Lush Life (unreleased)-Johnny Hartman live in 1983

[williedynamyte]

Johnny Hartman's Lush life is clearly the definitive version of this song.

[uptempo]

What a great privilege to have shared the same planet as Johnny Hartman and Billy Strayhorn.

[peterlyonshall]

Mesmerizing any time I hear him. Stops me dead in my tracks.

[lizzitrumbore]

goddamn! his stance and delivery! so poised and causal. oh and his voice is like being wrapped in a huge warm fluffy blanket but that goes without saying, because it's johnny hartman.

[basilshahid]

The Incomparable Heavenly Voice of J.H.
There'll never be another!!!

[ferrantepallas]

what magnificent phrasing, what a feel for this complex song ... breathtaking

[skiddoo]

GREAT! Too bad the video is mostly lost, but at least we have the music all the way through.

What an artist - thanks for sharing.

[ericholck]

Easy to see why he was Ella's favorite singer. What a voice!

[Lottiemoon]

Holy cow! I love him, but those 4 people that clicked the thumbs down have no clue! Pure musicallity!

[Daniel-lhdp]

Wow, the piano is devastating on this recording

[rickybatana]

La sua voce porta dentro di se la storia di un popolo che grazie alla sua voglia di esistere ha fatto enormi sacrifici aiutato dalla fede.

[francosavadori]

Nothing to add. This video speaks by itself.

[DiamondWolfZero]

That he's holding himself is kinda beautiful.

[onlydaystogo]

His voice just became better with age.

[jadezee]

of course Johnnys album with Coltrane...is a landmark achievement....containing this billy about love lost..and finding diversions in the same old sad places....when Billy was still in his the lyrics to understand what i

[yellowkidfortynine]

Thanks for posting this, I hadn't heard it. Hartmann was a master. By the by, Strayhorn was only 19 when he wrote this, seems impossible.

[jadezee]

Sinatra attempted this song and did a fine job...as the surviving bootleg shows...i hope you guys have heard it....but he decided not to go into it....at the time and sadly...left it out for good...like he did to so many great songs....why..no one will ever know...of course you cant record them all..but the junk he was recording..after 62...with a few exceptions...could have been songs like Lush Life....

[trump]

That fucking bass with that 1980s pick-up messed up something that was going beautifully otherwise!

[mcragwe]

I can do a pretty decent job myself with this song…..actually 2 ways…. This and Nat King Cole’s version….😎