After You’ve Gone – 2025
Emmet Cohen and Cyrille Aimée
An unpredictable and ultimately hard-swinging performance
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Ever since it debuted in the late 1920s, “After You’ve Gone” has often been played at two tempos, starting out with a slow chorus (and sometimes its verse) before becoming a medium-tempo cooker.
On this version with singer Cyrille Aimée, pianist Emmet Cohen, bassist Phillip Norris, and drummer Pedro Segundo , the vocalist takes the group through four tempo changes, engaging in some superior scat-singing.
After Cohen solos at the racehorse tempo (reminiscent of Oscar Peterson), the singe cuts the tempo back dramatically for a dramatic close.
The result is an unpredictable and memorable performance.
-Scott Yanow
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