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Panorama Brass was asked to play a wedding back in April for two friends of the band, Bruno and Willa. It was a truly enchanting evening, set in a remote corner of City Park with lights strung up among the oak branches. In anticipation of the mood, they had requested, for their first dance, the sublime and mystical melody, "I Only Have Eyes For You." And for an example of what they had in mind, they pointed me to a 1985 version by Lester Bowie’s Brass Fantasy which is, in turn, based on the definitive 1958 record by The Flamingos.

You've already heard Antoine Diel, the "voice of romance," in your Good Music For You catalog. Scroll back exactly five years to the track we put out on October 1st, 2017, the Filipino love ballad, "Dahil Sa Iyo" ("Because of You"). In considering how to present today’s offering to you, Antoine was the obvious choice. So then, for the recording session, I got to write a new arrangement based on my first arrangement based on the Lester Bowie, based on the Flamingos! Turn the lights off, press play and picture yourself under those oak trees.

By the way, "I Only Have Eyes For You" is the fifth and final track from that May 24th recording session with the Brass Band. The Jazz Band is going back in the studio on October 12th. Wish us luck!

As always, thanks for listening and for your financial support. Please tell two friends about Good Music For You and “let's make a party, y'all!”

Ben Schenck
Panorama
NOLA

lyrics

My love must be a kind of blind love
I can’t see anyone but you.

Are the stars out tonight?
I don’t know if it’s cloudy or bright
I only have eyes for you, dear.

The moon may be high
But I can’t see a thing in the sky
I only have eyes for you.

I don’t know if we’re in a garden
Or on a crowded avenue.

You are here and so am I
Maybe millions of people go by
But they all disappear from view
And I only have eyes for you.
You…
You…

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from Song​-​of​-​the​-​Month Club: Good Music For You, track released October 1, 2022
Antoine Diel - Vocals
Ben Schenck - Clarinet
Aurora Nealand - Alto Saxophone
Jack Pritchett and Nathan Wolman - Trumpets
Colin Myers - Trombone
Mark Rubin - Tenor Banjo
Jimmy Williams - Sousaphone
Boyanna Trayanova - Snare Drum and Floor Tom
Chris Davis - Bass Drum and cymbal

Songwriters - Al Dubin and Harry Warren (Warner Bros / ASCAP)
Arrangers - Ben Schenck (Snack Daddy Music/ASCAP) and Antoine Diel
Publisher - Snack Daddy Music
Recorded by Mack Major on May 24, 2022 at Marigny Studios, New Orleans, LA
Edited by Mack Major
Vocal and banjo intro recorded, track mixed and mastered, by Lu Rojas
Photo of Mr. Diel by Marc Pagani
Photo of instruments by Ben Schenck
Graphic design by Ben Schenck

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Panorama Jazz Band / Panorama Brass Band - New Orleans New Orleans, Louisiana

"New Orleans' genre fluid jazz band"

The Panorama Jazz Band and the Panorama Brass Band have been working steadily in New Orleans and beyond since 1995. Many hundreds of nightclub gigs, festivals, weddings, crawfish boils and Mardi Gras parades have added to this community of musicians' collective experience, all of which they bring to each of their recordings. ... more

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