tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post1819429416735883194..comments2024-03-26T07:58:59.761+00:00Comments on I'll think of something later: Follies of 2019Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14506881804082382739noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post-4750487377174900672019-03-05T08:00:16.729+00:002019-03-05T08:00:16.729+00:00I also came across a rather exquisite selection of...I also came across a rather exquisite selection of songs arranged by Previn for his piano playing self and his orchestra under the title of 'Misty' - includes a really haunting treatment of 'Stormy Weather'. Would be categorised as 'easy listening', but who cares when the quality is as high as that?Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14506881804082382739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post-14460892796410342102019-03-04T22:11:44.995+00:002019-03-04T22:11:44.995+00:00Absolutely chock-a-block with insights. So glad yo...Absolutely chock-a-block with insights. So glad you spotted and posted it. I have since found the LP of arrangements online and it was fascinating to listen again after all this time. I remember that fast-paced, percussive "I Could Have Danced All Night" as well beyond my piano-playing reach. The first of many excursions into jazz that ended up with me saying, "How could s/he do that?!" Nothing like trying to play yourself to enhance appreciation of the real deal.Susan Scheidhttps://prufrocksdilemma.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post-70930760568800135842019-03-04T08:40:15.702+00:002019-03-04T08:40:15.702+00:00So glad you watched it - full of insights, no? And...So glad you watched it - full of insights, no? And I doubt if that kind of programme would be made today (though we get something like it with Pappano's Opera Italia series). Your active connection is much more exciting than mine (I had the Previn My Fair Lady jazz arrangements on LP, but of course my acquaintance with him only really started in the mid-1970s).Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14506881804082382739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post-45821958019177795462019-03-04T01:57:25.906+00:002019-03-04T01:57:25.906+00:00Sondheim truly remade the American musical—and his...Sondheim truly remade the American musical—and his ability to express ambivalence in lyrics and music was surely part of the core of his genius. The Previn interview was delightful and took me back to early days of learning how to play jazz piano. My first guide was sheet music of Previns’s arrangements of songs from My Fair Lady. At the time, I only knew of him as a jazz pianist and had no idea of all the rest of his musical portfolio.Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15674930917585246294noreply@blogger.com