Body and Soul (Cuerpo y Alma)
August 25th, 2009 at 11:01 pm » Comments Off
Esperanza Spalding is undeniably one of the most talented young artists to enter the game, in a long, long time. I’m mesmerized. This woman got me to actually the jazz standard, Body and Soul, which has NEVAH been a favorite of mine.
She sings it in Spanish here, but it sounds just as wonderful live, [...]
Lush Life
February 3rd, 2009 at 11:26 am » Comments (5)
Song lyrics just ain’t like they used to be! Billy Stayhorn wrote the lyrics to “Lush Life”, when he was a teenager. WOW! It’s a favorite “jazz standard” of mine. I think Queen Latifah (Dana Owens) nails it!
Lush Life – Queen Latifah
Lush Life
I used to visit all the very gay places
Those come what may places
Where [...]
