“WHEN DID YOU LEAVE HEAVEN?”: MEL POWELL and DICK HYMAN AT THE KEYBOARD (Floating Jazz Festival, October 23, 1986) | JAZZ LIVES
In my courting days, whether through timidity or discernment, I never cultivated a pickup line. But this song is endearing, simultaneously sweet and hip ("Where did you park your wings?"). Here's Tony Martin, from the film, so you can hear Bullock's clever lyrics: https://youtu.be/gdptKMMHplc?si=1DQBdEQbFqKJGgcp Louis, irresistibly (that opening trumpet chorus is divine): https://youtu.be/i1wkFqct_Lc?si=h3fbICRT0RNWYYNG Mel Powell,…
