Product Description
This arrangement of "Avalon" is written as performed by New Orleans piano artist, Harry Connick Jr.
"Avalon" is a 1920 popular song; A popular jazz standard, the song has been recorded by many artists, including Cab Calloway (1934), Coleman Hawkins (1935) and Eddie Durham (1936). The Benny Goodman Quartet played the song in their famous 1938 Carnegie Hall concert. The tune remains popular in the gypsy jazz repertoire,.
The song was included in the biographical films The Jolson Story (1946) and The Benny Goodman Story (1956), and is also being played by Sam (Dooley Wilson) at the piano right before he plays "As Time Goes By" in the movie Casablanca (1942) and It appears in It's a Wonderful Life ( 1946). It is playing in the background in the party scene about 35 minutes into the film, where George Bailey's mother urges George to pay a visit to Mary Hatch.
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