Corner Pocket
"Corner Pocket" is a 1955 jazz standard. Versions with lyrics are titled "Until I Met You", or "Until I Met You (Corner Pocket)".
It was composed by Freddie Green, with lyrics by Donald E. Wolf.[1]
Recordings
The song was first popularized in 1957 by Count Basie's instrumental recording for his album April in Paris. A vocalese cover of this performance was released by The Manhattan Transfer for their 1981 album Mecca for Moderns, which would eventually earn them a Grammy Award. (The vocalese lyrics are by Jon Hendricks,[2] although he is not credited on either Mecca for Moderns or Anthology: Down in Birdland.
Harry James recorded a version on his 1976 album The King James Version.
See also
- List of jazz standards
References
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- The Original American Decca Recordings
- The Count!
- Count Basie and the Kansas City 7
- Basie Swingin' Voices Singin'
- Loose Walk
- Basie Jam
- The Bosses
- For the First Time
- Satch and Josh
- Basie & Zoot
- For the Second Time
- Basie Jam 2
- Basie Jam 3
- Kansas City 5
- The Gifted Ones
- Basie Jam: Montreux '77
- Satch and Josh...Again
- Night Rider
- Count Basie Meets Oscar Peterson – The Timekeepers
- Yessir, That's My Baby
- Kansas City 8: Get Together
- Kansas City 7
- Kansas City 6
- Mostly Blues...and Some Others
- "April in Paris"
- "Corner Pocket"
- "Duet"
- "Every Day I Have the Blues"
- "Hey! Jealous Lover"
- "Jumpin' at the Woodside"
- "Lester Leaps In"
- "Li'l Darlin'"
- "One O'Clock Jump"
- Count Basie Orchestra
- Count Basie Theatre
- Paul Robeson Home
- A Classy Pair
- Count Basie Swings, Joe Williams Sings
- Digital III at Montreux
- Ella and Basie!
- A Perfect Match
- Sinatra–Basie: An Historic Musical First
- Sinatra at the Sands
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