Carmen McRae: The Midnight Sun 1955

 Con dos directores y arreglistas, Carmen McCrae nos dejó unas vibrantes y elegantes interpretaciones en el disco Torchy!, grabado en 1955. Una voz madura, una interpretación ajustada y llena de estilo, hizo que temas como este The Midnight Sun. Los magníficos arreglos que escuchamos en este tema son de Ralph Burns, ganador de un Oscar por la música de Cabaret. La composición inicial, de 1947, no tenía letra, era un instrumental del vibrafonista Lionel Hampton y de Sonny Burke. Johnny Mercer la escuchó y creo una letra preciosa en 1954. Un año después la cantaría McRae. Versiones tenemos de Ella Fitzgerald o June Christy, que hicieron de ella grandes interpretaciones. Tuvo destino doble, cantada y como instrumental. ¡Disfrútalo!

The Midnight Sun (L. Hampton, S. Burke & J. Mercer)

Your lips were like a red and Ruby chalice
Warmer than the summer night
The clouds were like an alabaster palace
Rising to a snowy height
Each star its own Aurora Borealis
Suddenly you held me tight
I could see the midnight sun

I can't explain the silver rain that found me
Or was that a moonlit vale?
The music of the universe around me
Or was that a nightingale?

And then your arms miraculously found me
Suddenly the sky turned pale
I could see the midnight sun
Was there such a night?
It's a thrill I still don't quite believe
But after you were gone
There was still some stardust on my sleeve

The flame of it made dwindle to an ember
And the stars forget to shine
And we may see the meadow in December
Icy white and crystalline
But oh my darling, always I'll remember
When your lips were close to mine
And we saw the midnight sun

Fuente: Musixmatch