Days of Wine and Roses (song)

Days of Wine and Roses is a song by Henry Mancini from 1962 with lyrics by Johnny Mercer.

Mancini and Mercer wrote the title for the eponymous film, which they received the 1963 Academy Award. Popular Song in 1963 by the versions by Andy Williams, Perry Como and then by the composer Henry Mancini was itself

The composition is " built up, and the tonality is prevalent in major;. Harmony sequence corresponds largely to the song East of the Sun ( and West of the Moon ) The line of text " in the form AB'AB days of wine and roses " comes from the poem Vitae Summa Brevis by the English poet Ernest Dowson (1867-1900):

Mancini composition was soon recorded by jazz musicians who could contribute to the Easy Listening format so what was favored in the first half of the 1960s by the producers. The song quickly became popular with guitarists; played as Barney Kessel, Laurindo Almeida, Joe Pass and Wes Montgomery's versions.

More instrumental interpretations of the title by Bill Evans, Oscar Peterson, Bill Frisell, Bireli Lagrene or have helped that he became a jazz standard. The Standards Trio of Keith Jarrett took him in 1995 at his live performances at the Blue Note.