Everything Happens to Me
Context
Standard by Matt Dennis and Tom Adair, covered by Marmarosa on Dodo's Back! in May 1961. A pianist in big bands and bop groups in the 1940s, he had almost withdrawn from the scene at the end of that decade.
In the genealogy of jazz
This track belongs to Bebop (Minton's, Monroe's), Cool (Birth of the Cool). Among the origins and influences of Bebop: Kansas City, Swing, big bands.