JOHN WINKWORTH. This is no cuckoo clock, old man

lepoemedufeu:

Bach: Passion Selon Saint Jean BWV 245- Choeur ‘Ruht Wohl, Ihr Heilingen Gebeine’

This is where I am right now.

oldhollywood:

Anton Karas - Anna Walks Away Alone (The Third Man: Original Soundtrack Recording)

lepoemedufeu:

Gunther Schuller- “III. Little Blue Devil” from Seven Studies on themes by Paul Klee

The perfect marriage of jazz language with classical form and instrumentation.

dr-killjoy:

Ella Fitzgerald-Angel eyes

bainer:

Stan Getz & Charlie Byrd - Samba De Uma Nota So (1962)

From Allmusic’s album review:

Jazz Samba stands on its own artistic merit as a shimmering, graceful collection that’s as subtly advanced — in harmony and rhythm — as it is beautiful. Getz and his co-billed partner, guitarist Charlie Byrd — who was actually responsible for bringing bossa nova records to the U.S. and introducing Getz to the style — have the perfect touch for bossa nova’s delicate, airy texture. For his part, Byrd was one of the first American musicians to master bossa nova’s difficult, bubbling syncopations, and his solos are light and lilting. Meanwhile, Getz’s playing is superb, simultaneously offering a warm, full tone and a cool control of dynamics; plus, Byrd’s gently off-kilter harmonies seem to stimulate Getz’s melodic inventiveness even more than usual. But beyond technique, Getz intuitively understands the romanticism and the undercurrent of melancholy inherent in the music, and that’s what really made Jazz Samba such a revelatory classic.

Let’s ease that Monday ennui.