Is You Is, Or Is You Ain’t (Ma’ Baby) – Diana Krall

“Is You Is Or Is You Ain’t My Baby ” is a 1944 Louis Jordan song, released as the B-side of a single with “G.I. Jive”. “Is You Is or Is You Ain’t My Baby” reached #1 on the US folk/country charts. The Louis Jordan recording also peaked at number two for three weeks on the pop chart and peaked at number three on the R&B charts. This would be Jordan’s second and last country chart No. 1, and the last No. 1 country chart topper for an African American artist until Charley Pride scored his first No.1, All I Have to Offer You (Is Me) in August 9, 1969.It was co-written by Jordan and Billy Austin. Austin (March 6, 1896 _ July 24, 1964) was a songwriter and author, born in Denver, Colorado.

The phrase “Is you is or is you ain’t” is dialect, apparently first recorded in a 1921 story by Octavus Roy Cohen, a Jewish writer from South Carolina who wrote humorous black dialect fiction. Glenn Miller recorded this song on a radio broadcast from Europe during World War II.Cover versions The tune has become something of a jazz standard with versions recorded by artists including The Andrews Sisters, June Christy, Bing Crosby, Nat “King” Cole, Buster Brown, Glenn Miller, Renee Olstead, Dinah Washington, Woody Herman, Anita O’Day, Joe Williams, B.B. King with Dr. John, Vic Damone, Screamin’ Jay Hawkins, Diana Krall, Joe Jackson and Emilie-Claire Barlow. There was also a cover of this on Tom and Jerry, sung by Ira Woods as Tom Cat in Solid Serenade (1946) on the cello.A version by the JB Jazz and Blues Band featured prominently in the closing scenes of the final episode of the first series of Spaced by Simon Pegg and Jessica Hynes in 1999.A remix of the Dinah Washington version by Rae & Christian appeared on the Verve Remixed (2002) album.The song was used in an advert for credit card Access with the words changed to does you do or does you don’t take Access?.

How to Learn The Piano Part

Numero Uno for starting-out soloists is the studying of chords. Print out a list of harmonies to keep as reference next to your piano or invest in a program specifically intended to teach your harmonies and nothing else. The more time you can spend learning chords, the superior you`ll be capable of without difficulty play your favored melodies.