Beautiful Black Eyes is a song attributed variously to either

Wayne Shorter Wayne Shorter (born August 25, 1933) is an American jazz saxophonist and composer. Shorter came to prominence in the late 1950s as a member of, and eventually primary composer for, Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers. In the 1960s, he joined Miles Davi ...

or Lou McConnell.

Chet Baker Chesney Henry "Chet" Baker Jr. (December 23, 1929 – May 13, 1988) was an American jazz trumpeter and vocalist. He is known for major innovations in cool jazz that led him to be nicknamed the "Prince of Cool". Baker earned much attention and ...

recorded several live versions of this song between 1978 and 1980, sometimes introducing it onstage as Lovely Black Eyes Other performances include the Andrew Colman Quartet and Julian & Roman Wasserfuhr.

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