i love those stories. i've lost that wonderful set of 11min vignette podcasts i downloaded from early iTunes way back when. The BillEvans, WesMontG, Monk etc. Essential insights into these jazz giants.
I was at that performance in San Francisco's Rrazz Room October 2009. I was a founder member of the Wavendon Allmusic Plan (WAP) in the UK but lived in the US for 25 years. He looked ill as he climbed onto the stage but once he started playing he still was magic. Cleo, of course, was magnificent. When I retired I returned to the UK. After 10 years I had a major stroke so it was a major logistics problem to get from my Rutland home to Wavendon but I've done it a few times to see Cleo - still going strong at 95.
What greatness this man gave the R & B jazz world with this one of a kind masterpiece. Today he left us & I have played every version of this song nonstop today. This recording is a prize I never before caught. Thank you.
Singer and songwriter Bobby Caldwell, the man behind the 1978 platinum hit "What You Won't Do For Love," has died on March 15, 2023 at age 71, his wife Mary confirmed to CBS News on Wednesday. He was a world class songwriter who also happened to possess the kind of mellifluous voice that made him soul music royalty. Today we say a sad goodbye to legendary singer and songwriter Bobby Caldwell, a four decade star best known for his now-iconic hit "What You Won't Do For Love."
SO DAMN COOL to hear Bobby Caldwell singing his iconic song, such a fantastic voice, and this hipped out arrangement, really living and breathing, developing and morphing, showing a totally different perspective that only maturity can bring.
he created a different arrangement years later which he performed sometimes...still as soulful and no, not trying to . sound "whiter" This performance was at a club none for jazz, broadway and soul....
I had a wonderful visit today June 30th with Wider circle group! The lady was so sweet and kind, loved the flowers and other plants they had! It was simply beautiful! Thank you Wider Circle for arranging this trip!
Thank you for posting! This is exciting to watch …even on utube! Wish I could have been there! Actually, this one of the most Exciting Vids I’ve seen……Thank you again!
My question is: will bumbling idiot Joe Biden now not appoint him Minister of One Smooth Soulful Brother, because he's White and the number one threat to his presidency? Just wondering. What a way to hearing your hit for the first time.
What a marvellous final song....in this "Last Show tribute"....Just before this, my son and I were lucky enough to pop in to a Seattle performance and meet them afterward backstage...and as a Canadian cousin of Alan Zeffertt (one of her songwriters from Portsmouth) it was indeed an amazing opportunity to meet my all-time favourite jazz singer and duo.
Brings back memories, timeless, tasteful, elegant, and uplifting. Sir John and Dame Cleo set the standard and beyond. Miss them like all the ones I love.
What a lovely video. Moving but also sad. I saw John at the BFI in London in June 2009 following a showing of Accident, a film he scored in 1967. He talked about his score and played a few numbers Charming man. None of us expected him to go so soon.
Thank you for the video . . . What a lovely, kind, and talented lady -- I know Dame Cleo misses her love, Sir John, very much . . . as we all miss them both also.
