3/29/19 - SPIRIT IN THE DARK

Spirit In The Dark - Courtney Lemmon and George Kahn Jazz & Blues Revue  

When we lost Aretha Franklin last year, I felt that my Jazz & Blues Revue group HAD to do an Aretha Tribute set.  Aretha may be best known for her R&B hits, but she came from the church gospel tradition, and my favorite songs of hers stem from that part of her soul.  Here is a live performance from our Holiday Show at Vitello's with Courtney Lemmon KILLING it! Gina Saputo and Crystal Starr on b/up vocals, Gary Wicks on bass, and (off camera) George Kahn on piano, MB Gordy on drums. 

https://youtu.be/jb3kFNUXzeM

3/22/19 - Alexander Glazunov - Melodie

https://youtu.be/E9w7EOZjBf0

From the time Glazunov entered the St. Petersburg Conservatory at a young age, he astonished his professors (who included Rimsky-Korsakov) and the leading musicians of the day with his ear and his exceptional musical abilities. Mélodie No. 1, Op. 20, is an eight-minute work that is a lovely outpouring of calm, lyrical music. It has a touch of Russian melancholy and an accompaniment with some rippling effects that suggest that here, the soul finds peace in a lakeside or woodland setting. It is performed by the Moscow Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra with Mstislav Rostropovich, one of the greatest cellists of the 20th Century. 

3/15/19 George Kahn - Dreamin'

This song came to me in a dream.  I woke up, wrote it down, and there it was. And here it is, live in the studio with Lyman Medeiros on Bass and Alex Acuña on drums

https://youtu.be/AB6ZfamG_yk