Jacob Collier canta Misty

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Eis a menos canónica das interpretações de Misty, o tema lendário do pianista Errol Garner, com letra de Johnny Burke. Mas quem disse que faz sentido esperar que os standards do jazz reapareçam... canonicamente? Eis o cantor, compositor, multi-instrumentista britânico Jacob Collier, há dias no Newport Jazz Festival — sem esquecer que Garner estreou Misty, há 70 anos, no Newport 1955.

Look at me, I'm as helpless as a kitten up a tree
And I feel like I'm clinging to a cloud, I can't understand
I get misty, just holding your hand
Walk my way, and a thousand violins begin to play
Or it might be the sound of your hello, that music I hear
I get misty, the moment you're near
You can say that you're leading me on
But it's just what I want you to do
Don't you notice how hopelessly I'm lost
That's why I'm following you
On my own, would I wander through this wonderland alone
Never knowing my right foot from my left, my hat from my glove
I'm too misty, and too much in love