Mam'selle (Jazz cover) -- JAZZ AT LINCOLN CENTER'S FREDERICK P. ROSE HALL

This was shot live on stage at the Mabel Mercer Foundation's Cabaret Convention at Jazz at Lincoln Center's Frederick P. Rose Hall. That's the excellent Steve Doyle on bass & Ray Marchica on drums. MAM'SELLE is by Edmund Goulding & Mack Gordon, & was first heard in the Tyrone Power film THE RAZOR'S EDGE.
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[@hoppinessandinnerpeace2647]

This song cast a spell over me the first time I heard you sing it. Thanks for posting this beautiful performance!

[@EricComstockBarbaraFasano]

How kind of you to say this. It IS a beauty. Thank you for tuning into our channel!

[@tammylakatosshames1939]

Simply spectacular!!! And what a venue!!!

[@EricComstockBarbaraFasano]

Thank you, Tammy. And yes, it's always a thrill to work one of the great halls!

[@laurenceamir3517]

Absolutely delightful ..... M'sieur

[@EricComstockBarbaraFasano]

Merci, ma chérie! We're so happy you're watching the new clips! 🎶

[@elizabethsimmons2672]

Also, Mr. Comstock, my father played a LOT like you. ❤

[@elizabethsimmons2672]

For those of you who love this song….here’s some trivia. My father wrote this song during WW11 when he was a bombardier. He was a Juilliard grad, and sent it to colleagues there. Edmund Goulding (the producer of the 1946 Razor’s Edge movie), was trying to hunt down a theme song, and heard there was this amazing song from a recent grad, and demanded a meeting with my father. He flew to Italy where my dad was stationed, and bought it from him. (My dad needed the money, he had a child on the way). His name was Martin Tuck. He worked for RCA after the war. He had 2 kids, got divorced and married my mother 5 years later and had my brother and I. He was an exceptional man…..kind, funny, an amazing pianist and writer. I was a classical pianist and played with symphonies, and my brother has been a keyboardist and singer for many years. There have been many articles written about my dad, as word did get out. I’m proud to be his daughter, and still floored that so many people keep writing about his song. Even Seth MacFarlane wrote me. And Michael Feinstein (my childhood babysitter) (parents friends with mine) had my dad stand up in Carnegie Hall to say thank you for his start.

[@EricComstockBarbaraFasano]

Thank you for enlightening us, Elizabeth! We always suspected that Mr. Goulding, however talented, did not write that beautiful melody. We’re so glad you found us here. 🎶💗🎶

[@elizabethsimmons2672]

And so kind of you to respond. My brother and I are in the midst of recording my dad's song...(sort of in the light of Nat Cole and Natalie Cole.) It will take a 100 elephants to keep my brother from butchering it up...but I'm loyal to the orginal. We're both singers also...but I intend to make it lovely and classic, to a token to my dad.

[@EricComstockBarbaraFasano]

@@elizabethsimmons2672 That sounds beautiful -- we'd love to hear it when it's done!

[@adrienneknoll8186]

This is lovely!

[@EricComstockBarbaraFasano]

Thank you very much, Adrienne! It’s a truly evocative lyric by Mack Gordon & what a melody!🎶

[@adrienneknoll8186]

One of my favorites (and my first introduction to Andy Williams courtesy of my mom). Wouldn’t a show devoted to the lyrics of Mack Gordon be a wonderful thing?

[@EricComstockBarbaraFasano]

Oh yes! 🎶

[@adrienneknoll8186]

❤

[@andycahill264]

"Wine does, mine does," sigh. Irresistible

[@EricComstockBarbaraFasano]

Agreed. Such a lyric!