Look at me, I’m as helpless as a kitten up a tree
And I feel like I’m clinging to a cloud
I can’t understand, I get misty just holding your hand
Walk my way and a thousand violins begin to play
Or it might be the sound of your hello
That music I hear, I get misty the moment you’re near
You can say that you’re leading me on But it’s just what I want you to do Don’t you notice how hopelessly I’m lost?
That’s why I’m following you
On my own, would I wander through this wonderland alone?
Never knowing my right foot from my left
My hat from my glove, I’m too misty and too much in love
Oh yes, I’m in, oh, what a feeling
Oh, you can say that you’re leading me on But it’s just want I want you to do Don’t you notice I’m hopelessly so lost?
Thats why I’m following you
On my own, would I wander through this wonderland alone?
Never knowing my right foot from my left
My hat from my glove, I’m too misty and too much in love
I’m too misty, too misty and too much in love
I’m too misty, too much in love
If that’s possible, I don’t know
When I was 14, my mother bought me Andre Previn and Oscar Peterson albums, then I was hooked on jazz piano. Then followed Erroll and Bill Evans. I have played "Misty" on the piano since I was about 10 years old, about 60 years! "Misty" is one of the greatest love ballads of all time!
At my family's Bar and Restaurant in NYC he was playing in our bar, I sat at the bar listening, sometimes hiding behind the jukebox because I was not allowed in, he played a few nights a week for years and I didnt know what I was hearing...I play Jazz guitar now and boy do I know how lucky I was
Erroll Garner is the King of improvisation, composing, uttering, executing , arranging anything without previous preparation and without the ability to read music. Total genius. RIP
How is this man not more worldly recognized. He has such a beautiful and unique style in approaching jazz piano with his left hand swinging rhythm section accompanied by the right hand octave melody lines. Erroll was living proof that jazz is one of the greatest art forms. This video deserves 7 billion views.
An elderly friend told me of her husband who played the piano in Madison square gardens during the war, whilst playing Misty a gentleman stood behind him listening, when finished the gentleman complemented him on his playing in his words 'never have I heard this song played so perfect with such feeling' he thanked the gentleman and asked his name ? the gentleman replied .... Erroll Garner I wrote it sir ! :)
I heard a story that someone criticized Erroll because of his inability to read music.
He responded by saying,"No one comes to watch me read."
Thanks for posting.