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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.
I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart
Beegie Adair Lyrics
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It was the sweetest melody
I know I lost heaven 'cause you were the song
Since you and I have drifted apart
Life doesn't mean a thing to me
Please come back, sweet music, I know I was wrong
You know that we were meant to be more than just friends, just friends
I let a song go out of my heart
Believe me, darlin', when I say
I won't know sweet music until you return some day
I let a song go out of my heart
Believe me, darlin', when I say
I won't know sweet music until you return some day
The lyrics of "I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart" speaks to those who have lost someone special in their lives, specifically a lover or a significant other. The song starts with the singer acknowledging that they have let go of someone they love, and compares it to the feeling of losing an essential tune. The song uses music as a metaphor for the love that has been lost. The singer then admits that since they parted ways, their life has been emptier and directionless. They then request their lover to return and bring the sweet music back into their life, and there is a sense of regret about the way things ended.
In the second verse, the singer wonders if it's too late to reconcile their differences and fix their relationship. There seems to be a suggestion that they had a chance at something more than being "just friends." The recurring refrain that "I won't know sweet music until you return some day" emphasizes the importance of having their loved one back in their life.
Line by Line Meaning
I let a song go out of my heart
I lost the ability to express my feelings and emotions through music
It was the sweetest melody
The song I let go was the most beautiful expression of my innermost thoughts
I know I lost heaven 'cause you were the song
You were the inspiration behind my song, and without you, I lost everything that matters to me
Since you and I have drifted apart
Our relationship has suffered, and we are no longer together like we used to be
Life doesn't mean a thing to me
Without you, my life has lost all its meaning and purpose
Please come back, sweet music, I know I was wrong
I regret my mistake of letting you go and wish that you would return
Am I too late to make amends?
Is it too late for me to apologize and try to make things right?
You know that we were meant to be more than just friends, just friends
I realize now that we had a special connection that was more than just a friendship
Believe me, darlin', when I say
I am sincere and truthful when I tell you
I won't know sweet music until you return some day
My heart and soul are empty without your presence in my life, and I cannot find true happiness and contentment until you come back to me
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Songtrust Ave
Written by: DUKE ELLINGTON, HENRY NEMO, JOHN REDMOND, IRVING MILLS
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