What happened to Angela in the last years? Why did she disappear from the stages? Great singer and entertainer with a stellar band. Angela where are you?
I worked with Lou Donaldson....he helped Grant get a recording with Blue Note. I heard all the stories while we toured Spain, I worked with Palmer wile I was at Ft.Bragg. Clarence shared a few stories. Lou and Lonnie told me they preferred IGrant over all others and more. I was lucky to hear true stories not sugar coated from non clones !
Como que sairmos dessa obra de arte impecável, de caracterista única (amigos, essa música é única) para chegarmos na condição musical de hoje? Essa musica faz cada segundo valer a pena, não é uma música de enjoar rápido, repare que não precisou de uma letra que explique o contexto, a própria música faz a gente entender, sentir, emocionar-se e até mesmo chorar... conheci o trabalho de Horta recentemente, e não sabia que ele era integrante (ou é, não sei muito bem) do Clube Da Esquina. Sério - música foda demais. Sou um adolescente ainda, mas não troco essa música por nenhum sucesso genérico. Viva a nossa cultura brasileira!
I always thought that Nat's early and signature piano style was very Roaring 20s ish! I think that that's what gives Nat's piano playing style its pizzazz, glare and exitement! Nat King Cole and many of his swinging contemporaries were the long shadow that the Roaring 20s cast.
I have all of his cd's that I know of and will purchase this as soon as I can. I've studied him for over 50 years and he is the most original. Thank you!
ENOURMOUS respect for piano prowess and Tatum/Oscar-style flourishes, however, to stray so far from the beauty, simplicity and gentleness of the melody of this tune is unnerving. With so few 'melodists' among us any more ie. Mancini, Irving Berlin, Lerner and Loewe, Bronislaw Kaper, Johnny Mandel, Neil Hefty et al, our world needs to be reintroduced to these geniuses more gently; their 'gifts' to us get lost in the self-indulgence.
