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Topic: Leonard Bernstein Anyone? |
Niels Andrews
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Salinas, California, USA
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Posted 9 Apr 2013 6:23 pm |
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I have been trying to digest some of his work. I feel a lot of his compositions lend themselves to steel guitar. His use of accidentals kind of trips me up along with chord extensions, but it keeps me struggling. Anybody else been down this path before and want to share some thoughts?
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Jim Cohen
From:
Philadelphia, PA
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David Mason
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Cambridge, MD, USA
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Posted 10 Apr 2013 7:11 am
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| After I bought Mike's "West Side Story" I got interested for a while. A lot of Bernstein's music is bombastic, comedic, all sorts of other things that can be annoying when sang - Hollywood mushudramady gives me a brain rash, but than can be cured by instrumental-ONLY treatments. I found another instrumental version of "West Side" by the French piano sister duo Katia and Marielle Labeque, and that makes it easier to listen to the choices that various people make when working through a version of any of his work. There's a lot out there, mostly jazz instrumental. |
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Niels Andrews
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Salinas, California, USA
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Posted 10 Apr 2013 7:55 am
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The version of "Somewhere( from West Side Story)" that I like is the Tom Waits version.
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Die with Memories. Not Dreams.
Good Stuff like Zum S-12, Wolfe Resoport
MSA SS-12, Telonics Combo. |
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John Swain
From:
Winchester, Va
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Posted 10 Apr 2013 8:00 am
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| Randy Beavers has a beautiful arrangement of Somewhere on his Favorite Things CD..... |
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Niels Andrews
From:
Salinas, California, USA
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Posted 10 Apr 2013 8:01 am
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Mike's version is very nice, but not my style. I enjoy his work.
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Die with Memories. Not Dreams.
Good Stuff like Zum S-12, Wolfe Resoport
MSA SS-12, Telonics Combo. |
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Mike Perlowin
From:
Los Angeles CA
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Posted 10 Apr 2013 12:08 pm
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As has been mentioned, my entire 2nd CD is the music from West Side Story. There's not much I can say about it, except that my personal favorites from the CD are "Tonight Tonight" and "The Dance at The Gym Medley.)
There are various selections from the CD on both my web site and my soundcloud page. I hope you guys all visit the sites and check out my interpretations of the music.
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