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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.
Strangers In The Night
Beegie Adair Lyrics
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Exchanging glances
Wandering the night,
What were the chances
We'd be sharing love
Before the night was through
Something in your eyes
Something in your smile
Was so exciting
Something in my heart
Told me I must have you
Strangers in the night
Two lonely people
We were strangers in the night
Up to the moment
When we said our first hello
Little did we know
Love was just a glance away
A warm embracing dance away
And ever since that night
We've been together
Lovers at first sight
In love forever
It turned out so right
Strangers in the night
Two lonely people
We were strangers in the night
Up to the moment
When we said our first hello
Little did we know
Love was just a glance away
A warm embracing dance away
For strangers in the night.
The song "Strangers in the Night" by Beegie Adair is a romantic ballad that tells the story of two strangers who meet by chance one night and fall in love. The opening lines of the song refer to the two strangers exchanging glances, which suggests that there is an instant connection between them. They decide to wander the night together, and the lyrics describe how unlikely it was that they would end up sharing love before the night was through.
The second verse of the song speaks to the physical attraction these two strangers had for each other. The lyrics describe something in the woman's eyes that was inviting, something in her smile that was exciting, and something in the man's heart that told him he must have her. The chorus repeats the idea that they were both strangers in the night, two lonely people who found each other by chance.
The final verse of the song describes how the two strangers have now become lovers and are together forever. The lyrics suggest that the chance encounter turned out to be just what they needed, and they found love in each other. Overall, the song is a beautiful portrayal of love found unexpectedly, and it shows how even strangers can find a deep connection through chance encounters.
Line by Line Meaning
Strangers in the night,
Two unknown people who have just met at night,
Exchanging glances
Looking at each other briefly without saying anything,
Wandering the night,
Roaming aimlessly through the dark and quiet surroundings,
What were the chances
What was the likelihood of us meeting each other tonight,
We'd be sharing love
We end up loving each other before the night ends,
Before the night was through
Before this night ends,
Something in your eyes
Your eyes suggested something to me,
Was so inviting
Made me feel welcome and attracted to you,
Something in your smile
Your smile conveyed something to me,
Was so exciting
Made me feel thrilled and captivated by you,
Something in my heart
I felt something in my emotions,
Told me I must have you
My feelings urged me to have you,
Two lonely people
Two individuals in solitude and without company,
Up to the moment
Until the point in time,
When we said our first hello
When we exchanged our first greeting,
Little did we know
We were unaware at that time,
Love was just a glance away
Our love was just a quick look or moment away,
A warm embracing dance away
A close, warm hug or dance together was close at hand,
And ever since that night
From that time and henceforth,
We've been together
We have been a couple ever since that time,
Lovers at first sight
We fell in love with each other at first sight,
In love forever
Our love has lasted through time and forever,
It turned out so right
Our love has been successful and happy,
For strangers in the night.
For two strangers who met at night.
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Universal Music Publishing Group, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Songtrust Ave, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd., Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: Bert Kaempfert, Charles Singleton, Eddie Snyder
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