Lavender Blue (Dilly Dilly) from "So Dear To My Heart" (Jazz version) - Eliot Daniel & Larry Morey

#med (Music.Every.Day)
Day 321 of my daily video posting project. I have been working on this project since November 2023--learning and posting a video of new piano music every day!
This video is a moderately slow swing version of "Lavender Blue (Dilly Dilly)" from "So Dear To My Heart". The music was written by Eliot Daniel and the words were written by Larry Morey. This jazz arrangement can be found in Jazz Piano Solos Volume 51: Disney Favorites.
The music for Lavender Blue was also featured in one of the live action movies of Cinderella (2015) starring Lily James. This slow swing version has lots of parallel seventh chords in the right hand which are tricky when strung together. (I was grateful that the tempo was given as moderately slow!) The rhythm has a nice lilt to it that gives a nod to it's "folk-tune-like" origins.
Tune in tomorrow for more of my #music.every.day experiment!

[@DavidMiller-bp7et]

I was wondering how such an arrangement of Lavender Blue would sound like. This one dresses the original quite a bit; makes it more appealing. I like the version and the way you presented it. I like the way you move your whole hand/position to get to the chord. Nice. Thank you. Nice last chord sequence and the finale chord, far out there. Yeah!

[@elenafortinmusic]

Thanks! A lot of these jazz arrangements, when I first play it, make me wonder if they are getting pushed too far. But the more I play it, the more I like it.

[@ed4d195]

This just has such a fun ragtime feel to it even though it is jazz. It makes me happy to listen to it. ❤

[@elenafortinmusic]

I like how most of the jazz I've been playing has been upbeat. I'm all for cheerful music!

[@tiaemi9867]

Wonderful 🎶❣️👏👏

[@elenafortinmusic]

Obrigada Tiaemi!