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What are you listening to? Part III
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Abel Korzeniowski - some music from The Soundtracks from Penny Dreadful, Seasons One, Two & Three.
The Gaslight Anthem - History Books, featuring Bruce Springsteen. Their best work. My absolute favorite band.
The Thrill is Gone....by Roy Hawkins.
Yeah BB King made the song famous later on, but original by Hawkins is better
Yeah BB King made the song famous later on, but original by Hawkins is better
An excellent (Baroque) concert by Daniel Zapico and Pablo Zapico (playing Baroque guitar, theorbo, and lastly, an archlute accompanying the theorbo) with music by G G Kapsberger, G Sanz, G B Vitali, and H Purcell.
Earlier this evening I read a review in The Washington Post which was quite enthusiastic about a young concert pianist named Yuja Wang, who performed in concert here recently. I was curious so looked on YT to see if there were any videos of her in concert, and ran across a delightful "Rhapsody in Blue" and as well as a wonderful Rachmaninoff..... She's quite expressive in her playing and her facial expressions but doesn't overdo things, strikes just the right balance.
Quite a brilliant pianist, and I can certainly understand the reviewer's enthusiasm! Tomorrow I'm going to look for more concerts on YT....and also see if there are any albums to purchase, too.....
Quite a brilliant pianist, and I can certainly understand the reviewer's enthusiasm! Tomorrow I'm going to look for more concerts on YT....and also see if there are any albums to purchase, too.....
Absolutely epic! I'd love to go see a performance of Carmina Burana sometime. I'll have to keep an eye out—the Philharmonic did it in 2022 but I didn't go, so hopefully they go it again. I actually sang O Fortuna in choir back in the day.
I have to admit that I have never been much of a Beatles fan.. Not because they weren't good, but they just were not relevant or prominent to a Gen X inner city black kid growing up in the 80s and breaking out of societal molds at the time, especially with parents who were more Motown, Blues, and Gospel over anything. That doesn't mean that I do not have an appreciation for them, because I do; keep in mind that Paul had an affinity for Motown, especially with sharing the stage with Stevie Wonder and Michael Jackson.
That said, going back through some of the Beatles Collection now, they did have some great songs.. But this being the last one, 60 years after they broke through to the USA, and having Paul and Ringo not only perform beside their younger selves, but also beside George and John one last time.. Not only how mind boggling it would be for them, but to actually see them performing with them again..
It ranks up there with Paul playing live on stage with John on the screen behind him, Brian May doing the same with Freddie, and Freddie's last video with the band on These Are the Days of Our Lives. Very overwhelming.
It makes me appreciate them even more.
BL.
Funny you mention this.. one of the things that defines the rock/metal scene in Japan is how almost all of the musicians over there come from some classical background, jazz background, or some fusion background. In this case, it's Jazz/Funk/Fusion.
Enter a group called Tokyo Groove Jyoshi: a 3-piece group made up of a keyboardist, bassist linked with rock band Nemophila, drums, and a special guest player playing a traditional Japanese Tsugaru Syamisen (which you'd think would have absolutely NOTHING to do with Jazz: fusion, or otherwise). So what do they attempt to do?
They cover What is Hip? by Jazz/Funk/Fusion band Tower of Power. Yeah.. this is good. Enjoy!
BL.
Yes, I can well imagine this.
Anyway, I like Bach, - I really like Baroque - and I like The Beatles.
And I like many other forms of Classical music, including some early music (Renaissance, and so on).
Now, I also like Motown, and some Blues and Gospel, some Jazz, some Trad, some classic Rock and Pop, a lot of World Music, and so on (while, as it happens, I loathe rap, and hip hop, and heavy metal).
Each to their own.
However, I always regret that people feel excluded from, or, are made to feel excluded from, or exclude themselves from, thinking that they can derive enjoyment from, or appreciate, relish, take a real delight from (for reasons of social and or background) any form of music.
Music (and its appreciation and enjoyment) is for everyone.
Someone had brought up the classic Rankin-Bass holiday specials (Frosty the Snowman, Rudolph, the Red Nose Reindeer, etc.), and me with my 1980s Gen X mouth had to pop up and say that while everyone here in the US knows those and how common they are, they all missed out on a holiday special that aired once here in the US on some random kids channel in the 80s called Nickelodeon.
That holiday special was The Snowman.
While it aired once here, what stuck to us was the theme song of the special. Not many people know it here; or I should say, they know it, but don't remember it. It was used as the theme music for ads for Christmas at Toys'R'Us. That song is called Walking in the Air. A bit of history on it: It was originally recorded by a child named Aled Jones. However, the special didn't take off really big until about 5-6 years after Aled recorded it, so when it got big, they wanted him to re-record it.. he couldn't, because his voice changed (puberty), so when it was re-recorded, another person named Peter Audy recorded it, while the original on the movie was Aled.
Well, Aled became a classically trained tenor, which leads to the first cover (not cover?) here. Six years ago, Aled re-recorded the song, but famously, he recorded it as a duet with his childhood self. He's singing with himself as a duet to the original recording. Here that is, and enjoy!
BL.
That holiday special was The Snowman.
While it aired once here, what stuck to us was the theme song of the special. Not many people know it here; or I should say, they know it, but don't remember it. It was used as the theme music for ads for Christmas at Toys'R'Us. That song is called Walking in the Air. A bit of history on it: It was originally recorded by a child named Aled Jones. However, the special didn't take off really big until about 5-6 years after Aled recorded it, so when it got big, they wanted him to re-record it.. he couldn't, because his voice changed (puberty), so when it was re-recorded, another person named Peter Audy recorded it, while the original on the movie was Aled.
Well, Aled became a classically trained tenor, which leads to the first cover (not cover?) here. Six years ago, Aled re-recorded the song, but famously, he recorded it as a duet with his childhood self. He's singing with himself as a duet to the original recording. Here that is, and enjoy!
BL.
Now, that was excellent; thank you for sharing this piece of gorgeous music.
Actually, I remember Aled Jones singing that song when he was what is known in the UK as a "boy soprano", and the heady purity of his voice at that time.
I'm going to sound like a broken record here, but I'm actually in shock by the covers of Walking in the Air that I am finding. Those in the UK correct me on this or add more detail to what I am just finding, but apparently, Malakai Bayoh is a child treble like Aled Jones was, and while singing classical pieces, may have copped a bit of heckling or even racial comments from performing a piece when others were expecting the song to be performed by a female singer. Regardless, Malakai went on to recently get a golden buzzer from Britain's Got Talent, and from Simon Cowell of all people.
But possibly due to that criticism and flack he received, Jones personally invited Malakai to sing Walking in the Air as a duet with him, in St. Paul's Church Covent Garden.
Personally, it's completely shocking at how close Malakai currently sounds to Aled's childhood voice, in both pitch, timber, and tone. It's eerily close, and well done by both of them here. So again, Walking in the Air.
2 down, one to go.
BL.
But possibly due to that criticism and flack he received, Jones personally invited Malakai to sing Walking in the Air as a duet with him, in St. Paul's Church Covent Garden.
Personally, it's completely shocking at how close Malakai currently sounds to Aled's childhood voice, in both pitch, timber, and tone. It's eerily close, and well done by both of them here. So again, Walking in the Air.
2 down, one to go.
BL.
