Скачать или смотреть It Might As Well Be Spring (from "State Fair") - Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II

#med (Music.Every.Day)

Day 320 of my daily video posting project. I have been working on this project since November 2023--learning and posting a video of new piano music every day!

This video is a lush jazz arrangement of "It Might As Well Be Spring" from the musical "State Fair". The music was written by Richard Rodgers and the lyrics were written by Oscar Hammerstein II. This jazz arrangement can be found in Jazz Piano Solos: Late Night Jazz from Hal Leonard.

This arrangement is so full and rich. It's not hard to imagine that the original came from a musical. Rodgers and Hammerstein were really good at writing soaring melodies and lyrics that would show off what a character was thinking and feeling at a particular moment in time.

The jazz harmonies add a complexity to this tune, and I think the style also adds a little bit of wistfulness! I enjoyed learning this arrangement very much!

Tune in tomorrow for more of my #music.every.day experiment!