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"Centerpiece" is a 1958 jazz standard. It was written by Harry Edison and Jon Hendricks.

The song is a love song, with the lyrics indicating that the singer feels incomplete without his lover. Each of the two verses ends with the couplet:

But nothing's any good without you

'Cause baby you're my centerpiece

Covers

Joni Mitchell incorporated the song into a medley, with her own "Harry's House", on her 1975 album The Hissing of Summer Lawns. Jazz singer Roseanna Vitro recorded the song on her 1984 debut LP, Listen Here.

See also

• List of jazz standards

References

1. "Centerpiece". Jazzstandards.com. Retrieved 13 December 2012.

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