Dear Old Stockholm ディア・オールド・ストックホルム (by Little Jammer Pro リトルジャマープロ)


By: Little Jammer Pro リトルジャマープロ
Album: Live! Standard Jazz I (LIVE! スタンダード・ジャズ)

song: Dear Old Stockholm ディア・オールド・ストックホルム

About the song:
"Dear Old Stockholm" is a Swedish popular song called "Ack Värmeland, du sköna" or "Värmlandsvisan".

The original Swedish title may be roughly translated as "Oh Värmland, You Lovely" and the song praises the historical province (landskap) Värmland. The lyrics were written by the Värmlandian Anders Fryxell in his musical Vermlandsflickan (The Värmlandian Girl).The song is sung by the young Nicolai Gedda in the 1952 film Eldfågeln.

The song "Dear Old Stockholm" is best known in the English-speaking world for versions by jazz artists such as Stan Getz (in 1951), Miles Davis (in 1952 for Blue Note and 1956 for the album 'Round About Midnight, Paul Chambers (in 1957) and John Coltrane (in 1963).

Click here to see the song performed by Miles Davis
https://youtu.be/tg9xWoZR8c0

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