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My Shining Hour
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DexAmco
My Shining Hour" is a popular jazz standard written by Harold Arlen and Johnny Mercer for the 1943 film The Sky's the Limit. It has been recorded by numerous notable jazz musicians across instrumental and vocal formats.
The song's title may have been a reference to Winston Churchill’s speech to British citizens during World War II: “if the British Empire and its Commonwealth last for a thousand years, men will still say, this was their finest hour."
My playing is in the Key of Eb, Tempo: 184 bpm. There is open space for a solol

John Coltrane, the legendary Jazz saxophonist recorded a definitive instrumental version on his 1960 album “Coltrane Jazz”. ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SMMdhJD6NlI )
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Released 24-May-2026
Category Jazz
Application GarageBand
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Type m4a
Size 9.2 Mb
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Plays 10
Downloads 0
Weekly plays 1
Weekly downloads 0
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License Non-commercial derivatives allowed; contact artist for permission
AI lyrics No
AI music/production No
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Love this! Yes, someone needs to fill in that open space for a solo. The artwork is also splendid.
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29 days ago
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@GaryOVail So nice of you!!! Thank You so very much!!!
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29 days ago
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Jazz is my first love and Coltrane,Monk,Miles were among the best!!
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29 days ago
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Splendid play and standard 
Well enjoyed 
29 days ago
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@morgan102 Thank You so very much!!! Jazz is "life " for me!!! You are right!! I was blown away when I first heard Charlie Parker!! Dexter Gordon and Stan Getz were the first 2 Jazz Tenor Saxophonists that drew me in and they still do!! There are so many others!!!
Latest song: S'posin'
28 days ago
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@yoslounge  Thank You so very much!! I appreciate it!!!
Latest song: S'posin'
28 days ago
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Che belle canzoni che suoni con il tuo stile Dan!
26 days ago
artist
Nice playing, Dex. We recently lost another sax titan, Sonny Rollins RIP. Carry on.
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26 days ago
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@DexAmco 
I always wonder if I should wait for Francojazz to add his parts, but it's more interesting to see how the piece develops...
😋👌👍
26 days ago
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@FrancoJazz Significa tantissimo per me, detto da te!!!!!
Latest song: S'posin'
25 days ago
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@Bass2x Thank You so very much!!!! Sonny Rollins was just tha..a Titan!!!! I saw him play in a very late night Jazz Clum in NYC in the 1970s. Magnificent!!! I have all his recoedings!!!
Latest song: S'posin'
25 days ago
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@Wyndsok I too always wait for my very dear friend to join!!! It is a Gift when he does!!! Thank You so very much!!!
Latest song: S'posin'
25 days ago
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Bravissimo!
20 days ago
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