The Breeze and I

The Breeze and I is a composition by Ernesto Lecuona. It is a wistful song that deals with the pain of a / s Forsaken.

The Breeze and I is based on the piece of Andalucía, which is part of the 1930 incurred piano suite Andalucía ( Suite Española also ) by Ernesto Lecuona is. The Spanish text of Andalucía is by Emilio de Torre, the English text for The Breeze and I wrote Al Stillman in 1940 for Jimmy Dorsey.

The best-known versions of the song are from the Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra ( sung by Bob Eberly ) from the year 1940 and by Caterina Valente in 1955, Valente's version reached # 13 in the U.S. and # 5 in the UK singles chart.

Even in jazz composition was popularized by the Dorsey version and a jazz standard. It was recorded by Gene Ammons, Art Blakey, Sonny Clark, Barry Harris, Coleman Hawkins, Shelly Manne, Wes Montgomery, Joe Pass, Art Pepper, Martin Böttcher with Siegfried Schwab ( guitar), Mantovani, Xavier Cugat, Bert Kaempfert and Jimmy Rowles.