Congrats! I've been trying to follow in your footsteps for weeks now, but man, it's SO hard! Do you have a reason for doing it with the modern graphics? I find the original ones more readable.
Oh man this takes me back. First time in Tokyo I stayed in Asakusabashi. This tune will always remind me if that great time. Thank you for the upload 😊
The piece is Billy Strayhorn's "The Star-Crossed Lovers," previously recorded on Ellington's SUCH SWEET THUNDER album. The arranger of this version is unknown.
John C. Smith’s comment should be turned around. For some reason the tune on Sonny Rollins’ and John Coltrane’s recording on May 24, 1956 (Prestige) was named “Tenor Madness”. Kenny Clarke’s tune Rue Chaptal”, on some releases named “Royal Roost”, was already recorded on September 5, 1946 by a group called “Kenny Clarke And His 52nd Street Boys” (including Kenny Dorham, Fats Navarro, Sonny Stitt and Bud Powell). Kenny Clarke did not need a reason (“for some reason”) to stick to one of the names that had been used for his tune recorded by his group in 1946. The original Royal Roost or Rue Chaptal recording from 1946 on RU-vid: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-6IpMIMuu8x4.html. Another live recording by the Kenny Clarke Francy Boland Big Band: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-vJYGkqR5L7c.html. Wikipedia on the album Tenor Madness: “The title track is a 12-minute showcase for Rollins and Coltrane. While the title piece's B-flat blues melody has become closely associated with Rollins, it was first recorded in 1946 by Kenny Clarke and His 52nd Street Boys as "Royal Roost", and has also been recorded under the title "Rue Chaptal".”
ok, im now officially ticked off that they never did a musical episode of Doctor Who when he was the Doctor!! I knew that he could act, but he SINGS TOO!?!? That's it! The 60th anniversary episode has to be a musical episode!!
