Frogman, I liked "Never Let Me Go" better than lush life, too much "fluff" in the music at the beginning, but since her voice had that diamond sparkle of youth it still sounded good.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vy4YvDBGRo0
Enjoy the music.
Jazz for aficionados
Frogman, I liked "Never Let Me Go" better than lush life, too much "fluff" in the music at the beginning, but since her voice had that diamond sparkle of youth it still sounded good. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vy4YvDBGRo0 Enjoy the music. |
Consider what kind of talent, fortitude and sense of self inspires a sixteen year old, black, gay young man, in 1933, to compose a song like this. Today is Billy Strayhorn's birthday and I can't think of a more beautiful and inspired song than this. If this is not yet more proof that this music (jazz) is just as serious as any other, I don't what is: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=7d6_LUDa_Zw A favorite version with fantastic orchestral arrangement: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=hGRKWG6Y08w |
****How much of Ellington was Strayhorn**** One of the perennial and most interesting questions among jazz lovers. For the answer, I suppose one need look no further than the simple fact that Ellington's signature tune "Take The A Train" was composed by Strayhorn. In fact it's more complicated than that. Ellington considered Strayhorn his "right arm" and, while he did publicly give give him credit, he also took credit that rightly belonged to Strayhorn. Ellington was the leader and had the vision for the band and the music; Strayhorn contributed a lot of the composing and arranging skill. |