Arthur Schwartz's 1932 standard gets an energetic, uptempo treatment in this 2017 recording from tenor saxophonist Chad Lefkowitz-Brown's Standard Sessions series. Played in D minor at over 200 beats per minute, the arrangement takes the tune well beyond ballad territory, transforming its melancholy melody into a hard-swinging vehicle for extended improvisation. Lefkowitz-Brown opens with a two-chorus tenor saxophone solo across the tune's unusual 36-bar AABA form, navigating the minor-key harmonic landscape with agility and urgency. Pianist Manuel Valera then stretches out for three full choruses — the longest piano solo in the early Standard Sessions recordings — bringing a rhythmically adventurous and harmonically rich perspective shaped by his Cuban-American musical background. The pairing of Lefkowitz-Brown and Valera gives this version a more intense, exploratory character than the relaxed ballad interpretations that many listeners associate with the tune. By choosing a fast tempo for a composition often played as a slow minor-key meditation, the arrangement highlights the tune's strong harmonic motion and gives the soloists room to build across multiple choruses at high energy.
