“All The Things You Are” is one of the most performed piano standards in the jazz repertoire. The music was composed by Jerome Kern and the lyrics were written by Oscar Hammerstein. The song was a hit, and ranked in the top five in the Record Buying Guide of Billboard. Here is a contemporary piano recording.

“All The Things You Are” was composed for the musical Very Warm for May (1939) In 1944, it was a feature in the film “Broadway Rhythm”. In 1945 it was used as a recurring theme in the romantic comedy “A Letter for Evie”. Then in 2005 it was used in the film “Mrs. Henderson Presents”

Recordings made by Tommy Dorsey and Artie Shaw, helped make the song popular.

Other notable artists who recorded it are:

Ella Fitzgerald

Glenn Miller

Frank Sinatra

Hampton Hawes

Stan Kenton

Bill Evans Trio

Barbra Streisand

Keith Jarrett

Michael Jackson

Mario Lanza