Το κλασικό jazzy blues των Turner Layton / Henry Creamer(1918) σε δυο από τις άπειρες βερσιόν του : Ακούμε την έντονα μελαγχολική, ατμοσφαιρική του Wynton Marsalis, από το 5ο “τεύχος” της σειράς Standard Time, The Midnight Blues –1998 (WM – τρομπέτα, Eric Reed – πιάνο, Reginald Veal – μπάσο, Lewis Nash – ντραμς, Robert Freeman ενορχήστρωση)…Και αμέσως μετά (05:46) την uplifting, σουιγκάτη βερσιόν του Ben Websterαπό τα ‘late ’40s (BW – τενόρο σαξόφωνο, BIll Coleman – τρομπέτα, Vic Dickerson – τρομπόνι, Teddy Bunn – κιθάρα, Teddy Wilson – πιάνο, Al Hall – μπάσο, J.C. Heard – ντραμς)
The classic jazzy blues by Turner Layton & Henry Creamer(1918) in two of its countless versions: We listen to the deeply melancholic, atmospheric take by Wynton Marsalis,from Standard Time, Vol. 5: The Midnight Blues –1998 (WM – trumpet, Eric Reed – piano, Reginald Veal – bass, Lewis Nash – drums, orchestration by Robert Freeman)…And right after that (05:46) the uplifting, swinging rendition by Ben Webster from the late 1940s (BW – tenor saxophone, Bill Coleman – trumpet, Vic Dickerson – trombone, Teddy Bunn – guitar, Teddy Wilson – piano, Al Hall – bass, J.C. Heard – drums)
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I much prefer the Wynton Marsalis version. It sounds more calming then melancholy. (Unless I’m calmed by melancholy.)
Always thought of melancholy as a good thing, no matter what some people say.
There’s this Greek word ‘harmolypi’ (“harmosyni”= joyful + “lypi” = sadness) related to the Greek Orthodox spirituality – I don’t think there’s a single word for it in English.
When I was in high school, I liked to think I was experiencing “exquisite melancholy.”
Same here. Exquisite melancholy is the ideal state of mind, in my book. I’d like it to last forever. But as they say : “Good things don’t last”. Or as …Procol Harum once said : “psychiatrists and lawyers, destroying mankind”.
I thought it was just me!
…That said, I myself “prefer” both versions!
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