Klarinet Archive - Posting 000211.txt from 2005/09

From: "Margaret Thornhill" <clarinetstudio@-----.net>
Subj: [kl] Re: Lenya/Mack the Knife
Date: Tue, 20 Sep 2005 13:24:41 -0400

Ormondtoby Montoya wrote:
>
> I happen to have the CD of Lenya + Louis Armstrong. Apparently Louis
> was leading the session, and hence I've only heard her doing it Louis's
> way --- quite different from the arrangement that you folks performed.
>

I just listened to this one, online at:
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1478653

It's really interesting and fun to hear these two great artists together,
but notice how different they are! Louis sings it all jazzy and almost
Dixieland, Lenya sings it (over the swing accompaniment) almost completely
straight. You can hear the restrained emotion in her gritty voice that makes
this song, in its original version, so much more powerful than any jazz
version.

Margaret

http://www.margaretthornhill.com

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