The Nearness Of You

Today, the temperature outside is 102 degrees f with 90 percent humidity and a code red air pollution alert - not good for old fogies with bad lungs.

This song, for some strange reason, has come out of the cobwebs of my aging brain. Not sure about the chords, it's just what comes out of my head. I had to hook up the supplemental oxygen line in the office, take a couple whiffs of the rescue inhaler, and I still think I struggled to record this song.

I used the PSR-S950's onboard recorder, an onboard jazz style, A variation, the right hand piano has a vibes overlay and duo harmony, which I believe gives it more body. The mic used, a Sennheiser E855. fires through the Harmony M vocal processor, then into the keyboard's mic/line input.

The onboard recorder's input level is lowered to 70, thereby eliminating any chance of distortion from overdriving the recorder. Once recorded, I then run the .wav file through Audacity to normalize the level and convert it to an MP3 before posting.

Here's an old fogies rendition of The Nearness Of You using a musical instrument that some folks believe will soon be obsolete.

All the best,

Gary

Gary great job love the "Shearing" Piano....
Thanx for sharing... :cool2

Probably why it was stuck in my head, Donny. Thanks for the compliments.

Gary

Another old goats version

http://francarango.homestead.com/Nearness_of_you.mp3

What a great old standard. That’s definitely one I need to learn. Thanks Gary and Fran for sharing your renditions with us.

Good one Fran - one of your best.

Hi Paul, I think your audiences will thoroughly enjoy this song.

Gary

Paul would love to hear a Bachata version is Spanish?..

Thanks to both of you guys, and Donny. If anybody wants to save me the time of looking up a chord chart/lyrics by emailing same to me I wouldn't be upset..

The nearness of you

It's in the Wikifonia file at the top of the main page.

...or

The Nearness of You – Hoagy Carmichael


(E7) A E7 G/B Em7
It's not the pale moon that excites me,

A D Fdim Dm A F#7 Bm7/5- E7
That thrills and delights me, oh, no ?

Bm7/5- E7 A F#7 Bm7/5- E7
It's just the near - ness of you.


(E7) A E7 G/B Em7
It isn't your sweet conversation

A D Fdim Dm A F#7 Bm7/5- E7
That brings this sensation, oh, no ?

Bm7/5- E7 A D9 A
It's just the near - ness of you.


Bridge:

Fdim
When you're in my arms,

A A7
And I feel you so close to me,

D F#7 Bm7 G7 E7
All my wildest dreams come true.



(E7) A E7 G/B Em7
I need no soft lights to enchant me,

A D Fdim Dm A F#7 Bm7/5- E7
If you'll only grant me the right

Bm7/5- F# Bm
To hold you ever so tight,

Bm7/5- E7 E7/6
And to feel in the night

E7 Bm7/5- E7 A D Dm A
The near - ness of you.

Some nice versions of the song on this thread ...
Thought I would join the 'Old Fogies' on this one ...
This is what happens on a rainy day in RI ...
Donny, it's not a Bachata but I did use a Latin Bolero style for this one ...

Using a backing track I threw together today, recorded direct on the Pa900
BTW it's about 4 minutes long, not the 26+ that shows on BOX ...

https://app.box.com/s/2herpu1mo3750vaoao9b32frybhqujip

Tony..
. Great job you knocked it out of the park that Bolero is so beautiful.....
Smooth and well done!
Thanx for sharing....

Good jog. Really like that somg. The guitar in the Style sound great as did the Piano/Vibes solo . Nice way to get thru some miserable weather.

Tony, you are now officially a member in good standing of the Old Fogies Club. Congratulations.

Gary

Nice work on the tune, guys...I especially liked Tony's Bolero version.


https://www.4shared.com/mp3/SBCx1a5ufi/NearnessOfYou1.html

My rendition of The Nearness of You....recorded some time ago on the old PSR-S900 using a slightly edited factory Bossa Nova style...the S900's SA Sax still sounds pretty decent.

Ian

Really great rendition, Ian.

Gary

Ian, beautifully played ... Thank you

Nice Ian..

I'm enjoying everybody's rendition and am adding my version from 2005, I think, on my Tyros 1 at the time. Funny, I really like this tune but this is one of the very few times I ever played it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ccyvb-EjuA

Scott

Damned good rendition, Scott. Really enjoyed the style you selected and the horn sounded very realistic.

Cheers,

Gary