"It's a Wonderful World" by Terry Myers

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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 8, 2024, https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka/items/show/4822.

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