The Arrangement Details Tab gives you detailed information about this particular arrangement of Oh, Lady Be Good - not necessarily the song. Oh, Lady Be Good The Man I Love Trav'lin Light You're Laughing At Me The Rodgers And Hart Songbook Volume 2 Bewitched Blue Moon I Could Write A Book Torch Songs - Disc 1 Misty Torch Songs - Disc 2 But Not For Me Verve Remixed Wait Till You See Him (De-Phazz Remix) Verve Remixed 2 Slap that bass (Miguel Migs Petalpusher Remix) Verve Remixed 4 . Susie at first declines despite Catlett's lucrative offer and then suddenly reverses course turning a yacht club party into a riot -- concluding the first act. One imagines these musicians, part of Bucky Pizzarelli's generation, being fixtures in the musical world of John's youth. body {
album: Fascinating Rhythm - The Broadway Gershwin 1919-1933, Notes: Whiteman's 1924 Victor recording 19551B reached #2 on the charts in April, 1925. body {
. Lady Be Good" with his right hand. Number of Pages: 4. JazzStandards.com: The premier site for the history and analysis of the standards jazz musicians play the most. body {
Michael Feinstein (with Ian Jackman), The Gershwins and Me: A Personal History in Twelve Songs, New York: Simon and Schuster, 2012. Ted Gioia in his The Jazz Standards offers about as good an overview of "Oh, Lady, Be Good!"
It was first introduced by Cliff Edwards, Fred Astaire and Adele Astaire in the Broadway musical Lady Be Good. 1:12AYoung creates polyrhythms out of a single note. album: Rhythms of the Heart, Notes: "Violinist Regina Carter's able to cover ample stylistic terrain without any sense of a tourist's itinerary. ), 1937
Lady Be Good on Discogs. Fred and Adele Astaire in 1921. Norman Granz Announcement - Live From Carnegie Hall/1949 . "I Got Rhythm" is a piece composed by George Gershwin with lyrics by Ira Gershwin and published in 1930, which became a jazz standard. background-color: #FBECD5;
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. It's songs, great as some of them were (as mentioned above, "Oh, Lady Be Good," "Fascinating Rhythm," and, until it was dropped before the Broadway opening, "The Man I Love"), were were intended mainly as a means of providing opportunities for the star performers to do their thing, though they did in most cases at least relate to the plot. Fred and George had known each other since they were teenagers working at or hanging around theTin Pan Alleymusic scene. a pull-out-the-stops" performance that remains one of her most popular efforts. side 1: Begin the Beguine; side 2: Oh, Lady Be Good (Victor 20-1551), from the album, Up Swing (RCA Victor P 146). was no less a milestone than the first performance of Rhapsody in Blue, for it changed the American musical, carrying with it a new sound, a new verve and sophistication, and a new spirit, boldly and authentically twentieth-century. In fact, Lady, Be Good! . ". As one can tell, even from this abbreviated synopsis of Lady Be Good!, it was not the story that made the show so memorable and important in the history of American musical theater. Notes: This is early John Pizzarelli, over two decades before the performance on the Cafe Songbook Main Stage (above) -- featuring John Pizzarelli (guitar and vocal; Milt Hinton (Bass); Dave Mckenna (piano); Bucky Pizzarelli (guitar); Clark Terry (trumpet); Connie Kay (Drums). The Man I Love (written for but not used in show). Guitar/Vocal.
Tranposable music notes for Piano/Vocal/Guitar (chords only) sheet music by Ira Gershwin Ira Gershwin: Hal Leonard - Digital Sheet Music at Sheet Music Plus. date: 1936 style: Kansas City swing form: 32-bar AABA. album: title, Video:
Reaching For The Moon. High-Quality and Interactive, Transpose it in any key, change the tempo, easy play & practice. New York: Atheneum, 1975, Wilfred Sheed, The House That George Built: With a Little Help from Irving, Cole, and a Crew of About Fifty,
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Lady raised the standard for American musical comedy on almost every level. It was the songs.
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Her signature excursions on Rhythms of the Heart reveal a jaunty joie de vivre reminiscent of Stéphane Grappelli, best showcased on 'Lady Be Good' and Tadd Dameron's 'Our Delight'." (HX.40877). Music-Video:
Thomas also quotes the New York Times review of Lady, Be Good, which demonstrates the relative status of Adele and Fred near the beginning of their careers: When she [Adele] left [New York for London] she was a graceful dancer--and she has returned not only with all her glorious grace but as a first-rate comedienne in her own right. album: Oscar Peterson & Fred Astaire: The Complete Norman Granz Sessions, Notes: Originally this album was published under the title The Fred Astaire Story.
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written by Guy Bolton, Fred Thompson, and the Gershwin brothers and starring Fred and Adele Astaire. like the rest of the score it comes from, is at once sassy and vulnerable, innocent and seductive, confident , yet insecure -- suggestive, satisfying and very twenties. 86-87, hardcover Ed.). 12. -- If Mark recorded "Oh, Lady, Be Good!" body {
As has been pointed out on the Cafe Songbook page for "Somebody Loves Me," 1924 was a pivotal year both for the Gershwin brothers as well as for Broadway itself. Instrumental Part in F Major.
When back in New York, Aarons and Freedley heard George and Ira's song "Oh, Lady, Be Good!"
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14. Ezra Pound wrote in his #74 of his Pisan Cantos, Oedipus. Bill - Live From Carnegie Hall/1953. video before starting another. sheet music composed by George Gershwin arranged for Piano Accompaniment.
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Digital Sheet Music - View Online and Print On-Demand. Music sheet for Oh, Lady Be Good! 11. on Broadway but did not perform the song in the show. 15. 113 - Happy Birthday, George! Lady Be Good on Discogs. }
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got its final title from the song "Oh, Lady, Be Good" and not the other way around, which was commonly the case with title songs. It is difficult to follow the recording history of "Oh, Lady Be Good!" The Astaires: Fred & Adele
And Ira's lyrics, perfectly cadenced to the complicated music and brilliantly rhymed, gave it a finish of worldly sophistication. Their interests are rooted in jazz, but often Brazilian, R&B, classical, and pop … The notes came roughly, slowly piecing together the shadow of a tune. Luckily for the siblings, the show ends in true romantic comedy form, with wedding bells. "Oh, Lady, Be Good!" . "Oh, Lady, Be Good," and it is included on their album Pizzarelli Party (2009) -- (See below. Watty tries to get Susie Trevor to impersonate the Mexican's sister to help in securing his new client's share. We now know how modern Lady, Be Good! O Lady be good. Watty Watkins, the character played by Walter Catlett, is not only Dick Trevor's lawyer, but has been engaged by the Mexican to collect his sister's share of the inheritance. Composed by: George Gershwin. 2:00Young's last phrase bids us a bluesy farewell.
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Contest in 1991. 306-308), Click here to read the lyrics for "Oh, Lady, Be Good!" album: Dear Ella, Notes:
(both contain her 1959 studio version with Nelson Riddle arrangement). Lady be Good’, sound superficially similar. (All Record/Video Cabinet entries
(The best plot summary including placement of songs is found in Michael Feinstein's book The Gershwins and Me: A Personal History in Twelve Songs -- pp. University of Illinois Press, 2009. without noting the extent to which jazz musicians of every generation from the time the song was written have taken it up. George Gershwin: Oh, Lady, Be Good for piano solo, intermediate piano sheet music. This recording of "Oh, Lady Be Good!" Its chord progression, known as the "rhythm changes", is the foundation for many other popular jazz tunes such as Charlie Parker's and Dizzy Gillespie's bebop standard "Anthropology (Thrivin' on a Riff)" Even the title of the Gershwin classic, "Oh, Lady Be Good" is 1920s' slang for a Valentine’s kiss—or more—from your sweetheart. (Video credit). 1947 and 1959
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in the jazz repertoire as there is. --Amazon Editorial Review. Editor's note: Larry Fuller is the pianist on both performances--over a decade apart. ), More Performances of "Oh, Lady Be Good!" body {
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Coming to prominence while a member of … Do Nothing Till You Hear From Me. Why Don't You Do Right? OH, LADY, BE GOOD! A score that scintillated and crackled with the unsentimental contemporaneity . background-color: #FBECD5;
Lester Willis Young (August 27, 1909 – March 15, 1959), nicknamed "Pres" or "Prez", was an American jazz tenor saxophonist and sometime clarinetist. Music-Video: Live performance; not the same track as on album above
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Artie Shaw and his Orchestra. Add to Cart. and liked it so much, they decided to switch out Carl "Tatti" Smith, trumpet; Lester Young, tenor saxophone; Count Basie, piano; Walter Page, bass; Jo Jones, drums. }
It was slick and tongue in cheek, a definite departure in concept and design" (Riley, p. 98-99).
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(paper bound edition shown), George Gershwin: His Life and Work
by the Carl Fenton Orchestra was made during the same month, Dec. 1924, that the show, Lady Be Good, starring Adele and Fred Astaire, opened on Broadway. Lady, Be Good! They were a down-on-their-luck sister and brother in the show as well as sister and borther in life and it was for them that the Gershwins were mainly creating their song and dance numbers.
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She had learned it from a piece of actual sheet music she had found in the lining of the case. -- and thus altered the history of American musical theater. Fortunately, Sir Roland Hanna is up to the task. video before starting another.).
when he starred in the original 1924 production, he claims that George Gershwin "never dreamed" of his song as a jazz song. while the show title was still called Black-Eyed Susan, and, liking the song so much, decided to switch out Black-Eyed Susan for Lady, Be Good! Such content is used under the rules of fair use to further the educational objectives of CafeSongbook.com. (Posting of comments is subject to the guidelines. Label: New Media Concept - 978-83-7675-303-4 • Series: Kolekcja Nostalgia - 3 • …
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of such songs as "Little Jazz Bird," "The Half of It, Dearie, Blues, and of course, "Oh, Lady Be Good" and "Fascinating Rhythm" (Jablonski, pp. It was quickly absorbed into everyday speech as well as more esoteric literary language. Music-Video: same track as on album above
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Gioia's account of the song's performance history acknowledges the big bands "hard-swinging" versions but emphasizes the small combos from the mid-thirties as the basis for the song's eventual mantle of jazz standard. Music-Video:
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personnel: Carl "Tatti" Smith, trumpet; Lester Young, tenor saxophone; Count Basie, piano; Walter Page, bass; Jo Jones, drums. These even included productions with scores by the likes of Irving Berlin, Jerome Kern, Vincent Youmans, Noble Sissle and Eubie Blake. Watch the Oh, Lady Be Good! On July 13, 1935, the Benny Goodman Trio debuted (featuring drummer Gene Krupa and pianist Teddy Wilson) and 13 months later vibraphonist Lionel Hampton made the unit a quartet. Behind him, Young starts playing a background riff figure. Behind him, Jo Jones on drums plays quietly on the high-hat cymbal. ), 1964
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video before starting another. like the rest of the score it comes from, is at once sassy and vulnerable, innocent and seductive, confident , yet insecure -- suggestive, satisfying and very twenties.
words by Ira Gershwin, music by Geroge Gershwin, published by Chappell & Co., London ca. Although Astaire did not sing "Oh, Lady, Be Good!" It was merely a musical comedy number designed to further the plot. search-form. Chords, lead sheets and lyrics may be included. It consists of 40 tracks of songs associated with Astaire, sung by him accompanied by the Jazz at the Philharmonic All Stars (Charlie Shavers, trumpet; Flip Phillips, tenor sax; Oscar Peterson piano and celeste,; Barney Kessel, guitar; Ray Brown, Bass; Alvin Stoller, drums. 0:41ALester Young enters with a three note statement, accompanied by a drum accent. fulfilled that dream being the show that truly made them, songwriter and performers alike, stars. George Fludas, drums
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Can't Help Singin' The American Musical on Stage and Screen. His phrases are inflected with notes from the blues. The show's origins can be traced to London during the summer of 1924, where George was putting the final touches on the production of the British show Primrose, for which he had written the score. They note that George Gershwin thought of the show "as an opportunity to infuse jazz into the Broadway musical." Recordings in 1925 were by Paul Whiteman, Carl …
Ella Fitzgerald Sings The George And Ira Gershwin Song Book (Expanded Edition) 1. Berkeley: Univ. (Gioia, pp.
In any case, Astaire introduces the track for "Oh, Lady, Be Good!" Lady Be Good Jones-Smith Incorporated Featuring Lester Young. Lead … ), 1998 and 2001
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albums: Ella Fitzgerald: The Legendary Decca Recordings (1947 version), Ella Fitzgerald Sings the George and Ira Gershwin Songbook (1959 version), Notes: Ella first recorded "Oh, Lady, Be Good!" believe that the composer was trying to introduce jazz to Broadway in his 1924 show Lady Be Good.