What Are You Listening To? - May, 2025
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RICKIE LEE JONES; Warner Brothers CD 3296=2
Townes Van Zandt; A FAR CRY FROM DEAD. BMG CD
Currently listening to Porcupine Tree ~ In Absentia.
I was today years old when I found this out. Frank Sinatra's song Full Moon and Empty Arms from 1945 was based on Rachmaninoff's 2nd piano concerto. I listened to both and was amazed at how well he followed the melody from the concerto. Nice stuff for an older piece by Sinatra.
wow, indeed. I’m quite familiar with the Rachy 2, one of the great classical pieces of all time. But this Sinatra song I’m unfamiliar with. Or if I had heard it, I probably passed it off as just another Sinatra song, not knowing why I found it weirdly familiar.
Jazz pianist, arranger and composer Mary Lou Williams (May 8, 1910 - May 28, 1981) plays "Taurus" from her Zodiac Suite. Each sign in the suite was dedicated to musicians born under that sign. Taurus was dedicated to Duke Ellington.
Keith Jarrett (May 8, 1945), from the best-selling solo album in jazz history and the best-selling piano album, The Köln Concert. This is the 50th. anniversary of this concert and album. Keith plays the final piece, "Part IIc".
Waylon Jennings released one of the best “get away from me you beautiful young girl I’m married” songs ever in 1966.
These were sort of like man bites dog songs.
Normally the man gets dumped by the pretty young girl when she finds out he’s married but sometimes (very rarely) it’s the man with a conscience.
The ultimate song of this genre has to be Margie’s at the Lincoln Park Inn. You must know this one to play with any hillbilly jam session, it will be requested by a woman.
Modern day version
Original 1969
Another must know Get Away From Me song is Cal Smith’s 1974 Time to Pay the Fiddler.
These were sort of like man bites dog songs.
Normally the man gets dumped by the pretty young girl when she finds out he’s married but sometimes (very rarely) it’s the man with a conscience.
The ultimate song of this genre has to be Margie’s at the Lincoln Park Inn. You must know this one to play with any hillbilly jam session, it will be requested by a woman.
Modern day version
Original 1969
Another must know Get Away From Me song is Cal Smith’s 1974 Time to Pay the Fiddler.
Phineas Newborn Jr. HARLEM BLUES; Contemporary (Original Jazz Classics) OJCCD-662-2
Heard this today on SiriusXM's Watercolors channel on the drive home, and was smitten by Ms. Krall's rendition of it This is another standard from Cole Porter, written in 1932, and is probably best known as a Sinatra standard.
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Johnny Griffin; A BLOWING SESSION. Blue Note CDP 8 81559 2 CD
Here's one more (another Sinatra standard) from Ms. Krall: