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'
#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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