About This Song
About "My Melancholy Baby (with Jimmy Rushing)" by The Dave Brubeck Quartet
With Jimmy Rushing's gravelly croon, 'My Melancholy Baby' becomes a late-night confession in a dimly lit bar. Brubeck's quartet frames the sorrow with elegant restraint, each piano chord a tender bruise. The tension between Rushing's raw ache and the cool jazz backing is heartbreakingly perfect.