Jazz standards - Days of Wine and Roses
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Days of Wine and Roses song, composed by Henry Mancini with lyrics by Johnny Mercer was used as theme song for 1962 movie of the same name, starring by Jack Lemmon and Lee Remick. Mancini and Mercer received the Academy Award for Best Original Song fo it.
Best known recording of the song was by Billy Eckstine and Andy Williams. Other famous singers who performed the song include Shirley Bassey, Frank Sinatra, Perry Como, Ella Fitsgerald and Tnny Bennett. Days of Wine and Roses became jazz standard since it was recorded by finest jazz guitarist Wes Montgomery, Lenny Breau and Joe Pass.
In video you can admire the song performed by renown Broazilian jazz guitarist Romero Lubambo and Nelson Faria.