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#268808 - 08/06/09 12:10 PM
Re: What are your silliest and most important/personal tunes?
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Registered: 01/02/04
Posts: 7305
Loc: Lexington, Ky, USA
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Eddie-Christmas Song is one of my all-time favorites. Sometimes, in a quiet dining room setting, I play it in July, just to do those great changes. Diki, heard Ella do Valentine live in 1962 and went right home and learned it, with Ray Brown's help. Now, I'll play it several times a year as a silent dedication to "you guys". And, if the alternative was digging ditches in the Florida sun, I'd "out Buffet" you in a heartbeat. Mac, hadn't thought about it for years, but My Ding-a-ling was one I did and had lots of fun with, believe it or not (Gotta love the "duckwalk dude"). And, I've been playing Nature Boy since 1961. My first exposure was a top 40 AM pop record recorded about then...the guy who did Splish Splash...Bobby Darin. Previously, the version I liked was an obscure George Benson recording. Like the one you referenced a lot better. Don, I now do a country parody called "Bald Heads Shining In the Rain". I like to do it, but it's a little too close to home when it comes to the hair department.
And, Chas, as always, when it comes to music and individual tastes, "we're joined at the hip".
Russ (closet Stooooopid song freak) Lay
BALD HEADS SHINING IN THE RAIN (Funk Version) (Written for a regular namend Bob)
In The Twilight Glow I see it Bob's bald head shining in the rain (Bob stands, removes his hat and bows) He'll never need another haircut And he'll never use Brylcream again
Someday, when we meet up yonder We'll take off those ballcaps and then We'll look like twin Uell Brenners (Russ and Bob take off caps and bow) Twin bald heads shining in the rain And we'll never go to the barbershop again.
(Chas, PLEASE don't shoot me on my next trip to Atlanta. At least I do it with a "Miles" arrangement and feel(LOL))!
[This message has been edited by captain Russ (edited 08-06-2009).]
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#268811 - 08/06/09 04:34 PM
Re: What are your silliest and most important/personal tunes?
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Registered: 05/16/08
Posts: 307
Loc: Chesapeake, Virginia, USA
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Yes that performance with the Sydney Symphony (Sidney, Australia, not Cincinnati, Ohio) is a good strong performance where Kurt and the band translate it to Pop Orchestral style.
The original recording, without symphony and featuring the jazz combo and Kurt, is an even better listen.
Kurt Elling is a jazz singer's jazz singer, seriously studying all those who came before him and standing squarely on their shoulders, any Kurt Elling disk is a treat.
We need more singers capable of paying tribute like that, bringing the Lambert, Hendrix and Ross as well as the many famous male jazz singers' contributions out to the forefront like he does.
Kurt's strong performances manage to touch just about everybody, jazz aficionados or not.
The Yellowjackets
--Mac
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"Keep listening. Never become so self-important that you can't listen to other players. Live cleanly....Do right....You can improve as a player by improving as a person. It's a duty we owe to ourselves." --John Coltrane
"You don't know what you like, you like what you know. In order to know what you like, you have to know everything." --Branford Marsalis
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