Azure
| PROFILE | |
| Composer | Duke Ellington |
| Lyricist | Irving Mills |
| Year Written | 1937 |
| About Azure | |
| In his liner notes for Fifty Years: The Artistry of Tony Bennett, Bennett writes of “Azure” that “the composition of this song is the absolute pinnacle of inventiveness and originality as it relates to the art of music composition.” | |
Lyrics
Drifting, dreaming
In an azure mood
Stardust gleaming
Through my solitude
Here in my seclusion
You’re a blue illusion
While I’m in this azure interlude
I’m not wanted
I’m so all alone
Always haunted
By the dreams I own
But though I’m tormented
I must be contented
Drifting, dreaming
In an azure mood
Drifting, dreaming
In an azure mood
Drifting, dreaming
In an azure mood
Session / Album Information
1999
“Azure” was recorded in May 1999 and released that same year on the album Bennett Sings Ellington: Hot & Cool. It was arranged by Jorge Calandrelli.
This recording released on:
- 1998: Columbia CD: CK 63668 — Bennett Sings Ellington: Hot & Cool
- 2004: Columbia/Legacy CD: C5K 92784 — Fifty Years: The Artistry of Tony Bennett
- 2011: Disc #65 in The Tony Bennett Complete Collection (88697874602-JK63) Bennett Sings Ellington: Hot & Cool
- 2013: Columbia/Legacy – Sixty Years: The Artistry of Tony Bennett