Whats your favorite jazz cover of a showtune?- Page 2
Whats your favorite jazz cover of a showtune?
sidjones09
Leading Actor Joined: 1/4/07
#25re: Whats your favorite jazz cover of a showtune?
Posted: 3/26/07 at 4:02pmI'm a fan of Nina Simone's 'I Loves You Porgy' and Billie Holliday's 'Nice Work in You Can Get It'
"If you've got something to say, say it, and think well of yourself while you're learning to say it better." - David Mamet
#26re: Whats your favorite jazz cover of a showtune?
Posted: 3/26/07 at 4:54pm
I love Peabo Bryson's version of "Pretty Women." If I heard that version first, I would never have guessed it's from Sweeney or written by Sondheim. It's very authentic.
~Steven
thenewmoon
Stand-by Joined: 2/2/07
#27re: Whats your favorite jazz cover of a showtune?
Posted: 3/26/07 at 6:53pmI love the Trotter Trio's entire album "The Fantasticks in Jazz." They've recorded a lot of Sondheim shows as a jazz albums (yes, "The Ballad of Sweeney Todd" as a piano jazz selection) but I just adore "The Fantasticks" album. It captures the melancholy, erhm, melodies so well.
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