Straighten Up And Fly Right And Besame Mucho
I attended a live jazz performance when I was in Milwaukee the weekend on April 1st. Vivo is the name of the local jazz band who performed at a local pub establishment, Caroline’s Jazz Club.
Vivo is a contemporary jazz music ensemble that also plays samba and bossa nova music. The group consists of Warren Wiegratz on saxophone, flute and melodica, Pam Duronio, vocals and percussion, and Tim Stemper on guitar. An interesting fact is the name of the group, VIVO, means, "I live" in Spanish.
The musical selections were varied with some contemporary, traditional and samba songs. Because it was a live set, I did not have a program with the name of the songs. The songs I identified were Straighten Up and Fly Right and Besame Mucho.
The lively tune, “Straighten Up and Fly Right”, has lyrics, which is unusual from most of the jazz music I enjoy. This style of music is known as jazz vocals. The song was made famous by Nat King Cole in 1943. The song hit the pop charts with the catchy piano, vocal lyrics, and orchestration because it reflected Cole’s early jazz roots. According to All Music, “Nat King Cole's inspiration to compose "Straighten Up and Fly Right" came from a story in one of his father's sermons, and his song became very popular …show more content…
The female composer was born in Mexico in 1919, and she wrote the song in 1941 as a heartfelt and innocent ode to a kiss. It was first recorded by Emilio Tuero and the song became a big hit in Mexico in 1941. It later became a huge American hit 1943 for Jimmy Dorsey & His Orchestra, featuring vocalists Bob Eberle and Kitty Kallen. The song was translated into dozens of languages and performed by hundreds of artists over the years. It is a ballad with Latin jazz elements played on guitar and sax. The Vivo vocalist, Pam Duronio, performed the lyrics in Spanish so I looked up the translation and they are very
Vivo is a contemporary jazz music ensemble that also plays samba and bossa nova music. The group consists of Warren Wiegratz on saxophone, flute and melodica, Pam Duronio, vocals and percussion, and Tim Stemper on guitar. An interesting fact is the name of the group, VIVO, means, "I live" in Spanish.
The musical selections were varied with some contemporary, traditional and samba songs. Because it was a live set, I did not have a program with the name of the songs. The songs I identified were Straighten Up and Fly Right and Besame Mucho.
The lively tune, “Straighten Up and Fly Right”, has lyrics, which is unusual from most of the jazz music I enjoy. This style of music is known as jazz vocals. The song was made famous by Nat King Cole in 1943. The song hit the pop charts with the catchy piano, vocal lyrics, and orchestration because it reflected Cole’s early jazz roots. According to All Music, “Nat King Cole's inspiration to compose "Straighten Up and Fly Right" came from a story in one of his father's sermons, and his song became very popular …show more content…
The female composer was born in Mexico in 1919, and she wrote the song in 1941 as a heartfelt and innocent ode to a kiss. It was first recorded by Emilio Tuero and the song became a big hit in Mexico in 1941. It later became a huge American hit 1943 for Jimmy Dorsey & His Orchestra, featuring vocalists Bob Eberle and Kitty Kallen. The song was translated into dozens of languages and performed by hundreds of artists over the years. It is a ballad with Latin jazz elements played on guitar and sax. The Vivo vocalist, Pam Duronio, performed the lyrics in Spanish so I looked up the translation and they are very