Love Is Here to Stay

Six months from now Come back and see me again Say you're supposed to see your dentist About twice a year, that's right But I think I feel it throbbing Guess I'll go back there tonight Long John, Long John Don't ever move away I hope I keep on achin' so I can see you every day.

It's very clear Our love is here to stay Not far a year But ever and a day The radio and the telephone And the crazy movies that we know Might just be passing fences And in time may go But oh my dear, our love is here to stay Together we're going a long, long way In time the Rockies may crumble Gibraltar may tumble They're only made of clay But our love is here to stay It's so very clear that our love is here to stay Not for a year, but ever and a day And the telephone And the movies that we know Might just be passing fences And in time may go But oh my dear Our love is here to stay Together we're going a long, long way In time the Rockies may crumble Gibraltar may tumble They're only made of clay But our love, our love, our love is here to stay Oh, Daddy, squeeze me and squeeze me again Don't stop till I tell you when Now Daddy squeeze me and kiss me some more Just like you did before Papa Cupid's standing close by Oh Daddy don't make your sweet mama cry Just pick me up on your knee I just get so you know oh when you squeeze me Oh, Daddy, squeeze me and squeeze me again Papa, don't stop till I tell you when Now, Daddy, squeeze me and kiss me some more Just like you did before Papa, Cupid's standing close by Daddy, don't let your sweet baby cry Just pick me up on your knee I just get so, you know, old When you squeeze me

Okay, let me tell you what I played in that set.

Started off with the tune, Pennies from Heaven.

Then we heard Long John Blues.

Then Our Love is Here to Stay.

And then I ended that set with the tune, Squeeze Me.

So you have been listening to vocalist Dinah Washington from a 1994 album.

So we thank you both for that.

Now, turning to one other aspect now, which is a song that both you and Elton John have covered, and that is Our Love Is Here To Stay, which is, of course, a beautiful song.

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Gershwin.

And got together with a fabulous arranger named Sammy Nestico.

And he and I put together this album, which we called More Than You Know, after the song.

And there are all kinds of wonderful songs on there, like Our Love is Here to Stay, which is a Gershwin song.

And I remember my father, who passed away many years ago, he and Sammy Nestico were in the recording booth when I recorded this with the orchestra live.

With Ira as lyricist, they wrote scores for many hit Broadway shows, such as Lady Be Good and Of Thee I Sing, the first musical to win the Pulitzer Prize for drama.

Their timeless standards include the songs "S'Wonderful," "Embraceable You," "The Man I Love," "Someone to Watch Over Me," and "Our Love Is Here to Stay."

Stay."Born to a Russian Jewish immigrant family that was totally secular, both brothers were not religious, and who else but a free thinker would write the words, "The things that you're liable to read in the Bible ain't necessarily so." Let's hear Dan and D'arcy performing the Gershwin tune I Got Rhythm.

[piano music] Days may be sunny with never a sigh.

All right.

With that being said, we have arrived at the fourth and final week of our month-long study of Gershwin's Our Love is Here to Stay.

We began, as we always do, with a harmonic analysis, moved into a melodic analysis, and last week we explored improvisation.

Today we're bringing those skills together as we turn our attention to solo piano.

So today we're going to discover how harmony, melody, rhythm, and improvisation work together to create a complete solo piano performance.

And we are going to learn how how our seven stages of solo piano development provide a systematic approach to building musical understanding and a physical command at the piano.

And then finally, we're going to play Our Love is Here to Stay, applying the seven stages to develop increasingly sophisticated solo piano performances.

So we had a busy day ahead of us.

He and his lyricist brother, Ira, were of Jewish heritage, but they were both non-believing and non-observant.

Listen for some of Gershwin's music today, including "The Man I Love," "Summertime," "Rhapsody in Blue," and "Our Love is Here to Stay." We have a YouTube video show called Secular Spotlight, and this week on Secular Spotlight, FFRF's senior policy counsel, Ryan Jayne, and our governmental affairs manager, Mickey Dollens, discussed the implications of a question that'll soon be on Wisconsin's ballot during the very consequential election this November.

Question two asks voters if the state constitution should be changed to prohibit government officials from closing places of worship during declared emergencies.

Two faith leaders joined the show to express why even they oppose this amendment.

Well, I hope everyone is doing well.

Here we are, week three of our study of Gershwin's Our Love is Here to Stay.

but you know what before we jump into today's episode i want to take a moment to clarify how the jazz piano skills podcast works especially for those of you who may be joining us for the very first time each weekly episode is presented in two parts the first part is our free educational discussion and it's available to everyone this is where i explore the musical concepts the educational principles and the practice strategies that help us better understand how to discover, learn, and play jazz piano.

The second part of the episode is our members-only piano lesson.

All right.

So with that being said.

As I mentioned, we are now entering week three of our study of Gershwin's Our Love is Here to Stay.

We began, as we always do, with a harmonic analysis two weeks ago.