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Post by Dave on Jun 21, 2011 20:09:26 GMT -5
Jane MonheitShe can be a little too cute with her facial reactions, but I like this woman and she has a great voice. She's pretty, too!en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_MonheitMore Than You Know Moon River Cheek To Cheek Tea For Two Home with Michael Buble, I Won't Dance
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Post by keith on Jun 23, 2011 14:35:49 GMT -5
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Post by Dave on Jun 23, 2011 17:25:37 GMT -5
Wow! The woman has a terrific voice!
Looking for another song by Dee Dee Bridgewater, I discovered Mike Hucknall and Simply Red.
With Dee Dee doing a James Taylor hit (by Carol King)
I think the following must be all covers.
If You Don't Know By Now - Mike Hucknall and Simply Red
Holding Back The Years
You Make Me Feel Brand New
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Post by keith on Jun 24, 2011 14:54:48 GMT -5
Here is someone I haven't listened to in a long time. I don't think this can really be called a cover.
Who cares what these two play? Headphones on & eyes closed.
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Post by Dave on Jun 24, 2011 21:46:36 GMT -5
Smooooooth! No, as creative as that, not really a cover.
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Post by Dave on Jun 24, 2011 21:54:34 GMT -5
And here's a guy with a golden lower lip. I've been listening to him since I was practically a kid!
Guy Vivenzo (owns the limo service in Yorkville) used to do a great rendition of Flamingo ... Bostic like ... in the band (with Dick Laurey) when we all lived on another planet. I've been thinking of working out the chords again on the piano for old time's sake. If I remember, they're pretty simple, I,IV,V I think.
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Post by keith on Jun 29, 2011 17:43:32 GMT -5
Changing the pace a bit, this has been stuck in my head since Sunday morning. It was playing on the radio in my wife's car when we left church.
Theology according to St. Mick. Perhaps we could send a link to Washington.
This one showed up in a Target commercial.
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Post by Dave on Jun 29, 2011 18:07:47 GMT -5
You know, I never understood "You Can't Always Get What You Want." I remember listening to the first time as I wondered when something was going to happen. And when I heard it a second time I wondered if it would grow on us. And when I heard the third time I shut the radio off. Regarding the Matchsticks.... that was plain awful! Were they faux Brits? Dress and hair seemed so, but they smiled too much for Brits. The keyboard guy looked like Lurch in The Addams Family. In the one note guitar solo (played triple time by the duo to sound difficult, but how hard can one note be?) they weren't in tune with each other. You found it where? Hahahaha!  |
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Post by Dave on Jun 29, 2011 18:14:27 GMT -5
Maybe the Matchsticks should take lessons from this group. Maybe not.
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Post by Dave on Jun 29, 2011 18:25:27 GMT -5
On the other hand, Louis Prima must have started somehow.
This is an interesting clip because the girl is not Keely Smith, but often assumes her character, her deer-in-headlights-confused look. Either she was subbing for Keely or predated her, in which case Keely's character may have been totally invented by Prima. Very possible for a guy who puts together an entire act to edict everyone's character.
And that's Sam Butera on the sax. What a terrific horn man he was.
Here's one for Sam ... from Sam.
(It's hard to find a MOTION tape of Sam without Prima.)
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Post by keith on Jun 29, 2011 21:49:11 GMT -5
Thank you, that's better. Can you imagine what it's like to have the chorale part of "You Can't Always Get What You Want" stuck in your head for days?
The Status Quo had at least one other song but I won't subject you to that. I think they expanded their range to 3 notes. I was really surprised when Matchstick Men showed up on a commercial but I guess it works. Every time it comes on I look up from my reading to see what is going on.
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Post by keith on Jun 30, 2011 19:36:25 GMT -5
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Post by Dave on Jun 30, 2011 20:04:45 GMT -5
Ah, yes. Much better. I've got to get me to a good production of Les Mis. I've seen the road show (down South) ... and often these can be done well .... but the show I saw didn't have enough audio for the size of the theater.
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Post by keith on Jun 30, 2011 22:02:25 GMT -5
We saw it in New York as a family, a birthday present to our oldest. I was in a state trying to herd 4 kids ranging from 8 to 18 from the train station to Times Square.
I had totally immersed myself in Le Miz, read an unabridged translation of Hugo, listened to the CD until I had every note memorized. One of the best experiences ever.
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Post by Dave on Jun 30, 2011 22:14:57 GMT -5
Years ago in the early 1960's I remember having a jazz album with the title Les Miserables. I don't remember much about it, except that I believe it was a typical jazz quintet playing the typical formula of "once through the melody" and then improvise. I don't know when the current Le Mis music was written. Could it be that old?
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