[Dixielandjazz] Summertime

[Don Ingle]

alevy at alevy.com wrote:
> R.R. wrote:
> I learned to hate the song "Summertime."  It is probably the #1 song that bad girl singers want to sing.  
> =============
> Rehearsing with some big bands there were always girl "singers" that requested
> either Summertime or Cry Me A River, or Stormy Weather.
> I learned to dislike all three until they were performed by some great artist.
>
> * worst - Patrice Munsel (Metropolitan Opera Singer) appeared on a tv show
> I believe it was the "Bell Telephone Hour" and had the guts to sing 
> "Lullaby Of Birdland." I guess you had to be there.
>
> * best - If you never heard Eileen Farrell, (Metropolitan Opera Singer)
> sing jazz, pop, or blues you are missing a lot.
> She switches gears flawlessly and is right on the money.
> and... she sings opera too ;}
> Cheers,
> Al
> Pianist, Composer, Arranger, Conductor, Teacher and Music Prep.
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Hellen Trauble, the great Wagnerian opera star, loved to sing some good 
old bar room ballads,and did so often with Jimmy Durante. I played 
opposite of her when with Red Ingle
at the Riversied Hotel in Reno in the '50's, and she loved sitting in 
with the band; and while she never tried Summertime, she belted out some 
pretty decent Bill Baily, St. Louis Blues and Mama Don't Allow . She and 
Red used to sit and sip a few brews after the last sets were over and 
tell war stories from both opera and jazz.. She said she learned how to 
down a beer or so  here father's St. Louis saloon. She was a very nice 
lady with a great big sense of humor and "dug" being "with the band."
Don Ingle