On tunes like "Sweet Lorraine," his swing makes the melody painfully evocative; anything but glib, he turns the sentimental into the emotional.
He played, and probably won, by turning in a version of "Sweet Lorraine," performed with a straight mute, in a swing style.
So when I played 'Sweet Lorraine,' I was thinking about Louis Armstrong.
Almost nothing happens in "Sweet Lorraine," which opens today at the 68th Street Playhouse.
Bennett dedicated his recording of "Sweet Lorraine" on the album to Nat "King" Cole, who had died a month before the album's release.
In 1954 he covered "How High the Moon" and "Sweet Lorraine".
These resorts have been the setting for movies such as Dirty Dancing, Sweet Lorraine, and A Walk on the Moon.
"Sweet Lorraine" 3:02 (On 1989 CD release only)
I chose a solo performance of "Sweet Lorraine" that Tatum had made at a private party in Los Angeles in 1955.
Accompanying the visual is Benny Goodman's rendition of "Sweet Lorraine."