Jazz for aficionados
orpheus10 My thoughts and prayers go out to you, think positive. Let the music ease your soul. http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=E57SMan1-uA |
What would a thread be without its OP? As nsp suggests, the power of positive thinking is not to be underestimated. Some tunes become a type of anthem for instrumentalists. Among tenor players and within the tenor saxophone world ”Invitation” is one of those tunes; up there with “Body and Soul” as ultimate vehicles for players to demonstrate their true musical mettle. The reasons that certain tunes achieve this status is not only that they are great tunes in their own right, but also because they often “lay” really well on the instrument and there has often been an important recording of it by one of the great players on the instrument. The importance of Coleman Hawkin’s famous recording of “Body and Soul” is well known. Coltrane’s “Invitation” has been the standard setter for contemporary (post-Coltrane) tenor players. Great tune! https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=xC6wo9Jqey0 https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=oqB-sz2SBsg https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=F-el0Sblhsg |
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OxbaEOEqUQ0 Lyrics for Invitation sung by Dinah Washington https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iyp1yvSBq5I You and your smile Hold a strange invitation Somehow it seems We've shared our dreams But where? Time after time In a room full of strangers Out of the blue Suddenly you are there Wherever I go You're the glow of temptation Glancing my way In the gray of the dawn And always your eyes Smile that strange invitation When you are gone Where oh, where have you gone? How long must I stay In a world of illusion? Be where you are So near yet so far apart Hoping you'll say With a warm invitation Where have you been? Darling, come in into my heart Wherever I go You're the glow of temptation Glancing my way In the gray of the dawn And always your eyes Smile that strange invitation When you are gone Where oh, where have you gone? How long must I stay In a world of illusion? Be where you are So near yet so far apart Hoping you'll say With a warm invitation Where have you been? Darling, come in into my heart Without a doubt, Dinah Washington sings the best version of this song. While others may have more beautiful voices, this song is about mystery and "drama", which Dinah's voice adds. Picture yourself in a lounge, alone in a roomful of strangers, and there is a striking lady about four stools down, wearing a big black floppy hat that adds to her mystery. You glance at her to confirm her aura. Then you catch her glancing at you. Shortly after that, she leaves; leaving you with her aura, and the desire to see her again. A week later, you are in the same lounge, on the same bar stool, and again she's about four or five bar stools down; this time the big floppy hat is straw. Sneaky guy that you are, you decide to get a good look at her in the mirror behind the bar; low and behold, that's where your eyes meet, and she smiles, the hide and peak game is over. There is no doubt in my mind that Dinah actually lived this scene by the way she sings the song, plus the fact that she lived life with all the zest a nice lady could manage. Mary J., I don't know how to recreate this scene for you, other than to make you the striking lady wearing the big black floppy hat. |
Thanks so much 0-10, made my day. All our souls will fly away sometime , my time is not far away and all I will get for a send-off is the Army’s dog ,"Caissons Go Rolling Along" .Marines and Sailors do a lot better as "Marines Hymn" and "Anchors Away"are both quite stirring . But, truth be told my friend, you get the best of the bunch , "The Wild Blue Yonder " played by the Magnificent USAF Band ! |
