#MyMusicStory

Submitted by: Jane Bunnett (Website)

Shirley Horn - "You Won’t Forget Me". This particular version has the legendary Miles Davis playing on it. It was Miles last recording, and it  is stunning.

I actually first heard Shirley Horn play it in Chicago at Grant Park where the Chicago Jazz fest first started. I was walking across the park...starting front the edge of the street entering the grounds. l  was  playing later in the day. Shirley Horn was doing her soundcheck, it would have been around 3 or 4 pm. l  was in a trance as l started to get closer and closer to what was the most spell inducing sound. So soft. So commanding, and this was just a soundcheck.

I was so blown away by the power fullness and at the same time her understated deliverance of this beautiful  piece. It still sends shivers up my spine when l hear it. She was a gift from the universe for sure.

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Five-time Juno Award winner, Jane Bunnett has turned her bands and recordings into showcases for the finest musical talent from Canada, the US, and Cuba. She has been nominated for three Grammy Awards, received The Order of Canada, The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Medal, and, most recently, The Premier’s Award for Excellence.