“I’m Confessin’ That I Love You” is a ballad that was written in 1929. Originally composed by Chris Smith, Ellis Reynolds and Doc Daugherty, with lyrics by Al J. Neiburg, It has become a standard in the Great American Songbook.
Several artists across generations and genres have covered it:
Django Reinhardt (1934), Perry Como (1945), Les Paul and Mary Ford (1952),
Ricky Nelson (1957), Dean Martin (1964), Thelonious Monk (1965), Anne Murray (1993),
Samara Joy (2022)
Also Fats Waller, Ella Fitzgerald, Tony Bennett and Diana Krall.
Even though I play 5- string banjo, I became obsessed by it and, oddly enough, I played it with a sax player friend. Strum Machine allowed me to create the jazzy harmony I was looking for.
