"If You Could See Me Now" is a 1946 jazz standard, composed byTadd Dameron.^[1] He wrote it especially for vocalistSarah Vaughan,^[2] a frequent collaborator. Lyrics were written byCarl Sigman and it became one of Vaughan's signature songs, inducted into theGrammy Hall of Fame in 1998.^[3] Dameron himself included a version, sung by Barbara Winfield, on his 1962 albumThe Magic Touch.^[3]

• Sarah Vaughan's 1946 original recording was released throughMusicraft Records. It also appeared on her 1981 albumSend in the Clowns with theCount Basie Orchestra.
• Sonny Stitt on his 1955 albumSonny Stitt Plays Arrangements from the Pen of Quincy Jones^[4]
• Randy Weston recorded the composition in 1956/57 for his albumTrio and Solo
• Gil Evans recorded a version for his 1957 albumGil Evans & Ten
• Chet Baker recorded it for his 1959 albumChet.
• Yusef Lateef recorded it on his 1959 albumCry! - Tender
• Bobby Timmons from his albumEasy Does It (1961)
• Milt Jackson recorded it on his 1962Big Bags album
• Bill Evans recorded his version of the song for his 1962 albumMoon Beams and also on hisTrio '65 album
• Sheila Jordan recorded it on her 1963 debut albumPortrait of Sheila
• Junior Cook recorded it on the 1963 Roy Brooks albumBeat
• Carmen McRae recorded it on 1964'sBittersweet^[5]
• Red Garland recorded a quintet version that appeared on hisSoul Burnin' album, released in 1964
• Wynton Kelly recorded a trio version that appeared on his 1965 albumUndiluted
• Wes Montgomery on the live albumSmokin' at the Half Note (1965)
• Dexter Gordon recorded it on his 1970 albumThe Jumpin' Blues
• Kenny Drew recorded a version on his 1974 albumIf You Could See Me Now
• Barry Harris recorded it on his 1975Barry Harris Plays Tadd Dameron album
• Tsuyoshi Yamamoto onLife (1976)
• Oscar Peterson – The Oscar Peterson Four with Joe Pass recorded it in 1983 on the albumIf You Could See Me Now
• Etta Jones recorded the song for her 1978 albumIf You Could See Me Now
• John Abercrombie andJohn Scofield included the song in their 1984 albumSolar.
• Jaco Pastorius covered the song in 1985 during a televised concert in Belgium.^[6]
• Jacky Terrasson andTom Harrell included the song in their 1991Moon and Sand album.^[7]
• Mel Tormé recorded a notable version in 1995 with Canadian trombonist and bandleaderRob McConnell.^[3]
• Buddy DeFranco from his 1992 albumChip off the Old Bop and 1997Dave McKenna albumYou Must Believe in Swing
• Joe Lovano included it in his 2000 album52nd Street Themes.
• Dianne Reeves in Ab on her albumThe Calling: Celebrating Sarah Vaughan, 2001.^[8]
• Eliane Elias included the song in Ab in her 2010 albumEliane Elias Plays Live.

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