Klarinet Archive - Posting 000217.txt from 2005/09

From: "Gerald R. Wolfe" <wolfent@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Re: Lenya/Mack the Knife
Date: Tue, 20 Sep 2005 18:43:43 -0400

Margaret and Bill, thanks for bringing this topic up and sharing that link!
I'm working on my own vocal rendition of the tune and never realized Lotte
Lenya was a real person!
Jerry
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From: "Margaret Thornhill" <clarinetstudio@-----.net>
To: <klarinet@-----.org>
Sent: Tuesday, September 20, 2005 1:22 PM
Subject: [kl] Re: Lenya/Mack the Knife

> 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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