Tony Bennett sings a poignant song of loss " Where Do You Start ?"
Johnny Mandel. the composer of " The Shadow of Your Smile" and " Emily" collaborated with Allan and Marilyn Bergman to create a wonderful and poignant song called " Where Do You Start ?"
It deals with the aftermath of a romantic relationship and decisions about deciding whose books are yours and mine, the fact that their lives have been tangled in a vine that intertwine and ultimately that " There will always be a part of me that stays in love with you." They have agreed to part but somehow will always be connected.
Bennett sings with such sincerity and conviction the song surely must have made a connection with his own personal life.
The musical arrangement is also by composer Mandel, a master of wonderful melodies and entrancing harmony.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DBEY0UcU7WE&list=RDDBEY0UcU7WE#t=9
Saturday 31 January 2015
Tuesday 27 January 2015
"iLL wIND"--- GREAT HAROLD ARLEN TORCH SONG FROM THE 1934 COTTON CLUB REVUE
" Ill Wind "--Great Harold Arlen torch song from the 1934 Cotton Club Revue.
Harold Arlen and lyricist Ted Koehler wrote quite few numbers for various Cotton Club shows. Perhaps the most famous was Stormy Weather although there were also a number of nearly salacious numbers for the sophisticated and thrill-seeking night clubbers.
Society types gladly travelled to Harlem to partake of an exciting and often dangerous environment where blacks could enterain but were not welcome as patrons. Famous entertainers like Ethel Waters, Lene Horne and the Nicholas Brothers and bandleaders like Duke Ellington and Cab Calloway also starred.
In the 197'0's, Paramount Pictures recreated that turbulent Prohibition era with a movie called The Cotton Club. It portrayed the gangster control of both nightclubs and black entertainers as well as the sophisticated production numbers in all Cotton Club shows.
In the film, Lonette McKee plumbs the emotional torment in the song while other film footage portrays the violence so common of those times. It was, however, a most exciting era captured in the film,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jaShvVW1w5U
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Harold Arlen and lyricist Ted Koehler wrote quite few numbers for various Cotton Club shows. Perhaps the most famous was Stormy Weather although there were also a number of nearly salacious numbers for the sophisticated and thrill-seeking night clubbers.
Society types gladly travelled to Harlem to partake of an exciting and often dangerous environment where blacks could enterain but were not welcome as patrons. Famous entertainers like Ethel Waters, Lene Horne and the Nicholas Brothers and bandleaders like Duke Ellington and Cab Calloway also starred.
In the 197'0's, Paramount Pictures recreated that turbulent Prohibition era with a movie called The Cotton Club. It portrayed the gangster control of both nightclubs and black entertainers as well as the sophisticated production numbers in all Cotton Club shows.
In the film, Lonette McKee plumbs the emotional torment in the song while other film footage portrays the violence so common of those times. It was, however, a most exciting era captured in the film,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jaShvVW1w5U
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Monday 26 January 2015
TORME/SHEARING RODGERD & HAMMERSTEIN--IT MIGHT AS WELL BE SPRING- PURE MAGIC !
Torme/Shearing Rodgers 7 Hammerstein--It Might As Well Be Spring-Pure Magic !
This live concert brought together two sets of musical talents. Singer Mel Torme, his pianistic soul mate George Shearing as well as the consummate melodist Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein.at his poetical best.
Shearing starts with a classical British folk motif. Then Torme enters reverently with his perfect pitch, intonation and sensitivity. The music and word are one throughout the performance. Any other comments would be superfluous.
Please enjoy.
http://youtu.be/cwBuI07cy6g
This live concert brought together two sets of musical talents. Singer Mel Torme, his pianistic soul mate George Shearing as well as the consummate melodist Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein.at his poetical best.
Shearing starts with a classical British folk motif. Then Torme enters reverently with his perfect pitch, intonation and sensitivity. The music and word are one throughout the performance. Any other comments would be superfluous.
Please enjoy.
http://youtu.be/cwBuI07cy6g
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