“But Not For Me.” Music & lyric by George & Ira Gershwin.
Pretty much everybody has taken a stab at this one — AllMusic lists 1,873 occurrences. But none will equal Billie Holiday’s breezy, up-tempo take on a bluesy classic.
Now can anyone tell me who that is on sax? Because, wow.
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It is Ben Webster on tenor saxophone.
Thanks, Don. I lost the liner notes to that double album (er… double CD) ages ago. Webster damn near turned the song into a duet.