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...Blue Skies" (1926), by Oscar Peterson (1952), on "How Deep Is the Ocean: The Irving Berlin Songbook." The pianist gambols over Berlin's most carefree number. Knowingly giddy, the interpretation is true to the tune, true to jazz...
...Lazy" (1924), Joan Morris and William Bolcom, on "Blue Skies: Songs by Irving Berlin" (recorded 1985, released 1990). Mezzo-soprano Morris and pianist Bolcom, those most joyful archivists of antique pop, turn this ode to indolence into a statement on the ecstasy of doin' nothin'. A classical classic...
...errant note on their disc. Joe Williams, with his voice of liquid gold, oozes sophistication from every pore during “Let it Snow!” Sentimental and sweet without ever saccharine, Williams’ arrangement presents perhaps the best version of the song ever recorded. Pianist Bill Evans strays away from the vocals and brings his light, lyrical tone and novel improvisation to “Santa Claus is Coming to Town,” elevating the joyful little ditty to the status of noteworthy art. It’s unfortunate that Charlie Parker?...
This kind of humor doesn’t even seem self-conscious or nervous when Fox says it because he is genuinely relaxed. He is a jazz pianist at the helm of the Danny Fox Quartet (Quintet or Trio, depending on the night) that plays local shows, including appearances at Club Passim, Loeb House receptions, Cabot housemaster birthday parties and other assorted events. So a foray into the jazz music world is a definite possibility if the whole joining the circus thing doesn’t work out. Instead of tickling the ivories professionally, however, Fox could also see himself...
DIED. TOMMY FLANAGAN, 71, refined, influential jazz pianist who accompanied Ella Fitzgerald for more than a decade; of an arterial aneurysm; in New York City. Born in Detroit, Flanagan developed his signature fluid yet concise style in the house band of that city's storied Blue Bird Inn before playing with Fitzgerald for the first time in 1956. In the late '80s he formed his own trios, recording the acclaimed albums Let's and Jazz Poet...