premièred on Broadway at the Liberty Theatre on 1 December, 1924 and closed on 12 September, 1925, after 330 performances. The swing, it should be said, is greatly helped by the economical, clipped drumwork of Jo Jones, the greatest of the jazz drummers of his age. The musical was staged by Felix Edwardes with musical staging by Sammy Lee and scenic design by Norman Bel Geddes. Learn more about the conductor of the song and Easy Piano music notes score you can easily download and has been arranged for. is a musical with music by George Gershwin, lyrics by Ira Gershwin, and a book by Guy Bolton and P. G. Wodehouse. Basie – well, what do you say? And there’s certainly nothing, to quote a word apparently first used in this sense by Lester Young, more ‘cool’ to listen to. His style, followed by a host of imitators, was full-bodied, using the whole capacity of the instrument to produce a wide range of sounds, and it had what was called ‘edge’: it could be assertive, even aggressive. Printable Standards PDF score is easy to learn to play. Two of them, the first appearance of Lester Young on record, constitute one of the most astonishing debuts in jazz history. From: Be Good! It was introduced by Walter Catlett in the Broadway musical Lady, Be Good! Lady Be Good is the story of how a single show changed the future of their careers and the future of Broadway’s musical theater. When the records were released on the Vocalion label they were attributed to a non-existent ‘Jones-Smith Incorporated’, to avoid contract problems with Decca. The tune has always been extremely popular and the theme and the chord progression have formed the basis for many improvisations by numerous jazz soloists. The film stars dancer Eleanor Powell, along with Ann Sothern, Robert Young, Lionel Barrymore, and Red Skelton. Description by James Leonard. Lady!! Instruments: Violin, Oboe, Flute, Recorder, Piano Accompaniment, C Instrument. KC was a nerve centre for jazz music. Your first instalment will be collected when your order is confirmed by Music Magpie Ltd and instalments 2 and 3 are scheduled 30 and 60 days later, respectively. Sheet music arranged for Piano/Vocal/Guitar in G Major. Still, there’s nothing more thrilling than putting ‘Oh Lady by Good!’ on for the hundredth time. He also came to the attention of the legendary producer, critic and talent spotter John Hammond, responsible for discovering or promoting Charlie Christian, Billie Holiday, Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen and many others. Kay finds herself falling in love with a man who seems unavailable. Lady be Good’ that fixes itself in your mind and stays in the memory. Shop our newest and most popular sheet music such as "Fascinating Rhythm", "Oh, Lady Be Good!" Lester climbs to a brief peak, before dipping his wings slowly towards the earth in the final chorus. Lady be Good’. sheet music notes that was written for Easy Piano and includes 4 page(s). It ran for 330 performances in its original Broadway run. Books. It’s a wholly confident performance. All dressed up, no place to go, "Oh, Lady Be Good!" When this servitude came to an end Lester’s wanderings continued, with only limited success and recognition, until he reached Kansas City. The light fluidity of this style of playing struck Lester’s listeners as novel. Product Type: Digital Sheet Music It was directed by Norman Z. McLeod and produced by Arthur Freed. We know from descriptions of his live performances and jam sessions that his invention knew no bounds and that he could take a tune for as long a walk as he wished. It was written for the Princess Theatre on Broadway, where it played in 1918 and ran for 219 performances. ... Entertainment Magpie Limited t/a Music Magpie is registered in England and Wales No 06277562. We tend to think of the genesis of “modern” jazz as being Minton’s club in Harlem in the 40s, though it is clear that the be-bop pioneers gained their apprenticeships in the swing bands of the late 30s. The contrast is encapsulated in a conversation recalled by Billie Holiday between Lester and his fellow-tenorist in Basie’s band, Herschel Evans: Herschel: ‘Why don’t you buy an alto, man? Size 10.0 Source 78 Visit musicMagpie for great deals and super savings with FREE delivery today! 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So while the band was in Chicago he arranged for the ARC session. sheet music from Lady Be Good. The film takes its title and theme s For her album Ella Fitzgerald Sings the George and Ira Gershwin Songbook (1959), it was sung as a ballad arranged by Nelson Riddle. It was introduced by Walter Catlett in the Broadway musical Lady, Be Good! written by Guy Bolton, Fred Thompson, and the Gershwin brothers and starring Fred and Adele Astaire. The Properbox collection of four CDs The Lester Young story (2000) gives a fine overview of the recordings and includes ‘Oh! All five men had just played together in Chicago in public three days before as part of a new band organised by Count Basie, then still at the beginning of his long and celebrated career. In one way this is frustrating. To use Pay later in 3 you must be at least 18. The dominant jazz tenorist of the age – indeed, he could be said to have established the tenor as a leading instrument – was Coleman Hawkins. The song was also performed by the chorus in the film Lady Be Good (1941), although the film is unrelated to the musical. Instruments: Voice, range: D4-E5 Piano: Scorings: Piano/Vocal/Chords. But, as Gunther Schuller points out in his detailed analysis of the solo, he rarely moves out of the range of a single octave: the magic is constrained within narrow bounds, and there are no virtuosic or melodramatic swoops and dives. Pages: 2. By Sarah Sisk. Stream songs including "Oh! May do another piece sometime, maybe on LY, Billie Holiday and ‘Me, Myself and I’ …, Email ( required; will not be published ), a blog and more from Swansea by Andrew Green / blogfan a mwy o Abertawe gan Andrew Green, Archives, libraries and the Heritage Lottery Fund, Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru / National Library of Wales. Lester’s solo lasts just 80 seconds. Douglas Henry Daniels’s massive Lester leaps in: the life and times of Lester Young (Boston: Beacon, 2002) is strong on biographical detail but disappointing on the music. In our version there is little left of the original tune, not much more than the opening bar, but it is enough to inspire Basie and Young. The song was also performed by the chorus in the film Lady Be Good (1941), although the film is unrelated to the musical. SKU: MN0069355 Oh, Lady Be Good! Thanks for shining the light on this great music. It’s terribly sad, but true. And it’s true that Lester later added a huskier, more contemplative tone not present in his earlier records. The two sides on which Lester solos, ‘Shoe Shine Boy’ and ‘Oh! It was written by George and Ira Gershwin, its bouncy style at deliberate odds with the faux-bluesy and quintessentially 1920s lyrics: Listen to my tale of woe, Original Published Key: G Major. Here was a completely new sound, from a dazzling newcomer. At the end of the solo Tatti Smith takes over. (some day, John Kirby may be remembered appropriately !). Benny Green, British jazz saxophonist and writer, describes Astaire's performance here as follows: "When [Astaire] assumes that expression of mute appeal and requests, with a slight lilt in his voice: 'Oh, sweet and lovely, / lady be good, oh / lady be good to me,' the listener gets the sense that here is one of those rare occasions when the form and the content, the creator and the interpreter, have fused to produce … Epic. Don’t stop now! The tune was taken from a 1924 stage musical comedy, Lady be Good. Scoring: Solo & Accompaniment, Instrumental Parts. [1] A 1947 recording of the song became a hit for Ella Fitzgerald, notable for her scat solo. Oh, Lady Be Good was the title song of the 1924 musical by the Gershwin brothers George and Ira. Smith was a competent enough trumpeter but his playing is pedestrian rather than airborne. Contemporaries marvelled at Lester’s two solos, on ‘Shoe Shine Boy’ and ‘Oh! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SeqwPX4T4E0. They play, respectively, Dixie Donegan, a would-be lyricist and Eddie Crane, a struggling composer. No one would want to be without the duets with Billie Holiday. Recordings. His later years, though fogged by alcohol and drugs, show much intermittent brilliance (this is the period in which Geoff Dyer sets the chapter on Lester in his fine reimagination But beautiful: a book about jazz). On the other hand, the three-minute limit set by the 78rpm record freezes his performance like a jewel, a bright and perfect thing. Lady Be Good? When Lester enters at last after 40 seconds the piece lifts immediately from its smooth taxi down the runway. Lester Young, of course, is a giant, though less appreciated than one might have hoped. "Oh, Lady Be Good!" Listen to Oh, Lady Be Good by Ulrike Ritzinger on Apple Music. The choruses are each thronged with invention and subtle variations of line, (vibrato-less) tone and rhythm. But of the two it’s ‘Oh! He’d been playing saxophone ever since his father Billy, a musical model but a tyrannical parent, kidnapped him from his beloved mother at the age of ten to join the family dance band that tramped ceaselessly across the southern and mid-western states in search of paying audiences. You only got an alto tone!’. Some of you guys are all belly’. The story concerns an engaged young man, Bill, whose ex-fiancée arrives unexpectedly on his wedding day. Oh, Kay! It was introduced by Walter Catlett in the Broadway musical Lady, Be Good!, written by Guy Bolton, Fred Thompson, and the Gershwin brothers, starring Fred and Adele Astaire. and "The Man I Love", or click the button above to browse all sheet music. Oh Lady Be Good is a popular song by Sonny Stitt, Harry Edison, Eddie Davis | Create your own TikTok videos with the Oh Lady Be Good song and explore 0 videos made by new and popular creators. - Piano Accompaniment composed by George Gershwin. 1924 was a good year for the Gershwin brothers. - Best of the Gershwin? Looking for Oh Lady Be Good! But of the two it’s ‘Oh! With Eleanor Powell, Ann Sothern, Robert Young, Lionel Barrymore. Download and print in PDF or MIDI free sheet music for (Oh) Lady Be Good (Gershwin) arranged by ericfontainejazz for Clarinet (In B Flat) (Solo) Watch the video for Oh, Lady Be Good from Benny Goodman's Verve Jazz Masters 33 for free, and see the artwork, lyrics and similar artists. The record loses for a time some of its drive and shine before Basie returns, superbly matched by Page’s bass, which then walks us down step-wise towards an inescapable chorus – itself a recapitulation of Lester’s solo in its perfect mix of power and art. The Gershwin brothers' first musical together, Oh, Lady Be Good, from 1924 starred the brother and sister singing and dancing team Adele and Fred Astaire playing a brother and sister dancing team. A long introduction by Basie, accompanied by soft drums from Jones, sets the tone. Lady Be Good is an MGM musical film released in 1941. They played just four short pieces. A musical romance (Columbia, 2002) offers the best selection of the Billie Holiday/Lester Young sides. 3 - Oh! Lady be Good’ that fixes itself in your mind and stays in the memory. Directed by Norman Z. McLeod, Busby Berkeley. At 10 o’clock in the morning of Monday 9 November 1936 – an unlikely day and an even unlikelier hour for jazz musicians – five people assembled in the studios of the American Record Corporation in Chicago. The plot revolves around the adventures of the Duke of Durham and his sister, Lady Kay, English bootleggers in Prohibition Era America. Listen to Oh, Lady Be Good from Cleo Laine's Jazz for free, and see the artwork, lyrics and similar artists. Lady Be Good (Remastered)". There’s a case for arguing that Lester never bettered ‘Oh! It was strategically placed on the migration path of black workers moving north, and its political and social complexion – the city was in effect run by a pair of mobsters, Tom Pendergast and John Lazia, where prohibition and economic depression were equally ignored – proved hospitable to a musicians and audiences who by nature preferred to be unrestrained. The number (SKU) in the catalogue is Standards and code 408438. Both are up-beat and happy tunes, and they follow the same pattern: a lengthy piano introduction by Basie followed by Lester’s solo, and an outing for Tatti Smith’s trumpet before a final chorus. later parody versions: Lady Be Good (French parody): later translated versions: Oh, dama, tem dó: part of: Lady, Be Good (full musical): is the basis for: 7 Virtuoso Études: Oh, Lady Be Good Listen to Oh! Looking for Vol. It was written by George and Ira Gershwin, its bouncy style at deliberate odds with the faux-bluesy and quintessentially 1920s lyrics: Listen to my tale of woe, Am I eligible for Pay later in 3? This is no beginner trying out his skills in a small setting but a master of a new art. Lady. By 1936 it was a standard: Paul Whiteman played it with his orchestra in 1924, and Jack Hylton and Benny Goodman had also recorded it. is a musical with music by Jerome Kern, a book by Guy Bolton and P. G. Wodehouse and lyrics by Wodehouse. It was while he was in Kansas City that Lester joined (or rather re-joined) Basie’s band. Lady Be Good (Remastered) - Single by Sidney Bechet on Apple Music. A composer and his songwriter wife clash as they succeed in working together, writing hit Broadway shows, but fail in their marriage to the point of getting divorced twice. Oh, Lady Be Good! Bill works to convince his old flame that he was not worthy to marry her, but his clumsy efforts do not make him look good … is a 1924 song by George and Ira Gershwin. That February had seen the premiere and subsequent popular success of George Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue. This article places them even more firmly in the evolutionary process. Powell received top billing, but Sothern and Young are the main stars. This may be linked to his constant striving to, in his own words, ‘tell a story’: there’s always a linear push to his music, as there is in his default musical form, the blues. Maybe for that reason he felt just as comfortable accompanying a fellow genius, as he did famously with Billie Holiday between 1937 and 1940, as he did ‘grandstanding’ himself. is a 1924 song by George and Ira Gershwin. Lester (tapping his forehead): ‘There’s things goin’ on up there, man. Hammond was determined to record Basie’s musicians, even though Basie himself had been persuaded to sign a prior, hopelessly unprofitable recording contract with Decca. Product #: … In the bridge passage the key suddenly moves for a time to the major, ‘a startling moment, says Schuller, ‘as if the light has suddenly been switched on or a bright color applied’. It starred brother and sister performers Fred and Adele Astaire. Most miraculous of all, behind the abstract elegance of the performance lies a warmth and generosity of feeling that’s always present in Lester’s playing. He was a famously reticent and unassertive person – one reason why his later attempts at band formation and leading were unsuccessful – and detested ostentation and loudness. Somehow Lester had invented the perfect balance between grace and power, between leading and holding back, between lyrical decoration and propulsive swing (small-group pieces at this time were termed, very appropriately, ‘swing-sing’). Good External-identifier urn:matrix_no:B-10430A External_metadata_update 2020-10-02T21:02:18Z Genre Popular Music Identifier 78_oh-lady-be-good_artie-shaw-and-his-orchestra-george-and-ira-gershwin_gbia0192534a Location USA Scanner Internet Archive Python library 1.9.0 Scanningcenter George Blood, L.P. Stream songs including "Maple Leaf Rag", "Solace" and more. It’s tempting to link Lester’s style with his personality. The tune was taken from a 1924 stage musical comedy, Lady be Good. Watch the video for Oh, Lady Be Good from Count Basie's America's #1 Band for free, and see the artwork, lyrics and similar artists. His tone is light, without being weightless, and his line sinuous without ever losing the drive of the beat set by Basie. The best short introduction to Lester Young is Dave Gelly’s Being Prez: the life and music of Lester Young (London: Equinox, 2007). Lady be Good’, sound superficially similar. But, as this article suggests, Walter Page and Jo Jones were fore-runners, in a real way, of the Mingus-Clarke development (Page and his walking bass style and JJ with his ride-rhythm). Download George Gershwin Oh, Lady Be Good! Lady be Good’. A stunning piece ! The song is also performed in the film Lady Be Good (1941), although the film itself is unrelated to the musical play. Recordings in 1925 were by Paul Whiteman, Carl Fenton, and Cliff Edwards. Basie was an accomplished stride pianist, but his quiet, spare style, always rhythmical and blues-inflected, is a perfect prelude to Lester’s new (to most) style of tenor playing. “LADY, BE GOOD! Lester’s more classical sound was very different. This was the first of several films Powell made with Skelton. Lady be Good’. It is based on the play La Présidente by Maurice Hennequin and Pierre Veber. As well as Basie on piano the studio group included Walter Page on bass, Jo Jones on drums, trumpeter Carl ‘Tatti’ Smith – and Lester Young on tenor saxophone. And yet Lester Young had not suddenly sprung fully formed from the head of Zeus. The show's title song, however, was not sung by either of the Astaires but by the comic lead as an attempt to persuade the sister to impersonate a Mexican woman in order to collect … written by Guy Bolton, Fred Thompson, and the Gershwin brothers and starring Fred and Adele Astaire. Print and download Oh, Lady, Be Good! Each ev’ning I’m awfully blue. Thanks very much. Product Type: Musicnotes. He was already 27 years old. Congratulations – deserves wide circulation among jazz enthusiasts ! This account of the 1936 session is a marvellous reminder of the evolution of jazz in the mid to late 30s.
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