Harry Warren, music · Mack Gordon, lyrics · From the film Iceland (1942)
There Will Never Be Another You
Harry Warren wrote the music and Mack Gordon the words for the 1942 film Iceland. Players learn it early because the melody is easy to memorize and the chords use standard jazz moves. Chet Baker's 1954 record took it beyond jazz fans, and it is a regular at jam sessions.
▶ Plays the whole path in order, one recording after another.
- 1 Learn the song Chet Baker✓
- 2 Hear it with an orchestra Nat King Cole✓
- 3 Hear it on tenor sax Lester Young with the Oscar Peterson Trio✓
- 4 Hear a piano trio Red Garland Trio✓
- 5 Hear a guitar quartet Joe Pass Quartet✓
- 6 Hear two horns and a bigger band Gerry Mulligan and Chet Baker✓
- 7 Follow a long solo Stan Getz Quartet✓
- 8 Stretch out Sonny Rollins✓
How the tune works
The tune has four eight-bar sections in the order A, B, A, C, and the two A sections are the same. Each A holds two bars of home chord, a minor ii-V that lands on the vi chord, two bars of vi, then a ii-V that points briefly to the IV chord. B opens on the IV chord, steps through D♭7 back home and down to vi, then climbs through F7 and Fm7 to B♭7, which leads back to A. C starts the same way as B for three bars, changes in bar 4, and runs iii, VI7, ii, V through its last four bars. There is no contrasting bridge.
The changes under Chet Baker's opening trumpet chorus on his 1954 record, transcribed in the Weimar Jazz Database and moved from that record's F to E♭, the published key. Fake books differ in the last four bars.
Use the key buttons to move the chart to the key you play in.
Source: Weimar Jazz Database: Chet Baker, There Will Never Be Another You
Listen in this order
Play all 8 on YouTube ↗The first steps are short: two sung versions, then a tenor sax with a trio and guitar. Later steps run longer: a piano trio, a guitar quartet, a two-horn band, and two tenor takes of nine and sixteen minutes.
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Step 1 · Learn the song Now playing
Chet Baker (Chet Baker Quartet) 1954
“There Will Never Be Another You (Vocal Version)”, Chet Baker Sings
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- Listen for
- The track opens with Chet Baker on trumpet, and the trumpet returns at about 1:44. He also sings on this track, so listen for where the voice takes over.
- Try this
- Play bars 1 to 8 of the A section, one chord per bar, in E♭: E♭maj7, E♭maj7, Dm7♭5, G7, Cm7, Cm7, B♭m7, E♭7. The opening trumpet chorus on this record is in F, so move everything up a whole step to play along with it.
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Step 2 · Hear it with an orchestra Now playing
Nat King Cole (Nelson Riddle and his orchestra) 1955
Nat King Cole Sings for Two in Love
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- Listen for
- The session includes violins, violas, cellos and a harp. Listen for the strings around the voice, and count the four eight-bar sections as they pass: A, B, A, C.
- Try this
- Hum the tune along with Cole for one chorus. Then play the chord roots of the A section, one per bar, in the key that suits you. In E♭ they are E♭, E♭, D, G, C, C, B♭, E♭.
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Step 3 · Hear it on tenor sax Now playing
Lester Young with the Oscar Peterson Trio 1952
Lester Young with the Oscar Peterson Trio
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- Listen for
- Four players back the tenor: piano, guitar, bass and drums. Find the guitar first, then the bass, and follow the chords with each in turn.
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- Play the chord roots of the B section, bars 9 to 16, one per bar, in E♭: A♭, D♭, E♭, C, F, F, F, B♭. Try them first without the record, then with it if the key fits yours.
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Step 4 · Hear a piano trio Now playing
Red Garland Trio 1959
“There Will Never Be Another You (Live at Prelude Club, NYC, 1959)”, Red Garland at the Prelude
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- Listen for
- There is no horn: the lineup is piano, bass and drums. Follow the bass and the drums underneath the piano for the whole take.
- Try this
- Play bars 1 to 8 with chords in the left hand and the melody in the right. If that is too much at once, play the chords alone and sing the tune. In E♭ the chords are E♭maj7, E♭maj7, Dm7♭5, G7, Cm7, Cm7, B♭m7, E♭7.
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Step 5 · Hear a guitar quartet Now playing
Joe Pass Quartet 1963
“There Will Never Be Another You (Remastered 2001)”, The Capitol Vaults Jazz Series
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- Listen for
- Joe Pass leads on guitar with bass and drums behind him. Clare Fischer is listed on piano and organ for the session, so listen for which one you hear.
- Try this
- Play bars 25 to 28 in E♭: A♭maj7, D♭7, E♭maj7, then Am7♭5 to D7. These bars start like the B section and take a different turn at bar 28.
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Step 6 · Hear two horns and a bigger band Now playing
Gerry Mulligan and Chet Baker 1974
“There Will Never Be Another You (Live)”, Carnegie Hall Concert Volume 2
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- Listen for
- Trumpet and baritone sax lead, with piano, guitar, bass and drums behind them. The session also lists trombone, vibes and percussion, so listen for who else you can pick out.
- Try this
- Find the key by ear in the first chorus, then play the first four bars in it: the home maj7 for two bars, then the ii half-diminished and the V7. In E♭ that is E♭maj7, E♭maj7, Dm7♭5, G7. If you cannot find the key, play those four bars in E♭ without the record.
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Step 7 · Follow a long solo Now playing
Stan Getz Quartet 1956
The Steamer
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- Listen for
- The take runs 9:20, long enough for several 32-bar choruses. Tap four beats a bar and count how many times the form goes around.
- Try this
- Count one chorus of 32 bars with the record: four eight-bar sections. If that goes well, keep counting choruses until the take ends. Playing along on chord roots, one per bar, is the next step.
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Step 8 · Stretch out Now playing
Sonny Rollins 1965
“There Will Never Be Another You (Live at the Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1965)”, There Will Never Be Another You
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- Listen for
- Rollins moves around the stage, so his horn goes in and out of range of the microphone. Listen through that for how he keeps building on the tune over 16 minutes.
- Try this
- This is a stretch step. Smaller version: play the melody once through, then play only the chord roots, one per bar, for one more chorus while the record runs. The larger version, improvising on the changes, needs more than melody and basic chords.
More great versions
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Stan Getz Quintet 1952
“There Will Never Be Another You (Live)”, Stan Getz Quintet at Carnegie Hall. 1952 & 1949 Concerts
Stan Getz plays it live at Carnegie Hall in November 1952 with a guitar and piano rhythm section: Jimmy Raney on guitar and Duke Jordan on piano.
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Art Tatum 1953
The Art Tatum Solo Masterpieces, Vol. 2
Art Tatum plays it as a solo piano piece for Verve in 1953, and his version includes the seldom-heard verse.
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Bud Powell Trio 1961
A Portrait of Thelonious
A piano trio recorded in Paris in December 1961 with Pierre Michelot on bass and Kenny Clarke on drums.
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Frank Sinatra 1961
Point of No Return
Frank Sinatra sings it for the album Point of No Return, recorded in September 1961 at Capitol Studio A in Hollywood, with Axel Stordahl conducting.
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Eliane Elias 2013
I Thought About You
Eliane Elias sings and plays piano on this 2013 tribute to Chet Baker, released by Concord in May 2013.