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Last Night When We Were Young
"Last Night When We Were Young" is a 1935 popular song about nostalgia and young love composed by Harold Arlen, with lyrics by Yip Harburg. Arlen regarded it as the favourite of the songs that he had written.Jablonski, Edward (1998). Harold Arlen: Rhythm, Rainbows, and Blues'. UPNE. p. 100. . Google Book Search. Retrieved on March 20, 2010. Lawrence Tibbett recorded the song on October 9, 1935. It was cut from his film '' Metropolitan'' but performed instrumentally behind the credits. "Last Night When We Were Young" was highly regarded by Judy Garland, who recorded it twice, and frequently performed it. Composer Alec Wilder called it a "most remarkable and beautiful song" that "goes far beyond the boundaries of popular music." Continuing, he stated that " is unlike any other Arlen song that I have heard. However, it is unmistakably his." Harburg did not know where he acquired the title, saying, "the juxtaposition of those two phrases is almost a whole world of philosophy". Singer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Popular Song
Popular music is music with wide appeal that is typically distributed to large audiences through the music industry. These forms and styles can be enjoyed and performed by people with little or no musical training.Popular Music. (2015). ''Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia'' It stands in contrast to both art music and traditional or "folk" music. Art music was historically disseminated through the performances of written music, although since the beginning of the recording industry, it is also disseminated through recordings. Traditional music forms such as early blues songs or hymns were passed along orally, or to smaller, local audiences. The original application of the term is to music of the 1880s Tin Pan Alley period in the United States. Although popular music sometimes is known as "pop music", the two terms are not interchangeable. Popular music is a generic term for a wide variety of genres of music that appeal to the tastes of a large segment of the population, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cal Tjader Plays Harold Arlen
''Cal Tjader Plays Harold Arlen'' is an album by American vibraphonist Cal Tjader, five of its 11 tracks arranged by Tjader's longtime colleague Clare Fischer. Recorded in June 1960 Album notes for 2002 CD re-issue, ''Cal Tjader Plays Harold Arlen and West Side Story''. and released in February 1962 on the Fantasy label,Fantasy Album Discography, Part 3 Both Sides Now Publications. Retrieved 2013-02-07. it would be reissued on CD – together with Tjader's similarly semi-orchestral 1961 LP, '''' (by which time Fischer had become Tjader's full-time pianist and musical director) – on July 30, 2002, as ''Cal Tjader Plays Harold Ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sarah Vaughan
Sarah Lois Vaughan (March 27, 1924 – April 3, 1990) was an American jazz singer. Nicknamed "Sassy" and " The Divine One", she won two Grammy Awards, including the Lifetime Achievement Award, and was nominated for a total of nine Grammy Awards. She was given an NEA Jazz Masters Award in 1989. Critic Scott Yanow wrote that she had "one of the most wondrous voices of the 20th century". Early life Vaughan was born in Newark, New Jersey, to Asbury "Jake" Vaughan, a carpenter by trade who played guitar and piano, and Ada Vaughan, a laundress who sang in the church choir, migrants from Virginia. The Vaughans lived in a house on Brunswick Street in Newark for Vaughan's entire childhood. Jake was deeply religious. The family was active in New Mount Zion Baptist Church at 186 Thomas Street. Vaughan began piano lessons at the age of seven, sang in the church choir, and played piano for rehearsals and services. She developed an early love for popular music on records and the radio. In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Hi-Lo's
The Hi-Lo's were a vocal quartet formed in 1953, who achieved their greatest fame in the late 1950s and 1960s. The group's name is a reference to their extreme vocal and physical ranges (Bob Strasen and Bob Morse were tall, Gene Puerling and Clark Burroughs were short). History The group consisted of Gene Puerling (bass-baritone or fourth voice, arranger, leader, and occasional soloist), Bob Strasen (baritone or third voice), Bob Morse (baritone or second voice and frequent soloist) and Clark Burroughs (tenor or first voice/lead). In 1959, Bob Strasen left the group after he began losing his voice to unknown causes. After Strasen's departure, Bob Morse switched to the Baritone or third part, and tenor Don Shelton sang the second part. They were occasionally supported by Frank Sinatra. Clare Fischer was their pianist for years and occasionally wrote arrangements for the group. The Hi-Lo's recorded the theme song to the 1956 television series ''Noah's Ark''. They were also featu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Torchy (album)
''Torchy!'' is a 1956 album by jazz singer Carmen McRae arranged by Jack Pleis and Ralph Burns. Jason Ankeny described the album as "a lush, potently atmospheric collection of romantic ballads rendered for maximum impact" and that the "...sheer intensity of McRae's vocals render orchestration virtually moot. Few singers have equaled her conviction or her fierce intelligence, and her interpretations of songs like "But Beautiful," "My Future Just Passed," and "We'll Be Together Again" pack a devastating emotional punch." Track listing # "Last Night When We Were Young" ( Harold Arlen, Yip Harburg) - 2:38 # " Speak Low" ( Kurt Weill, Ogden Nash) - 3:07 # " But Beautiful" (Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke) - 2:55 # "If You'd Stay the Way I Dream About You" (Arthur Herzog, Jr., Irene Kitchings) - 2:47 # " Midnight Sun" ( Lionel Hampton, Burke, Johnny Mercer) - 3:45 # "My Future Just Passed" (Richard A. Whiting, George Marion, Jr)- 3:18 # " Yesterdays" ( Jerome Kern, Otto Harbach) - ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carmen McRae
Carmen Mercedes McRae (April 8, 1920 – November 10, 1994) was an American jazz singer. She is considered one of the most influential jazz vocalists of the 20th century and is remembered for her behind-the-beat phrasing and ironic interpretation of lyrics. Early life and education McRae was born in Harlem, New York City, United States. Her father, Osmond, and mother, Evadne (Gayle) McRae, were immigrants from Jamaica. She began studying piano when she was eight, and the music of jazz greats such as Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington filled her home. When she was 17 years old, she met singer Billie Holiday. As a teenager McRae came to the attention of Teddy Wilson and his wife, the composer Irene Kitchings. One of McRae's early songs, "Dream of Life", was, through their influence, recorded in 1939 by Wilson’s long-time collaborator Billie Holiday.Brian Berger"Carmen McRae" HiLobrow, April 8, 2015. McRae considered Holiday to be her primary influence. Early career In her ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tokyo '96
''Tokyo '96'' is a live album by American pianist Keith Jarrett's "Standards Trio" featuring Gary Peacock and Jack DeJohnette recorded in concert in March, 1996 at the Bunkamura Orchard Hall in Shibuya, Tokyo (Japan) and released on the ECM label in 1998. Filmed footage of the concert was originally released as ''Trio Concert 1996'' (by Image Entertainment in VHS and DVD formats). To celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Standards Trio in 2008, ECM Records acquired rights to the filmed performance and released a double-DVD set called ''Live In Japan 93/96'', which featured ''Trio Concert 1996'' and another Trio film, ''Live at Open Theater East''. March–April 1996 Tour in Japan ''Tokyo '96'' was recorded on March 30 during a tour in Japan where, according to ''www.keithjarrett.org'', Jarrett's "Standard trio" performed 10 times in 16 days. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Keith Jarrett
Keith Jarrett (born May 8, 1945) is an American jazz and classical music pianist and composer. Jarrett started his career with Art Blakey and later moved on to play with Charles Lloyd and Miles Davis. Since the early 1970s, he has also been a group leader and solo performer in jazz, jazz fusion, and classical music. His improvisations draw from the traditions of jazz and other genres, including Western classical music, gospel, blues, and ethnic folk music. His album, '' The Köln Concert'', released in 1975, became the best-selling piano recording in history. In 2008, he was inducted into the Down Beat Jazz Hall of Fame in the magazine's 73rd Annual Readers' Poll. In 2003, Jarrett received the Polar Music Prize and was the first recipient to be recognized with prizes for both contemporary and classical music. In 2004, he received the Léonie Sonning Music Prize. In February 2018, Jarrett suffered a stroke and has been unable to perform since. A second stroke, in May 2018, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Film Noir (album)
''Film Noir'' is the 17th studio album by American singer-songwriter Carly Simon, released by Arista Records, on September 16, 1997. It is Simon's third album devoted to standards, following ''Torch'' (1981) and '' My Romance'' (1990). Jimmy Webb co-produced the album and contributed his vocals, orchestration and piano skills to the project which was filmed for an AMC documentary entitled ''Songs in Shadow: The Making of Carly Simon's Film Noir'' (which premiered in September 1997). He also co-wrote the title song "Film Noir" with Simon. John Travolta duets with Simon on the song "Two Sleepy People". Film director Martin Scorsese provided liner notes in the fold out booklet. The album was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Performance in 1998. Promotion and reception ''Songs in Shadow: The Making of Carly Simon's Film Noir'' aired as a special presentation on AMC. This documentary also features footage of Jimmy Webb, Arif Mardin and Van Dyke Parks i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carly Simon
Carly Elisabeth Simon (born June 25, 1943) is an American singer-songwriter, memoirist, and children's author. She rose to fame in the 1970s with a string of hit records; her 13 Top 40 U.S. hits include " Anticipation" (No. 13), " The Right Thing to Do" (No. 17), " Haven't Got Time for the Pain" (No. 14), " You Belong to Me" (No. 6), " Coming Around Again" (No. 18), and her four Gold-certified singles " You're So Vain" (No. 1), " Mockingbird" (No. 5, a duet with James Taylor), " Nobody Does It Better" (No. 2) from the 1977 James Bond film '' The Spy Who Loved Me'', and " Jesse" (No. 11). She has authored two memoirs and five children's books. In 1963, Simon began performing with her sister Lucy Simon as the Simon Sisters. The duo released three albums, beginning with '' Meet the Simon Sisters'', which featured the song " Winkin', Blinkin' and Nod". Based on the poem by Eugene Field and put to music by Lucy, the song became a minor hit and reached No. 73 on the ''Billboard'' H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Perfectly Frank
''Perfectly Frank'' is an album by Tony Bennett, released in 1992 and recorded as a tribute to Frank Sinatra. Part of Bennett's late-in-life comeback to commercial success, it achieved gold record status in the United States and won the Grammy Award for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Performance in 1993. In 2006, the album was reissued with the same contents as ''Perfectly Frank: An American Classic Celebrates 80'', in conjunction with Bennett's 80th birthday. Track listing # " Time After Time" (Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne) – 3:32 # " I Fall in Love Too Easily" (Cahn, Styne) – 2:01 # " East of the Sun (and West of the Moon)" (Brooks Bowman) – 4:11 # " Nancy (with the Laughing Face)" (Phil Silvers, Jimmy Van Heusen) – 3:14 # "I Thought About You" (Johnny Mercer, Van Heusen) – 2:55 # " Night and Day" (Cole Porter) – 3:35 # "I've Got the World on a String" (Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler) – 2:52 # "I'm Glad There Is You" (Jimmy Dorsey, Paul Madeira) – 3:14 # "A Nightingale Sang ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
To My Wonderful One
''To My Wonderful One'' is an album by American singer Tony Bennett. It was originally recorded in 1959 and released in 1960 on Columbia as CL 1429. Track listing #"Wonderful One" – ( Paul Whiteman, Ferde Grofé, Theodora Morse, Marshall Neilan) – 3:17 #" Till" ( Charles Danvers, Carl Sigman) – 3:00 #" September Song" ( Kurt Weill, Maxwell Anderson) – 3:53 #"Suddenly" (Dorcas Cochran, Richard Heuberger) – 3:07 #" I'm a Fool to Want You" ( Frank Sinatra, Jack Wolf, Joel S. Herron) – 3:21 #"We Mustn't Say Goodbye" (Al Dubin, James V. Monaco) – 3:15 #" Autumn Leaves" ( Johnny Mercer, Joseph Kosma, Jacques Prevert) – 3:32 #" Laura" ( Johnny Mercer, David Raksin) – 3:05 #" April in Paris" ( Vernon Duke, E. Y. Harburg) – 2:34 #" Speak Low" (Kurt Weill, Ogden Nash) – 2:48 #" Tenderly" ( Walter Gross, Jack Lawrence) – 3:36 #"Last Night When We Were Young" ( Harold Arlen, E. Y. Harburg) – 2:55 ''Recorded on October 23 (#6), November 10 (#1, 7–8, 11), No ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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