Kurt Elling - Polka Dots and Moonbeams (Live)
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- Опубліковано 28 жов 2024
- Kurt Elling live at 'Bird's Basement' in Melbourne, Australia in 2018 during his 'The Questions' tour.
Vocals - Kurt Elling
Drums - Christian Euman
Bass - Clark Summers
Guitar - John McLean
Piano & Nord C2 - Stu Mindeman
Alto Saxophone - Jeff Clayton
Trumpet - James Morrison
Website: kurtelling.com/
RIP the beautiful Jeff Clayton.
The way he uses his voice is so beautiful. His voice is like a masterfully played instrument.
I really love the way he sings. It's like he's fully interpretting the lyrics with his movement. I have no other words to describe it. This is awesome!
This is what greatness sounds like
My mother and my ( late) sister love this!!
Goodness that was brilliant
Perhaps the greatest jazz crooner of my lifetime. Total control of his instrument.
What an amazing performance!!!
This is a song I've known for many years. Heard it first when listening to my Dad's old albums in our basement. (Sinatra version) His phrasing, his extension, the tastefulness of the sax and trumpet solos make this just a wonderful rendition. Listening to Kurt sing is joy.
Great song.kirt dose a good rendition, the four freshmen introduce me to this great song.1957.
Kurt is thee Master
Really beautifully done
Glorious.
Oh my goodness that was sweet! Kurt and the men on the stand were on fire. Thanks so much for posting!
Marvelous ❤
Morrison has always a circensic attitude in his play. He cant help himself. We love him anyway. ❤
Excellent.
God damn!
Thx Kurt
A country dance was being held in a garden
I felt a bump and heard an "Oh, beg your pardon"
Suddenly I saw polka dots and moonbeams
All around a pug-nosed dream
The music started and was I the perplexed one
I held my breath and said "May I have the next one?"
In my frightened arms, polka dots and moonbeams
Sparkled on a pug-nosed dream
There were questions in the eyes of other dancers
As we floated over the floor
There were questions but my heart knew all the answers
And perhaps a few things more
Now in a cottage built of lilacs and laughter
I know the meaning of the words "Ever after"
And I'll always see polka dots and moonbeams
When I kiss the pug-nosed dream
I miss Jeff Clayton.
😍
Both sax and trumpet solos were killing
sorry but although Morrison is a great player , his solo was totally inappropriate
@@stephenjdixon1 Nothing is inappropriate in jazz.
@@DirtyOleSoulEntertainment context is everything
@@stephenjdixon1 Interpretation is everything, feeling is more, it's not about what you think at all.
@@stephenjdixon1 I'm sure you didn't like it because, it wasn't the typical cookie cutter solo. Outside the box describes jazz improvisation.
Chet Baker live at the 'Moonlight Club'
Those are moonbeams.....
Different gravy!
I love this man...#guitaristdavidsnow
🥰🥰🥰
The first male cover of this song. Not bad!
Hardly the first ! .. I'm sure many have .. Mel Torme for starters, c. 1957 ... ua-cam.com/video/qoW63mAFNy0/v-deo.html
who are those cats on alto and trumpet?
James Morrison trp
The great Jeff Clayton on alto. He died not too long ago
GLMR WHALE
Sorry but I dont get the gymnastics
BUT, he compromises the melody," my friend said.
Precisely My Friend, PRE - CISE - LY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
He is doing vocalise, he plays the way a solo is constructed
Too dramatic. This singer is doing Shakespeare. He's "declaiming" It's supposed to be smooth and humble. The guy in the song is stunned. He's met his "pug-nosed dream" and he's totally in awe. Frank did it perfectly. Totally blown away by this girl he bumped into. Or rather, she bumped into him.
...a lot of times the music we know as Jazz is misrepresented and misused. Jazz as a form of music must have its inherent aesthetic quality and nature. Jazz is not a license for the singer or player of a musical instrument to be out of tune and out of rhythm.
It is obvious this group has not listened to the works of Oscar Peterson, Duke Ellington, Bill Evans, Sarah Vaughan, Ella Fitzgerald, Mel Torme, Joe Williams, Chet Baker, Shirley Horn and on and on and on!!!
My friend, you seem to have gotten it wrong; Jazz is precisely where one can play "out of tune and out of rhythm".
Maybe you should listen to more of the people you named ?
So you didn’t like it. That’s OK. There are countless traditional versions of Polka Dots And Moonbeams you can listen to. This version exists in context of all those thousands of previous versions. And I enjoy their non-standard rendition. It’s all subjective.