You Make Me Feel So Young: Score: Choral SoundPax
Words by Mack Gordon, music by Josef Myrow / arr. Jay Althouse
Item: 00-PR-0003695
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Description
Great jazz singers from Ella Fitzgerald and Frank Sinatra to Rosemary Clooney and Mel Tormé have covered this popular swing number from the '40s. Great for show/jazz groups as well as concert choirs.
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Additional Details
Series:
Alfred Pop Choral Series
Publisher:
Alfred Music
Page Count:
32
SKU:
00-PR-0003695
Instrumentation:
SoundPax
More about this title
About the Composer: Josef Myrow
Josef Myrow composed for film and popular music during Hollywood's golden age, writing standards that became fixtures of the Great American Songbook. His melodies have the hallmark of mid-century sophistication: memorable, singable lines that sit naturally in the voice while retaining harmonic interest and jazz inflection.
Why we love this
Jay Althouse's arrangement captures the swing sensibility of the original without requiring your singers to stretch beyond their abilities. The SoundPax format means you get a complete accompaniment that breathes like a live ensemble, letting your choir focus on blend, phrasing, and that essential jazz attitude rather than fighting to stay with a click track.
What to expect
A warm embrace in four-part harmony. The melody unfolds with the ease of a seasoned vocalist at the microphone, supported by sophisticated jazz voicings that add color and swing without complexity. This is 1940s elegance filtered through a choral lens, sophisticated but never stuffy.
Who it's for
Concert choirs looking to expand into jazz repertoire without abandoning their classical foundation will find this accessible and rewarding. Show choirs can program this as a sophisticated ballad that also works as a standalone feature, and the SoundPax accompaniment gives you professional-quality backing whether you're in rehearsal or performance.
How to get the most out of it
- Shape the melody with gentle rubato through the bridge; the accompaniment follows naturally, and this flexibility is where jazz singing lives.
- Balance the harmonic voices to let the swing chord colors shine through; these voicings deserve to be heard, not buried.
- Approach the lyrical passages with conversational warmth. This song invites intimacy, not big vibrato or heavy production.
- Lean into the offbeat phrasing in the chorus where it appears; that syncopation is what makes the swing groove feel alive.
How to use it
Pair this with other swing standards to build a jazz set, or program it as a stylistic contrast in a concert built around American popular song. It works especially well as a second-half opener, setting a lighter, more conversational mood after heavier classical repertoire.
Skills your students will build
- Jazz phrasing and swing articulation in a choral setting
- Balancing jazz harmony voicings within four-part texture
- Singing with stylistic awareness across a secular popular standard
- Coordinating with recorded accompaniment while maintaining expressive flexibility