Carl Sigman
Carl Sigman wrote lyrics that turned melodies into lasting standards, from big-band swing to film themes. His words for It's All in the Game and A Day in the Life of a Fool still travel easily into jazz and popular song.
Primarily a lyricist, Sigman set words to tunes by collaborators including Duke Ellington and Jimmy Van Heusen, and gave English texts to songs first written in other languages. Big bands took up Pennsylvania 6-5000; singers kept returning to Ebb Tide and My Heart Cries for You. His lyric for It's All in the Game rides a melody Charles Dawes had written decades earlier. Where Do I Begin, the theme from Love Story, became one of his most widely heard songs. The lines sit cleanly in jazz and popular arrangements alike.
Compositions by Carl Sigman appear on
Home
Pianist Tony Gould and singer Emma Gilmartin offer intimate voice-and-piano readings of cherished songs, including three Gould originals, centred on home, family and childhood memory.
Love Rhapsody
Emma Sidney’s debut jazz album Love Rhapsody traces love in every mood, from triumph to loss. Standards sit beside three of her own songs, sung with swing, Latin colour and intimate ballad feeling.