+nancydrew5 hey, if you recognize that you too can develop a distinctive voice. it';s in the ear and bred in the bone. she had in common with jobim and bernstein that they would hum along as they played. maybe it;s that way we learn as children to love music. most people can't sing as they become overcome with the emotion it creates.

Jacqueline Roman -How sad, thanks for sharing. I didn't know she died. What a big loss for the music world and the world in general. What an incredibly talented woman she was. I can hear here voice and her playing over and over again and never get tired of listening to her incredible talent. May she rest in peace and continue delating the people who still listen to her music.

Truly there are beautiful notes in that wonderful silence.

You are right, I hear Jobim also, when I hear this song, and Sinatra with Jobim (I have the album) but Shirley has a style all her own, and it is effective, and sets her our from the common. Her style becomes very anticipatory, but that's drama, and Shirley does that very well. As a professional musician for many, many years, (classical then popular, vocal and instrumental) I liked piano-bar the best because I could play it like I wished to sing it because I was accompanying myself, that's MUCH more difficult with a group or orchestra. You often see Shirley signaling to her trio or quartet. She didn't do that when she sang with an orchestra, but you'll see the conductor watching her very closely.

You are a such a great musician as well, Mr. Acuna. A legendary percussionist and teacher!

Saludos desde Berlín hermano!!!!!

I just love the diction of each word! says George M.

there really is no turning back,,,,,,,,,,,,...............

I know it .. I've got the same virus :))

Richard Condon Same here!

Richard Condon I'm glad you made this comment, because I feel the same. You did a good job.

Agree.

they must exist. But you surely won't find them on today's radio's, if they manage to get a record out anyway.

They're not hiding, "L Crosby Garcia" -- there just aren't any! Today's performers (not really musicians) get out there with their incessant beat/bang (often a drumstick on the RIM of a drum!) in the background, some guitar maybe, and mostly noise. The singers waver all over the keyboard instead of sustaining a lovely note, one can't even stand to listen for very long. Michael Buble TRIES to sing Sinatra, but he puts today's riffs and licks in it and it's nothing like Sinatra! (Sometimes they can do that because they use the same tracks as are made for karaoke, (without vocal) and that's cheating, really! To be honest, we don't really even like them trying to sing the old standards, because they add junk to it and it desecrates the old standard.

Agreed! It's why Miles loved her (and opened for him)

Brilliant Observation. You can feel it. The depth and the pain.She knew the secret and also had the gift. Sorely missed.

She is killing me softly with her song.

They're not hiding, "Arthur Ogus" -- there just ARE none anymore like the old greats. Shirley Horn was 70 in this performance, and still going strong, and superbly, only great artists last that long, like the old ones. Only Tony Bennett is still around at 91 now, I think. Sadly, none of the other wonderful old artists.

Freddy Cole is still around, and still famously great. Sheila Jordan too (although I haven't heard her live.) And let me again mention Patricia Barber, who is younger, but fabulous.

One year before she died of breast cancer and in this video (at 70) she had just had her foot amputated from her diabetes. Poor love, too bad she suffered do terribly. Very sad.

I've heard Sheila ten years ago - and let me tell you, I became a fan. I follow her on FB too and her career continues to grow like a weed.. She just became an honorary Ph.D. Go Shiela Jordan. Never give up on your dream. She is 88 y/o.

I think I hear Diana Krall in a lot of Shirley's recordings. I like Diana too, along with Patricia Barber .... I am a vocalist as well and I listen to these three frequently -- they know how to tell the story with honesty.

I still believe what i said 5 years ago...........