[Dixielandjazz] si tu vois mere

[Harry Callaghan]

Well, I'll be all gone (I know, talk is cheap)

Although I always knew that Johnny Mercer had written the lyrics, to
"Skylark",  I was not aware until you mentioned it that the music had been
composed by Hoagy Carmichael.

I remember watching the movie "Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil" (in
which Kevin Spacey's character lived in Mercer House in Savannah, GA) and it
coming to the closing credits.

As a female voice was delivering a beautiful renditon of "Skylark" I was
thinking how Allison Eastwood had performed "Come Rain or Come Shine" during
the movie and thought "My God, she couldn't possibly sound this good"

Well, I was absolutely right as the vocalist was kd lang.and I would have
considerable difficulty trying to come up with someone who ever performed it
better.

They also put out a "soundtrack" album (using the term loosely) which had
other Mercer compositions added.that were not performed within the picture
itself.  Kevin Spacey (not yet developing his Bobby Darin sound) did a
reasonable enough rendition of "That Old Black Magic" and director Clint
Eastwood managed to get through "Accentuate the Positive"

Tides
HC


On 6/12/10, Stephen G Barbone <barbonestreet at earthlink.net> wrote:
>
>
>  Gluetje1 at aol.com wrote
>>
>> My goodness, I love it how this plot has thickened from my initial
>> question!
>> Ginny
>>
>> texasjazzlover at verizon.net  (Rebecca) writes:
>>
>> We have  a musician friend who owns a 45 recording of Sidney Bechet
>> playing
>> this  song and the title is "Lonesome".  The time frame for the recording
>> was BEFORE Sidney went to France.
>>
>
> Barbone Wrote : In some circles, Si Tu Vois Mere is also known as
>> "Lonesome".
>>
>
> I am not sure that Peter's story about how Bechet named it is accurate. In
> my opinion it sounds like "Lonsome" and I think it was named "Lonsome"
> first. But who knows?
>
> Perhaps the most interesting thing about the tune is that many current
> bands have changed the chords to it.
> Listen to Bechet doing it at:
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zs_DD_7C8_A&feature=related
>
> Now it seems to be in B natural but I think that is an error in the
> recording. Bb is the key Bechet played it in.
> Listen carefully to those first three chords. They are Bb / Bb / Bb. as I
> hear them in this recording assuming that it it is really in Bb.
>
> Who among the current bands plays those first 3 chords as Bb? (Besides Bob
> Wilber) Most others that I hear do it as Bb F7 Bb if I am hearing correctly,
> and many do it in C with similar chord alteration.
>
> In my original post with a link showing the chord chart in C, the first 3
> measure chords were: Fm6 / C6-Am7/ Dm7. Wow.
>
> Amazing how tunes/chords change. Like Skylark too. Hoagy's original chords
> are changed dramatically by bands these days. In my opinion, Bechet's chords
> should be adhered to, but Skylark is a different matter. I prefer the
> altered changes.
>
> Cheers,
> Steve Barbone
> www.myspace.com/barbonestreetjazzband
>
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