New JGT Lesson, Davy Mooney Explores Hoagy Carmichael’s Classic Tune, “Skylark”

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Mooney explores Hoagy Carmichael’s classic tune “Skylark,” and pays special attention to the versions on…

…”Hoagy Sings Carmichael,” “Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Johnny Mercer Songbook,” and the Chris Cheek masterpiece “I Wish I Knew.” He then improvises two choruses with a straight-8ths, ECM-ish backing track.

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