To help satisfy her growing interest in jazz, Valerie also studied jazz voice and piano with Jerome Gray on the weekends. The first jazz records that she discovered were Thelonious Monk's ''Brilliant Corners'', Dexter Gordon's ''Our Man in Paris'' and Miles Davis' ''Kind of Blue'' and the soundtrack to the movie '''Round Midnight''. Valerie was hooked on Jazz. She soon discovered many other great jazz records. During her sophomore year, she auditioned for the Berklee College of Music in Boston, and won a vocal jazz scholarship, but decided to complete her liberal arts education at the University of Puget Sound.
After graduating, she moved to Seattle which had a more vibrant music scene. She worked full time during the day at an exporting company and freelanced as a musician by night. She played in solo, duo, trio and quartet formats and played in Jay Thomas's big band as a piano player for four years.
In 2002, Valerie recorded "Reverie", with Seattle area musicians Jay Thomas, Milo Petersen, Joshua Wolff, Paul Gabrielson, and Phil Sparks, under her own label VJI Music, a project that featured four of her original compositions and modern renditions of classic standards. In 2003 Valerie also recorded a world jazz music project that was produced by Michael Wolff, which featured Badal Roy on tablas, Victor Jones on drums, John B. Williams and Mike Richmond on bass and Alex Foster and Dan Jordan on saxophones and flute. In 2004, a radio personality in Puerto Rico read a cd review of Reverie (Jazz Improv Magazine) and contacted musician Carlos Franzetti, who introduced her to Chesky Records in New York. Valerie was signed to Chesky records in October of 2004, and recorded New York Blue, her first album for Chesky in June of 2005, with musicians Andy Ezrin, Gene Jackson, Tim Lefevre, Jon Hebert and Lawrence Feldman. The album was released in Italy, Germany, Japan in other Asian countries in January of 2006. The record has been released in the United States in April of 2006.
FEVER
Valerie Joyce Lyrics
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Never know how much I care
When you put your arms around me
I get a fever that's so hard to bear
You give me fever
When you kiss me
Fever when you hold me tight
Fever all through the night
Sun lights up the daytime
And moon lights up the night
I light up when you call my name
And you know I'm gonna treat you right
You give me fever
When you kiss me
Fever when you hold me tight
Fever, in the morning
And fever all through the night
Everybody's got the fever
That is something you all know
Fever isn't such a new thing
Fever started long ago
Romeo loved Juliette
Juliette she felt the same
When he put his arms around her
He said, Julie, Baby
You're my flame
Thou giveth fever
When we kisseth
Fever with thy flaming youth
Fever, I'm afire
Fever, yeah, I burn, forsooth
Cap'in Smith and Pocahontas
Had a very mad affair
When her daddy tried to kill him
She said, Daddy
Oh, don't you dare
He gives me fever
With his kisses
Fever when he holds me tight
Fever, I'm his misses
So Daddy, Won't you treat him right
Now you've listened to my story
Here's the point that I have made
Chicks were born to give you fever
Be it Fahrenheit or Centigrade
They give you fever
When you kiss them
Fever if you live and learn
Fever, 'till you sizzle
What a lovely way to burn
What a lovely way to burn
What a lovely way to burn
What a lovely way to burn
The song "Fever" by Valerie Joyce is a classic love song that expresses the overwhelming feelings of love and passion that the singer feels when their partner touches them. The lyrics convey the idea that the singer's love is so intense that it causes them to become feverish when their partner is near.
The first stanza sets the tone for the song, with the singer expressing their love and how much they care for their partner. The second stanza describes how their partner's touch makes them feel, and the chorus emphasizes how intense their feelings are. The third stanza takes a historical turn, referencing famous lovers who have experienced feverish love in the past. The final stanza brings the focus back to the singer's own experience and underscores the idea that love can cause intense feelings that cannot be easily dismissed.
Overall, "Fever" is a song that speaks to the power of love and passion, and how it can make us feel both intensely alive and vulnerable at the same time.
Line by Line Meaning
Never know how much I love you
I never fully realize the depth of my love for you
Never know how much I care
I never fully realize the extent of my care for you
When you put your arms around me
I get a fever that's so hard to bear
When you embrace me tightly, it ignites a passionate desire within me that is difficult to handle
You give me fever
When you kiss me
Fever when you hold me tight
Fever, in the morning
Fever all through the night
Your affectionate gestures towards me evoke a powerful feeling of desire and excitement that lasts all day and night
Sun lights up the daytime
The sun illuminates the day
And moon lights up the night
The moon illuminates the night
I light up when you call my name
And you know I'm gonna treat you right
I become filled with joy when you address me and I promise to be kind to you
Everybody's got the fever
That is something you all know
Fever isn't such a new thing
Fever started long ago
Everyone experiences an intense feeling of excitement at some point in their lives and this is not a recent occurrence but dates back to ancient times
Romeo loved Juliette
Juliette she felt the same
When he put his arms around her
He said, Julie, Baby
You're my flame
Romeo dearly loved Juliette and she reciprocated the same feelings; when he held her tight, he declared that she was the source of his intense passion
Thou giveth fever
When we kisseth
Fever with thy flaming youth
Fever, I'm afire
Fever, yeah, I burn, forsooth
You ignite a fiery excitement within me when we kiss due to your youthful and passionate energy; I become inflamed and consumed by my passion for you
Cap'in Smith and Pocahontas
Had a very mad affair
When her daddy tried to kill him
She said, Daddy
Oh, don't you dare
Captain Smith and Pocahontas had a wild and intense romance and when her father attempted to murder him, she protested and defended her lover's life
He gives me fever
With his kisses
Fever when he holds me tight
Fever, I'm his misses
So Daddy, Won't you treat him right
My lover inflames my passion with his kisses and embraces; I belong to him and I implore my father to treat him kindly
Now you've listened to my story
Here's the point that I have made
Chicks were born to give you fever
Be it Fahrenheit or Centigrade
After hearing my tale, the message is clear that women were designed to spark intense feelings of desire regardless of the degree of temperature
They give you fever
When you kiss them
Fever if you live and learn
Fever, 'till you sizzle
What a lovely way to burn
What a lovely way to burn
What a lovely way to burn
What a lovely way to burn
Women create an intense and irresistible fire of passion within you when you kiss them; you continue to blaze with passion as you live and learn more about love and desire, until you're so aflame it's a beautiful sensation
Writer(s): John Davenport, Eddie J. Cooley
Contributed by Adalyn D. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
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Suena muy el "Fever" que nos dejaba la cantante Valerie Joyce (@vjimusic) junto al piano de Andy Ezrin (@andyezrin) en su segundo álbum en solitario, "New York Blue" de 2005. Compuesta en 1956 por Eddie Cooley y Otis Blackwell para el cantante Little Willie John, es la versión de Peggy Lee editada en 1959 la que alcanzó mayor popularidad, su versión incluyó algunos famosos cambios en la letra por parte de la propia Lee, "Romeo loved Juliet" y "Captain Smith and Pocahontas" son cosecha de la cantante, y forman parte de todos los cover que se han hecho después. #SmoothVocals