Once in a while a musician comes along with impecca… Read Full Bio ↴Beegie Adair Bio
Once in a while a musician comes along with impeccable technique, deep understanding of the jazz repertoire, an innate tendency to swing and the rare ability to communicate the heart and soul of a tune to listeners. That musician is Beegie Adair.
About her music Adair says, “Falling in love with jazz is like falling in love with a person, except with jazz you never get over it.” About Beegie (say B-G) Adair, what do others say?
Jazz great Helen Merrill salutes her “inventive jazz sense, her wonderful sense of time and improvised melody.”
Christopher Louden of Jazz Times magazine says Adair is “an accomplished artist with a delicate touch.”
The Los Angeles Times calls her music “Elegant.”
Entertainment News writes, “Beegie Adair is one of the finest piano players in the world.”
Intrigued? So are thousands of jazz fans, who agree with critics about Adair’s sophisticated and listenable jazz performances, and who have made her recordings among the biggest sellers in the jazz world.
Citing George Shearing, Bill Evans, Oscar Peterson and Erroll Garner among her influences, Adair has recorded 24 CDs, ranging from Cole Porter standards to Frank Sinatra classics to romantic World War II ballads. Her 6-CD Centennial Composers Collection of tunes by Rodgers, Gershwin, Kern, Ellington, Carmichael and Berlin became an instant collectible classic when it was released in 2002.
Kentucky born and raised, Adair lives and records in Nashville – something of a surprise to people who associate the city solely with country music. In fact Nashville lives up to its “Music City” nickname by hosting a vibrant jazz scene, in which she has been a leading light for decades. A sought-after studio musician in her early days there, Adair accompanied such legendary performers as Chet Atkins, Dolly Parton and Johnny Cash – and also worked with Lucille Ball, Dinah Shore, Mama Cass Elliott and Peggy Lee.
Her guests on Improvised Thoughts, Beegie’s radio talk/music show on the local NPR affiliate, included such greats as Tony Bennett, Joe Williams, Marian McPartland, Benny Golson and Helen Merrill. She has guested on McPartland’s Piano Jazz show and has performed with Nat Adderley, Bill Watrous, Lew Tabackin, Terry Clarke, Urbie Green and Jim Ferguson, among many others.
When she’s not in the studio or appearing in clubs and concert halls around the country, Adair wears a variety of hats, from adjunct professor at Vanderbilt University to teacher and mentor at the Nashville Jazz Workshop. Recently she co-wrote and scored an innovative theatrical production, Betsy, which in April 2006 premiered off-Broadway in New York.
She has recorded eight projects for Village Square Records in Nashville; her most recent CDs are Sentimental Journey, a popular collection of World War II-era songs, and a solo piano recording, Quiet Romance.
She performs solo and with the Beegie Adair Trio, whose members include drummer Chris Brown, a veteran of the Maynard Ferguson ensemble, and bassist Roger Spencer, who has played with the Les Brown Band, Ray Conniff, the Page Cavanaugh Trio and Pete Jolly. They are, she says, “my main guys. They’re so tuned into the way I visualize music that it’s effortless to play with them.”
In clubs and concert venues from Los Angeles to New York, Beegie and her “main guys” win kudos from audiences and critics alike who appreciate her unique take on classic jazz. She fell in love with the music a long time ago, and indeed she’s never gotten over it -- a love affair the jazz world is much the better for.
At Last
Beegie Adair Lyrics
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my lonely days are over, and life is like a song
At last,the skies above are blue
My heart was wrapped in clover
Every since the night I looked at you
And I found a dream that I could speak to
A dream to call my own
A thrill I'd never known
When you smiled, and then the spell was cast
And here we are in Heaven, I found my love at last
I found a dream that I could speak to,
A dream to call my own
I found a thrill to press my cheek to
A thrill like I had never known
You smiled, when you smiled at me that was how the spell was cast
And here we are in Heaven
I found my love at last
"At Last" by Beegie Adair is a beautiful love song that speaks about finally finding love after a long and lonely search. The song is about a person who has been waiting for a long time to find true love and finally meets someone who makes their heart sing with joy. The first verse talks about how the person's lonely days are over and how life now feels like a song with their love by their side. The skies above are blue, and their heart that was once wrapped in clover is now open and ready for love. This feeling of joy and contentment is what they have been waiting for, and it has finally arrived.
In the second verse, the singer talks about finding a dream that they could speak to and call their own. This dream has become a reality since they have found someone to love. They have also found a thrill that they had never known before. When the person they love smiles at them, they feel as though the spell has been cast, and they are in Heaven. The last line of the song expresses their happiness and gratitude, as they say they have found their love at last.
Overall, "At Last" by Beegie Adair is a love song that celebrates the arrival of true love after a long wait. The lyrics are powerful and evoke a sense of joy and contentment that comes with finding someone you love.
Line by Line Meaning
At last, my love has come along
Finally, the person I love has entered my life
My lonely days are over, and life is like a song
Now that I have found love, I no longer feel alone and life is joyous
At last, the skies above are blue
My life feels bright and optimistic now that I have found love
My heart was wrapped in clover, every since the night I looked at you
My heart has been consumed by love since we first met
I found a dream that I could speak to, a dream to call my own
Finding love has made me feel like I have discovered a personal dream that I can share with someone else
I found a thrill to press my cheek to, a thrill I'd never known
Being in love has given me a sense of excitement and joy I have never experienced before
When you smiled, and then the spell was cast
Your smile had a powerful effect on me and cast a spell of love over me
And here we are in Heaven, I found my love at last
Now that we are together, our love has taken us to a blissful state of happiness that feels like Heaven
Lyrics © Peermusic Publishing, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Written by: Harry Warren, Mack Gordon
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