A tender trio performance of Sammy Fain's I'll Be Seeing You from Chad Lefkowitz-Brown's YouTube jazz standards series, recorded in 2020. Played at a moderate tempo around 123 BPM in E-flat, this interpretation lets the wistful melody breathe within its 32-bar ABA'C form. Lefkowitz-Brown takes three choruses on tenor saxophone, shaping lyrical phrases that honor the song's sentimental quality. Dan Chmielinski follows with a two-chorus bass solo at a slightly relaxed tempo near 118 BPM, lending the performance a gently decaying energy. The tune gained renewed cultural significance during the pandemic year in which this was recorded, its lyrics about absence and remembrance resonating with widespread experience. The ballad-adjacent tempo occupies a middle ground that allows for both melodic lyricism and rhythmic invention, and the trio format creates an intimate atmosphere suited to the song's emotional content. This stands as one of the more reflective entries in the Chad LB Trio YouTube series.
