July 3 - Johnny Hartman (The Musical Birthday Series, 4th Annual Cycle)

Previous posts for July 3rd are found here: Ruth Crawford Seeger (2019), Leos Janáček (2020), and George M. Cohan (2021)

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Johnny Hartman (3 July 1923 – 15 September 1983) was an American jazz singer who specialized in ballads. He is best remembered for his collaboration in 1963 with saxophonist John Coltrane. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Johnny Hartman, Johnny Hartman, 

What a treat it is to hear

Johnny Hartman, balladeer!

Make an effort to obtain

The albums that he made with Trane.

 

 

 

 

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