Comments on: DUKE ELLINGTON / “Autumn Leaves” http://www.kalamu.com/bol/2007/04/22/duke-ellington-%e2%80%9cautumn-leaves%e2%80%9d/ a conversation about black music Fri, 10 Feb 2012 03:17:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: David Carter http://www.kalamu.com/bol/2007/04/22/duke-ellington-%e2%80%9cautumn-leaves%e2%80%9d/#comment-36874 David Carter Tue, 27 Nov 2007 19:33:40 +0000 http://www.kalamu.com/bol/2007/04/21/duke-ellington-%e2%80%9cautumn-leaves%e2%80%9d/#comment-36874 There is a poignant version by the great Mabel Mercer that is my personal favorite . I've not heard it in years but as I remember (or mis-remember) it she sings the lyric in both French and English. It's a haunting version which is available these days I believe on the cd re-issue of her double album entitled The Art of Mabel Mercer. There is a poignant version by the great Mabel Mercer that is my personal favorite . I’ve not heard it in years but as I remember (or mis-remember) it she sings the lyric in both French and English. It’s a haunting version which is available these days I believe on the cd re-issue of her double album entitled The Art of Mabel Mercer.

]]> By: Ben Klinger http://www.kalamu.com/bol/2007/04/22/duke-ellington-%e2%80%9cautumn-leaves%e2%80%9d/#comment-21306 Ben Klinger Mon, 04 Jun 2007 21:11:49 +0000 http://www.kalamu.com/bol/2007/04/21/duke-ellington-%e2%80%9cautumn-leaves%e2%80%9d/#comment-21306 <p>No idea who is the singer from the sample of ColdCut? I really like that version.</p> <p> <br /> <font color="#ffffff"><b><span style="background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">         Mtume says:          </span></b></font> </p> <p>Her name is Janis Alexander. She sang on several tracks from Coldcut's 1993 album, Philosophy. I dunno anything else about her.<br /> </p> <p> </p> No idea who is the singer from the sample of ColdCut? I really like that version.

 
         Mtume says:         

Her name is Janis Alexander. She sang on several tracks from Coldcut’s 1993 album, Philosophy. I dunno anything else about her.

 

]]> By: DJM http://www.kalamu.com/bol/2007/04/22/duke-ellington-%e2%80%9cautumn-leaves%e2%80%9d/#comment-15352 DJM Sun, 22 Apr 2007 22:22:02 +0000 http://www.kalamu.com/bol/2007/04/21/duke-ellington-%e2%80%9cautumn-leaves%e2%80%9d/#comment-15352 Dear BOL "team", yes, this is a song coming from France... It's well known sung by Yves Montand (who never accepted to sing the English version, probably the reason why you chose Piaf instead) but there are so many different versions (Wikipedia states 600...). Montand sang it in a movie in 1946, although he's probably not the 1st one to record it. Prevert was a great poet... His text is simply flowing along the music (that started as ballet music !) The tribute Serge Gainsbourg wrote to this song is another jewel too... More info : http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_Feuilles_mortes http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autumn_Leaves_%28song%29 Sincerely DJM Dear BOL “team”, yes, this is a song coming from France… It’s well known sung by Yves Montand (who never accepted to sing the English version, probably the reason why you chose Piaf instead) but there are so many different versions (Wikipedia states 600…). Montand sang it in a movie in 1946, although he’s probably not the 1st one to record it.

Prevert was a great poet… His text is simply flowing along the music (that started as ballet music !)
The tribute Serge Gainsbourg wrote to this song is another jewel too…

More info :
http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_Feuilles_mortes
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autumn_Leaves_%28song%29

Sincerely
DJM

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