930s ⓘ |
| era | Swing Era NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstPopularizedBy |
Isham Jones and his orchestra
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Rudy Vallee NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
jazz
ⓘ
swing ⓘ |
| hasChordProgressionCharacteristic |
functional harmony
ⓘ
use of secondary dominants ⓘ |
| hasCulturalRole |
jazz standard of the 1930s
ⓘ
popular song in American popular music history ⓘ |
| hasForm |
32-bar song form
ⓘ
AABA form ⓘ |
| hasInstrumentalVersion | yes ⓘ |
| hasVocalVersion | yes ⓘ |
| influenced | later jazz ballads ⓘ |
| isFrequentlyPerformedAs |
piano feature
ⓘ
vocal feature ⓘ |
| isIncludedIn | many jazz fake books ⓘ |
| isRecordedOn | numerous 78 rpm records ⓘ |
| isStandardIn |
Great American Songbook
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
jazz repertoire ⓘ |
| key | B-flat major ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| lyricist | Mitchell Parish NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableRecordingBy |
Art Tatum
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Benny Goodman NERFINISHED ⓘ Charlie Parker NERFINISHED ⓘ Duke Ellington NERFINISHED ⓘ Ella Fitzgerald NERFINISHED ⓘ Frank Sinatra NERFINISHED ⓘ King Cole Trio NERFINISHED ⓘ Nat King Cole NERFINISHED ⓘ Thelonious Monk NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| performancePractice |
commonly used for improvisation practice
ⓘ
often reharmonized by jazz musicians ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1928 ⓘ |
| style | ballad ⓘ |
| subjectMatter | romantic love ⓘ |
| tempo | medium tempo ⓘ |
| titleCharacter | Lorraine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.