Conversation Part 3

You know that I, I almost left you (what?) Hangin' there for a minute

Like, I thought we're not gonna stop, because, so

Um, you know, probably, it was okay, I just

You know, I just couldn't find the chord (I know) that key

That happens (even, in fact) to me all the time

I just couldn't, I mean, I'm lookin' at it

But I couldn't find (I know, I know, I know)

Well, the, the fact that, I mean, that you accompany yourself

I guess, I guess you know how, how these things

Oh, listen, it can be a render sometimes

I can be playin', and all of a sudden, I'm, I'm hittin' one note

And the chord has nothing whatsoever to do with it

But I just make believe it does

And I just, uh, yeah, I can-

'Cause half the time, uh, you know, people are just-

They're so busy lookin' at me sittin' at the piano

Not thinkin' that I can do that

Well, 'cause I don't do it all the time, so sometimes I surprise people

So they don't hear the bad, the bad notes sometimes

Well, I mean, you're a, a fine musician

You kn- you know how to take the, the, whatever you're playin'

Just play the chords so that it works out

You know (thank you) that's what happens (thank goodness, yes, indeed)

That's what happens (yeah)

Meanwhile, I want to see you do both of your things

Play and sing another number

(Oh) and this is a Duke thing that I don't know too well

'I Never Felt This Way Before'

Yeah, it's a great, I'd share a story about this

He, he came when I was playing in Chicago at a club

He came, and this is many, many years ago

And his band was in town

He came there to see me which really thrilled me

Because I was just an intermission pianist

There was, uh, I don't know

I was e- either Jackie and roll-eye with the Headliners

Or Anita O'Day, 'cause I used to be, uh, um

Intermission pianist for these folks in Chicago

Anyway, he came there to see me, and I

He, he, I asked him, would he play something for me?

'Cause you know, I wanted to show him off, you know

So he got up on the stand, he played something

A few things, and I said, "Play a song of yours that I love

And I play a lot, and I'd like to hear you play

I haven't heard you play it"

And I said, "Play 'I Never Felt This Way Before'"

He said, "How does it go?"

Well, I thought like- I said

"Get down off of that stand! I'll play"

And I went up and played it for him