NOBODY KNOWS YOU WHEN YOU DOWN AND OUT (OTIS REDDING)

Este blues foi primeiro cantado por Bessie Smith e, depois, por muitos dos grandes da música popular negra nos EUA (Sam Cooke, Otis Redding, etc) .

Dedico esta canção aos colegas de há 60 anos: Rapazes e raparigas, dançávamos ao som destas músicas, às vezes sem compreender o sentido profundo das letras.  Mas, afinal, elas faziam parte do espírito da época. 

Eu não esqueci nunca. E vocês?

NOBODY KNOWS YOU WHEN YOU DOWN AND OUT (OTIS REDDING)

Once I lived the life of a millionaire

People spending my money Lord, and I just didn't care, now lord Takin' my friend out, tryin' to have a good time They drank that strong bootleg liquor And that good old champagne and wine Well, lord, just as soon as my money got so low I couldn't find my friends, lord And I just didn't have no place to go now, no no But if I ever And if I ever get my hands on them green dollars again, yeah I'm gonna hold on 'til that big eagle grin, lord now I'm trying to tell y'all that nobody wants you People, nobody wants you, no When you're down and out, now-now lord Because in your pocket, no, there is not one penny And all of them so-called friends I'm trying to tell, y'all that you haven't got any but, yeah And just as soon as you get back on your feet again People, I'm tryin' to tell you that here they come Tellin' you all, they're your long lost friend Oh, but I'm tryin' to tell everybody, lord, without a doubt That nobody wants you Nobody wants you, no, no Nobody wants you, no Nobody needs you Nobody wants you when you're down and out, lord And nobody says a good thing about you And nobody can tell you when to turn and when to go But, but when you get back on your feet again Then everybody come tell you that here they come Try to tell you all, they're your long lost friend

SARAH VAUGHAN - Uma coleção de temas inesquecíveis!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3D6evLsOOg8&t=2520s

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUv1WgIwP9IN35H9A6CiUXdOMJG3fqnKd

I'LL BUILD A STAIRWAY TO PARADISE (SARAH VAUGHAN CANTA GERSHWIN -1957)

Retirei esta linda canção do álbum «Sarah Vaughan Sings George Gershwin»

Não conheço melhor música clássica do jazz que as composições de George Gershwin. 

G. Gershwin nasceu em Nova Iorque (Brooklyn), este judeu de origem russa (nome de nascimento: Jacob Gershowitz), cujos pais emigraram para os EUA. 

A sua criatividade, seu enorme talento e versatilidade, brilham em todos os géneros, tanto de música erudita, como popular. 

Toda a gente conhece a sua obra-prima «Porgy and Bess», mas poucos exploraram a fundo a riqueza da obra deste homem, o compositor Norte-Americano mais celebrado e cujas composições são mais frequentemente utilizadas, quer por formações de orquestra «clássicas», quer por bandas de jazz ou pop.

Quanto à arte de Sarah Vaughan, pode apreciá-la na «playlist» que criei há algum tempo: 

Sarah Vaughan, the Immortal

Creio que o reportório de George Gershwin não pode encontrar melhor interprete, embora conheça e aprecie as maravilhosas versões de Gershwin de grandes vozes do jazz, como Billie Holiday ou Ella Fitzgerald. Mesmo assim, prefiro as interpretações de Sarah Vaughan. 

 All you preachers

Who delight in panning the dancing teachers Let me tell you there are a lot of features Of the dance that carry you through The gates of Heaven It's madness To be always sitting around in sadness When you could be learning the steps of gladness You'll be happy when you can do Just six or seven Begin today You'll find it nice The quickest way to Paradise When you practice Here's the thing to know Simply say as you go I'll build a stairway to Paradise With a new step every day I'm gonna get there at any price Stand aside; I'm on my way I've got the blues And up above it's so fair Shoes, go on and carry me there I'll build a stairway to Paradise With a new step every day

Somewhere - (There's A Place For Us) - West Side Story [LUCY THOMAS]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sSlLNSWAXpo

Lucy Thomas interpreta a magnífica canção «Somewhere», da ópera de Leonard Bernstein «West Side Story».

"Somewhere"

There's a place for us

Somewhere a place for us
Peace and quiet and open air
Wait for us somewhere

There's a time for us
Someday a time for us
Time together and time to spare
Time to look, time to care

Someday
Somewhere
We'll find a new way of living
We'll find a way of forgiving
Somewhere

There's a place for us
Somewhere a place for us
Time together with time to spare
Time to look, time to care

Someday
Somewhere
We'll find a new way of living
We'll find a way of forgiving
Somewhere

Hold my hand and I'll take you there
Somehow
Someday
Somewhere

Source: LyricFind

Songwriters: Leonard Bernstein / Stephen Sondheim