My Funny Valentine , A Valentine's Day Special; Jazz and Pop A Cappella sung by The Western Wind with love poetry read by Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee

Summary:

A Jazz and Poetry Love Fest, Sung by The Western Wind, Poetry Read by Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee

Website:

http://www.westernwind.org

Timely on:

February 14: Valentine's Day

Tones:

Amusing, Emotional, Sound Rich

Language:

English

Description:

A musical celebration for Valentine's Day featuring sophisticated close-harmony arrangements of classic American love songs by jazz and pop songwriters from the 1930's - 1990's.

The music includes songs by Duke Ellington, Thelonius Monk, Rogers and Hart, George Gershwin, John Denver, and Bonnie Raitt. The musical selections are woven together with selections of American love poetry by Langston Hughes, e.e.cummings, Alice Walker, Audre Lorde, Edna St. Vincent Millay and Nikki Giovanni
read by and Ruby Dee and the late Ossie Davis.

Song and Poetry List:

1. I'm Beginning To See The Light 2:03 Duke Ellington arr. Warren Kellerhouse

2. Sunday by the Combination/ Midnight Dancer 00:30
Langston Hughes

3. Don't Get Around Much Anymore 2:07
Duke Ellington, arr. Warren Kellerhouse

4. Miss Blues'es Child 00:53
Langston Hughes

5. Mood Indigo 3:25
Duke Ellington, Irving Mills, Barney Bigard , arr. Warren Kellerhouse

6. my love is building a building around you 0:58
e.e.cummings

7. My Funny Valentine 5:49
Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart, arr. Mark Johnson

8. O Distinct Lady of my unkempt adoration 1:25
e.e.cummings

9. O Lady Be Good 3:02
George and Ira Gershwin, arr. Dick Hyman

10.there are so many tictoc 0:44
e.e.cummings

11.I Got Rhythm 4:54
George Gershwin and Ira Gershwin, arr. Neil Farrell

12. Dream 0:26
Langston Hughes

13. 'Round Midnight 3:14
Thelonious Monk, arr. Neil Farrell

14. Boogie 1:00AM/Lady's Boogie/Chord 0:35
Langston Hughes

15. Well You Needn't 1:47
Thelonious Monk, arr. Neil Farrell

16.Song for Billie Holiday 0:51
Langston Hughes

17. Ruby My Dear 5:37
Thelonious Monk , arr. Mark Johnson

18. And Don?t Think I Won't Waiting 0:43
Audre Lourde

19. Leaving on A Jet Plane 4:19
John Denver, Arr.: Steve Freedman

20. Walker 0:23
Alice Walker

21. I Can't Make You Love Me 4:13
Mike Reid and Allen Shamblin, Arr.: Mark Johnson

22. What Lips My Lips Have Kissed 1:00
Edna St. Vincent Millay

23. In My Room 2:15
Brian Wilson and Gary Usher, Arr.: Steve Freedman

24. Things That Go Together/And I Have You 1:09
Nikki Giovanni

25. Sh'boom, Life Could Be a Dream 2:31
James Keyes, Claude and Carl Feaster, Floyd F. McRae, and James Edward, Arr. James Bassi

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