"Corner Pocket" is a 1955 jazz standard. Versions with lyrics are titled "Until I Met You", or "Until I Met You (Corner Pocket)".

It was composed by Freddie Green, with lyrics by Donald E. Wolf.[1]

Recordings

The song was first popularized in 1957 by Count Basie's instrumental recording for his album April in Paris. A vocalese cover of this performance was released by The Manhattan Transfer for their 1981 album Mecca for Moderns, which would eventually earn them a Grammy Award. (The vocalese lyrics are by Jon Hendricks,[2] although he is not credited on either Mecca for Moderns or Anthology: Down in Birdland.

Harry James recorded a version on his 1976 album The King James Version.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Until I Met You (Corner Pocket)". Jazzstandards.com. Retrieved 18 December 2012.
  2. ↑ "The Manhattan Transfer". The Vocalese Page. Retrieved 24 March 2019.


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