söndag 20 december 2009

Diana Krall - Jingle Bells - Clayton / Hamilton Orchestra



Dashing through the snow
In a one-horse open sleigh,
Over the fields we go,
Laughing all the way;
Bells on bob-tail ring,
Making spirits bright,
What fun it is to ride and sing
A sleighing song tonight

Jingle bells, jingle bells,
Jingle all the way!
O what fun it is to ride
In a one-horse open sleigh

Now the ground is white
Go it while you're young,
Take the girls tonight
And sing this sleighing song;
Just get a bob-tailed bay
Two-forty as his speed
Then hitch him to an open sleigh
And crack! you'll take the lead.

Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells.... Jingle all the way...
.......................
I'm just crazy about horses!

måndag 14 december 2009

Gerry Mulligan - Night Lights och One Note Samba med Anton Carlos Jobim


Art Farmer, Bob Brookmeyer, Jim Hall, Bill Crow och Dave Bailey. Gerry Mulligan komp. och piano.
Vincent van Gogh målning.



Gerry Mulligan spelar för ovanlighetens skull klarinett tillsammans med kompositören av denna kända bossa nova-melodi, Antonio Carlos Jobim. Kanske är det den allra första gången Mulligan försöker sig på denna melodin, som då var ganska ny. Lägg märke till hur man diskuterar de avslutande takternas frasering.

söndag 6 december 2009

Anita O'Day - Sweet Georgia Brown -Tea For Two


Newport Jazz Festival 1957

NO GAL MADE HAS GOT A SHADE
ON SWEET GEORGIA BROWN,
TWO LEFT FEET, OH, SO NEAT,
HAS SWEET GEORGIA BROWN!
THEY ALL SIGH, AND WANT TO DIE,
FOR SWEET GEORGIA BROWN!
I'LL TELL YOU JUST WHY,
YOU KNOW I DON'T LIE, NOT MUCH:

IT'S BEEN SAID SHE KNOCKS 'EM DEAD,
WHEN SHE LANDS IN TOWN!
SINCE SHE CAME, WHY IT'S A SHAME,
HOW SHE COOLS THEM DOWN!
FELLAS SHE CAN'T GET
ARE FELLAS SHE AIN'T MET!
GEORGIA NAMED HER, GEORGIA CLAIMED HER,
SWEET GEORGIA BROWN!