Lee Wiley- “Oh! Look at Me Now”
“This sterling collection offers a sampling of the music frequently heard at night- late in the night- in Manhattan, and in a few other towns, when a group of first-rate musicians get together and play for their own enjoyment. This is music whose keynote is intelligent relaxation, such as might be heard at a party when the lights were low and most of the guests had gone. There is a thoughtful and superlative vocalist, a fine man with a horn, a pianist of taste and imagination, and duo-pianists of exceptional insight. One would, sooner or later, hear most of the music in this collection.”
-from the liner notes to the 1950 Columbia LP of Wiley’s “Night in Manhattan”
(If anyone is raising an eyebrow out there in the “cloud,” yes, this song is also on the L.A. Confidential soundtrack.)
