[Trombone-l] Verve Vault - Gloomy Sunday?

[Stan Brager]

Ah, yes. Bob Brookmeyer's "Gloomy Sunday And Other Bright Moments" is one of
my favorites. I initially bought it for Gloomy Sunday and found many of the
other cuts to be... bright moments in jazz.

The best version of "Gloomy Sunday" is by Artie Shaw with Paula Bryne on the
vocal. Next, is Brookmeyer's version. Last, is the Billie Holiday concept in
which someone changed the lyrics at the end to make the story told by the
song to be merely a dream.

Stan
Stan Brager
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Stephen Jones" <stjones at umbc.edu>
To: <Trombone-l at server5.samford.edu>
Sent: Thursday, May 18, 2006 6:53 AM
Subject: Re: [Trombone-l] Verve Vault - Gloomy Sunday?


> I hope that they bring back Gloomy Sunday and other bright moments.  I
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> searched for it; nothing on the Verve site; there's a CD version of it on
> Amazon used for $75.  What a creative period it was in the early 60's with
> the Thad Jones/Mel Lewis/Gerry Mulligan/Bob Brookmeyer bands - many
> wonderful albums.
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> Stephen Jones
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> From: Bill Dinwiddie [mailto:billdin at comcast.net]
> Sent: Tuesday, May 16, 2006 5:36 PM
> To: List Trombone
> Subject: [Trombone-l] Verve Vault
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> Phil Burton wrote:
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> "While I would much prefer to pay a little more and have a jewelbox or
> digipak with artwork, booklet, liner notes and discography, the "Verve
> Vault" at the Verve Interactive website looms as a godsend for jazz
> collectors looking for rare, out-of-print albums.
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> Several hundred "forgotten" titles from Verve, Mercury and other
> Universal-owned labels are now available for digital download, mostly from
> iTunes. The Verve site is nicely laid out with original album covers,
track
> lists, personnel and mini-reviews. For some albums, you can sample all or
> most of the tunes.  Check it out..."
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> http://www.vervemusicgroup.com/series.aspx?sid=26&ob=bf&src=vault
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> Thanks so much Phil. I immediately grabbed up Brookmeyer's "Samba Para
Dos"
> with Lalo Schifrin. I would like to buy every album on that site, and it
> will be tough to limit my purchases, because almost all of these are
really
> classics.
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> Bill Dinwiddie
> billdin at comcast.net
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