"It's a Wonderful World" by Terry Myers
Dublin Core
Title
"It's a Wonderful World" by Terry Myers
Alternative Title
"It's a Wonderful World" by Myers
Subject
Orlando (Fla.)
Music--United States
Jazz--United States
Description
An audio recording of "It's a Wonderful World," composed by Jan Savitt (1907-1948), Harold Adamson (1906-1980), and "Johnny Guitar" Watson (1935-1996), and performed by Terry Myers live on-air on WUCF-FM on August 14, 2006. Myers is a reed player from Iowa who developed a successful career in Nashville, Tennessee, and New York before moving to Central Florida, where he became a band leader at Walt Disney World's Epcot theme park and the band leader at Rosie O'Grady's Good Time Jazz Emporium at Church Street Station in Orlando. Myers has played at jazz festivals across the United States, Europe, and Asia, and is currently the director of the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra. Although most songwriters were under contract to publishers during the big band era, in rare cases, a bandleader would write his/her own song. Savitt, along with Adamson and Watson, composed "It's a Wonderful World," and recorded it on Savitt's 1938-1941 recording collection, It's Time to Jump and Shout.
Creator
Savitt, Jan
Adamson, Harold
Watson, Johnny
Source
Original 4-minute and 21-second audio recording: Savitt, Jan, Harold Adamson, and Johnny Watson. "It's a Wonderful World," by Terry Myers: WUCF-FM, Orlando, Florida, August 14, 2006.
Publisher
Date Created
2006-08-14
Date Copyrighted
2006-08-14
Date Issued
2006-08-14
Contributor
Myers, Terry
Is Part Of
Jazz Collection, Central Florida Music History Collection, RICHES of Central Florida
Requires
Multimedia software, such as QuickTime.
Format
audio/mp3
Extent
3.99 MB
Medium
4-minute and 21-second audio recording
Type
Sound
Coverage
WUCF-FM, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida
Accrual Method
Donation
Mediator
History Teacher
Humanities Teacher
Music Teacher
Provenance
Originally created by Jan Savitt, Harold Adamson and Johnny Watson, performed by Terry Myers, and published by WUCF-FM.
Rights Holder
Copyright to this resource is held by Jan Savitt, Harold Adamson and John "Johnny Guitar" Watson, Jr. and is provided here by RICHES of Central Florida for educational purposes only.
Curator
Cravero, Geoffrey
Digital Collection
Source Repository
External Reference
"Meet Terry Myers." BuddyMorrowProductions.com. http://www.buddymorrowproductions.com/terry-meyers.html (accessed March 10, 2015).
Collection
Citation
Savitt, Jan, Adamson, Harold, and Watson, Johnny, “"It's a Wonderful World" by Terry Myers,” RICHES, accessed November 4, 2025, https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka/items/show/4822.