OK, if Billie’s isn’t definitive. And Dinah Washington/Clifford Brown’s recording wasn’t definitive enough to make the cut, then I’m suspicious.

      kalamu sez         

i understand you are suspicious. i was not making a best of list, i was just spreading the joy around. i’ve already written extensively about both billie and dinah (click where their names are highlighted in red and you can read "some" of what i have previously said). at bol we write about and share music 52 times a year, going on five years now. what i try to do is open us to the breath and breadth of music out there, and at the same time avoid playing personal favorites over and over. this was not about making the cut, but simply about sharing some touching movements—or to put it another way, you ain’t got to be deeply in love with everyone you kiss, sometimes a kiss is just a kiss…

    kalamu sez     

different strokes for different… i don’t think billie’s version is definitive.