ALBUM: DAYS OF WINE AND ROSES SONGS OF JOHNNY
MERCER
LABEL: VILLAGE SQUARE
GENRE: JAZZ
YEAR: 2003
Bobbe Gorin "Beegie"
Adair, née Long (born December 11, 1937, Barren County, Kentucky, United
States) is an American jazz pianist. She studied piano at Western Kentucky
University. She moved to Nashville, Tennessee, where she did graduate work at Peabody
College. She later
went on to form the Beegie Adair Trio.
Adair has recorded and
appeared in over 90 recordings (37 of which are recorded with her trio, the
Beegie Adair Trio, which consists of bassist Roger Spencer and percussionist Chris
Brown), ranging from Cole Porter standards to Frank Sinatra classics to
romantic World War II ballads. She has released a six-CD Centennial Composers Collection of tunes by
Rodgers, Gershwin, Kern, Ellington, Carmichael and Berlin. Adair
cites George Shearing, Bill Evans, Oscar Peterson and Erroll Garner among her
influences.
She lives in Franklin, Tennessee.
Her late husband, Billy, was an associate professor of jazz studies at the
Blair School in Vanderbilt University until his death in February 2014. She is
a Board & Faculty member of the Nashville Jazz Workshop and performs
regularly in Nashville.
"Autumn Leaves"
is a popular song and jazz standard composed by Joseph Kosma with lyrics by Jacques
Prévert.
BESAME MUCHO
DAVE
BRUBECK
SONGWRITER: CONSUELO VELÁSQUEZ
INSTRUMENT: PIANO
COUNTRY: U. S. A.
ALBUM: ON TIME
LABEL: SMSP
GENRE: JAZZ
YEAR: 1967
David Warren Brubeck(/ˈbruːbɛk/; December 6, 1920 – December 5, 2012) was an
American jazz pianist and composer, considered one of the foremost exponents of
cool jazz. He wrote a number of jazz standards, including "In Your Own
Sweet Way" and "The Duke". Brubeck's style ranged from refined to bombastic,
reflecting both his mother's attempts at classical training and his own
improvisational skills. His music is known for employing
unusual time signatures as well as superimposing contrasting rhythms, meters,
and tonalities.
Brubeck experimented with
time signatures throughout his career, recording "Pick Up Sticks" in 6/4,
"Unsquare Dance" in 7/4, "World's Fair" in 13/4, and "Blue
Rondo à la Turk" in 9/8. He was also a composer of orchestral and sacred
music and wrote soundtracks for television, such as Mr. Broadway and the
animated miniseries This Is America, Charlie Brown.
Often incorrectly attributed
to Brubeck, the song "Take Five", which has become a jazz standard,
was composed by Brubeck's long-time musical partner, alto saxophonist Paul
Desmond. Appearing on one of the top-selling jazz albums, Time Out, and written
in 5/4 time, "Take Five" has endured as a jazz classic associated
with Brubeck.
Dave Brubeck was born in
the San Francisco Bay Area city of Concord, California, and grew up in a city
located in the Mother Lode called Ione, California. His father, Peter Howard
"Pete" Brubeck, was a cattle rancher, and his mother, Elizabeth (née
Ivey), who had studied piano in England under Myra Hess and intended to become
a concert pianist, taught piano for extra money.
His father had Swiss
ancestry (the family surname was originally Brodbeck) and possibly Native
American Modoc lineage, while his maternal grandparents were English and
German. Brubeck originally did not intend to become a musician (his two older
brothers, Henry and Howard, were already on that track), but took lessons from
his mother. He could not read music during these early lessons, attributing
this difficulty to poor eyesight, but "faked" his way through well
enough that this deficiency went mostly unnoticed.
Intending to work with his
father on their ranch, Brubeck entered the College of the Pacific in Stockton,
California (now the University of the Pacific), studying veterinary science. He
changed to music on the urging of the head of zoology, Dr. Arnold, who told him
"Brubeck, your mind's not here. It's across the lawn in the conservatory. Please go
there. Stop wasting my time and yours." Later, Brubeck
was nearly expelled when one of his professors discovered that he could not read
music on sight. Several of his professors came forward, arguing that his
ability to write counterpoint and harmony more than compensated, and
demonstrated his familiarity with music notation. The college was still afraid
that it would cause a scandal, and agreed to let Brubeck graduate only after he
had promised never to teach piano.
HOW IT
FEELS TO BE FREE
NINA
SIMONE
SONGWRITERS:
BILLY TAYLOR & DICK DALLAS(RICHARD CARROLL LAMB)
WHERE: AT
JAZZ FESTIVAL IN MONTREAUX
COUNTRY: U.
S. A.
ALBUM: SILK
AND SOUL
LABEL: RCA
RECORDS
GENRE: JAZZ
YEAR: 1967
"I Wish I Knew How It
Would Feel to Be Free" is a jazz song written by Billy Taylor and Dick
Dallas. Taylor's original version (as "I Wish I Knew") was recorded
on November 12, 1963, and released on his Right Here, Right Now! album (Capitol
ST-2039) the following year. His 1967 instrumental take was later used as the
theme music for the Film... review programme series on BBC Television.
Taylor said: "I wrote this song, perhaps my
best-known composition, for my daughter Kim. This is one of the best renditions
I’ve done because it is very spiritual."
The song served as an
anthem for the Civil Rights Movement in America in the 1960s. A widely played
version was recorded by Nina Simone in 1967 on her Silk & Soul album.
Lighthouse Family covered
it as (I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be) Free/One.
Other artists who have
covered the song include Illinois Jacquet(1968), Solomon Burke(1968), Cold
Blood (1969), John Denver (1969), Mary Travers(1971), Jools Holland(1997), Levon
Helm(2009), Tedeschi Trucks Band, and Emeli Sandé(2012). The song was also
covered by Andra Day or the 2017 Film Acrimony.
Nina Simone(/ˈniːnəsɪˈmoʊn/; born Eunice Kathleen Waymon; February 21, 1933 –
April 21, 2003) was an American singer, songwriter, pianist, arranger, and
activist in the Civil Rights Movement. Her music spanned a broad range of
musical styles including classical, jazz, blues, folk, R&B, gospel, and pop.
Born in North Carolina,
the sixth child of a preacher, Waymon initially aspired to be a concert
pianist. With the help of a few supporters in her hometown of Tryon, she
enrolled in the Juilliard School of Music in New York.
Waymon then applied for a
scholarship to study at the prestigious Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia,
where she was denied admission despite a well-received audition. Waymon became
fully convinced this rejection had been entirely due to racial discrimination. In
2003, just days before her death, the Curtis Institute of Music bestowed on her
an honorary degree.
To make a living, Eunice Waymon changed her name to
"Nina Simone". The change related to her need to
disguise herself from family members, having chosen to play "the devil's
music" or "cocktail piano" at a nightclub in Atlantic City. She
was told in the nightclub that she would have to sing to her own accompaniment,
which effectively launched her career as a jazz vocalist.
Simone recorded more than 40 albums between 1958 and
1974. She made her debut with the álbum Little Girl Blue.
She had a hit in the United States in 1958 with "I Loves You, Porgy".
Simone's musical style
fused gospel and pop with classical music, in particular Johann Sebastian Bach,
and accompanied expressive, jazz-like singing in her contralto voice.
I wish I knew how
It would feel to be free
I wish I could break
All the chains holding me
I wish I could say
All the things that I should say
Say 'em loud say 'em clear
For the whole round world to hear
I wish I could share
All the love that's in my heart
Remove all the bars
That keep us apart
I wish you could know
What it means to be me
Then you'd see and agree
That every man should be free
I wish I could give
All I'm longin' to give
I wish I could live
Like I'm longin' to live
I wish I could do
All the things that I can do
And though I'm'm way over due
I'd'd be starting a new
Well I wish I could be
Like a bird in the sky
How sweet it would be
If I found I could fly
Oh I'd'd soar to the sun
And look down at the sea
Than I'd sing cos I know - yea
Then I'd sing cos I know - yea
Then I'd sing cos I know
I'd'd know how it feels
Oh I'd know how it feels to be free
Yea Yea! Oh, I'd know how it feels
Yes I'd know
Oh, I'd know
How it feels
How it feels
To be free.
PERCHÉ,
PERCHÉ
TONY RENIS
PAROLIERE: ALBERTO
TESTA
PAESE: ITALIA
ALBUM: MADE
IN ITALY
ETICHETTA: EMI
MARKETING
GENERE: POP
ANNO: 2004
Tony Renis (nato il 13 maggio
1938), nome d'arte di Elio Cesari, è un cantante, compositore, compositore,
produttore musicale e attore cinematografico italiano.
Nato a Milano, ha debuttato a
metà degli anni '50, in coppia con Adriano Celentano, esibendo un'impressione
di Dean Martin e Jerry Lewis. Nel 1958, ha firmato per l'etichetta "Combo
Record" come cantante e ha iniziato a pubblicare cover di canzoni italiane
e americane. Nel 1961, Renis debuttò al Festival di Sanremo con la canzone
"Pozzanghere".
Nel 1962, Renis ottenne
successi internazionali con la canzone "Quando, quando, quando",
scritta con Alberto Testa e rappresentata al Festival di Sanremo. [1] Un anno
dopo, vinse lo stesso Festival con la canzone "Una per tutte", e nel
1967 raggiunse il secondo posto con la canzone "Quando dico che ti
amo"
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