Tuesday 22 October 2019

INDIAN   SUMMER    Composed by Victor Herbert, an American who principally wrote in an European Operatta vein, found time to write an imensely popular song in the Great American Songbook tradition pioneered by Jerome Kern, Irving Berlin, Cole Porter, George Gershwin, Richard Rodgers and Harold Arlen. It is his only song free from any European musical influences with very poetic lyrics by Al Dubin, My home in Toronto is in a very leafy enclave called Rosedale where the fall colours of red and sugar maples, white and red oaks and brilliant flaming Sumach are in their current glory.
Sung by John Pizzarelli,backed by the wondrful harmonic sensibilities of Sir Geoge Shearing, it is a poignant reminder of the recurring glories of Mother Nature present even in the middle of a large urban metropolis.

 https://youtu.be/wHx2hW8LUQg

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