Few songs capture the aching beauty of American music quite like Georgia on My Mind . Written by Hoagy Carmichael and Stuart Gorrell in 1930, it has become an unofficial anthem of the American South, famously revived by Ray Charles in 1960. But for trumpet players and big band aficionados, one version stands above the rest as a technical and emotional Mount Everest: the arrangement performed by the legendary .
Doc starts the song soft and low. Practice the first 16 bars without the high notes. Use a tuner. Make your tone dark and wide. Listen to Chet Baker or Miles Davis to get that "vocal" quality. If you can’t play it beautifully in the staff, you shouldn’t play it above the staff. georgia on my mind doc severinsen sheet music