It was a great honour for me to record this with the late, great Teddy Charles.
Teddy, of course, played vibraphone on this recording; which alas proved to be his last release before he passed away.
Teddy is a legend and played with all the greats from the golden era from Billie Holiday through Miles Davis, Charles Mingus and many, many more.
We recorded this as a Quintet - a cut down version of The Danny Flam Big Band with the beautiful arrangement of this Billie Holiday track by Grammy award winning Danny Flam.
This version of 'You Don't Know What Love Is' was recorded under license through Limelight/RightsFlow
Recorded under License No: 19689665
Song Writers: Gene De Paul
Publishers: Universal Music Publishing
An interesting interview with Teddy Charles by Marc Myers is available here:
YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT LOVE IS
UNTIL YOU’VE LEARNED THE MEANING OF THE BLUES
UNTIL YOU’VE LOVED A LOVE YOU'VE HAD TO LOSE
YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT LOVE IS
YOU DON'T KNOW HOW LIPS HURT
UNTIL YOU'VE KISSED AND HAD TO PAY THE COST
UNTIL YOU'VE FLIPPED YOUR HEART AND YOU HAVE LOST
YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT LOVE IS
DO YOU KNOW HOW A LOST HEART FEARS
THE THOUGHT OF REMINISCING
AND HOW LIPS THAT TASTE OF TEARS
LOSE THEIR TASTE FOR KISSING
YOU DON'T KNOW
WHAT LOVE IS…
DO YOU KNOW HOW A LOST HEART FEARS
THE THOUGHT OF REMINISCING
AND HOW LIPS THAT TASTE OF TEARS
LOSE THEIR TASTE FOR KISSING
YOU DON'T KNOW HOW HEARTS BURN
FOR LOVE THAT CANNOT LIVE YET NEVER DIES
UNTIL YOU'VE FACED EACH DAWN WITH SLEEPLESS EYES
YOU DON'T KNOW
YOU DON’T KNOW
YOU DON’T KNOW WHAT LOVE IS…
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