“Don’t you love, ‘us?’ My fault I fear…”
While I was searching for the Van Morrison-Chet Baker version displayed above I discovered this live take (below) of Sarah Vaughan doing the same tune. Van and Chet have their moments, particularly Chet’s subtle trumpet emoting under Van’s cooler than usual voice, and their version should have it’s day, but they can’t compare with Sarah, who feels every last, tragic, note of this Sondheim tear-jerker in her 1981 version. I’m also sure that Van the Man and Chet the besotted legend would agree with me when I make such a declaration of Sarah preference.
