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| From | Farrar Hudkins <fhudkins@gmail.com> |
| Subject | Re: Favorite Sad Songs |
| Date | Mon, 12 Feb 2007 11:34:46 -0600 |
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I keep thinking of more every time I look at my CD shelf.
‘No Way Out’ by Peter Gabriel
‘The Good Life’ [sung by] Frank Sinatra
‘I Remember Clifford’ by Benny Golson (Originally an instrumental;
someone put lyrics to it later.)
This is jazz not pop but I thought I would mention it: Pretty much the
entire album ‘And His Mother Called Him Bill’ by the Duke Ellington
orchestra is sad and cathartic. It was recorded on the death of Billy
Strayhorn (of cancer in 1967). The term ‘wailing saxophone’ has been
used a lot but Harry Carney and Johnny Hodges give it real meaning. And
the piano solo rendition of ‘Passion Flower’ is a tear-jerker.
Ahhh Monday.
Cheers,
Farrar Hudkins
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