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. body { Instrumental Part in F Major. Guitar/Vocal. For the published lyric, see The Complete Lyrics of Ira Gershwin: Click here to read Cafe Songbook lyrics policy. Fortunately, Sir Roland Hanna is up to the task. 2008 shown), Walter Rimler (The best plot summary including placement of songs is found in Michael Feinstein's book The Gershwins and Me: A Personal History in Twelve Songs -- pp. Coleman Hawkins How High The Moon - Live From Carnegie Hall/1949. They note that George Gershwin thought of the show "as an opportunity to infuse jazz into the Broadway musical." 78 rpm. integratedinto the plot. Oh, Lady Be Good. . . Ragtime and jazz had been introduced to Broadway before, but the Lady, Be Good songs transcended the popular music of honky-tonks and cabarets. Arrangement: Lead Sheet ARTIST(S): George Gershwin Pages: 2 Item #: 00-PSL-000818 Oh, Lady, Be Good! 1 Der Song; 2 Wirkungsgeschichte; 3 Literatur; 4 Einzelnachweise; Der Song. (Please complete or pause one Their interests are rooted in jazz, but often Brazilian, R&B, classical, and pop … body { The phrase "Oh, Lady, Be Good!" Recordings in 1925 were by Paul Whiteman, Carl … Nevertheless, the book for Lady Be Good! as sung by Ella Fitzgerald on the album The George and Ira Gershwin Songbook, as well as on the album: View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the 2015 CD release of Oh! High-Quality and Interactive, transposable in any key, play along. Digital Sheet Music - View Online and Print On-Demand. 8. Includes an High-Quality PDF file to download instantly. Carl "Tatti" Smith, trumpet; Lester Young, tenor saxophone; Count Basie, piano; Walter Page, bass; Jo Jones, drums. Notes: This is early John Pizzarelli, over two decades before the performance on the Cafe Songbook Main Stage (above) -- featuring John Pizzarelli (guitar and vocal; Milt Hinton (Bass); Dave Mckenna (piano); Bucky Pizzarelli (guitar); Clark Terry (trumpet); Connie Kay (Drums). And even most of the shows with a more contemporary flavor still had books that were little more than vehicles to support their songs instead of songs that were CafeSongbook.com makes no claims to rights of any kind in this content or the sources from which it comes. with topical themes (like bootlegging) and topical settings (from a Long Island mansion to the wild west), small casts, amiable jokes, flippant themes, Astaire dancing, and songs, songs, songs" (Mast, p. 76). either iTunes/LinkShare or Amazon.com). Lady Be Good" with his right hand. Reaching For The Moon. Recorded live, the album features a set of expanded renditions of pop and jazz standards, including "a jubilant interplay" on "Oh, Lady, Be Good." A later performance (2009) includes album personel Jessica Molaskey, Rebecca Kilgore (vocals); Aaron Weinstein (violin); Harry Allen (tenor saxophone); Larry Fuller (piano); Tony Tedesco (drums), Bucky Pizzarelli and John Pizzarelli (guitars) Martin Pizzarelli, bass, etc. The CD After You've Gone contains the first ten Trio recordings and the initial twelve studio performances by the Quartet. Blues In The Night. . Ted Gioia in his The Jazz Standards offers about as good an overview of "Oh, Lady, Be Good!" On the steamship voyage back to New York, George met millionaire and arts patron Otto Kahn whom he tried to interest in investing in the show. 2:00Young's last phrase bids us a bluesy farewell. album: Oscar Peterson & Fred Astaire: The Complete Norman Granz Sessions, Notes: Originally this album was published under the title The Fred Astaire Story. . Regina Carter recorded "Oh, Lady, Be Good" Ezra Pound wrote in his #74 of his Pisan Cantos, Oedipus. Like the guitar, an old tune. It was first introduced by Cliff Edwards, Fred Astaire and Adele Astaire in the Broadway musical Lady Be Good. If you are interested in this sheet music please send us a message using the contact form or drop us by email at boogie_woogie_transcriptions@yahoo.com. Its chord progression, known as the "rhythm changes", is the foundation for many other popular jazz tunes such as Charlie Parker's and Dizzy Gillespie's bebop standard "Anthropology (Thrivin' on a Riff)" Arrangement: Lead Sheet ARTIST(S): George Gershwin Pages: 2 Item #: 00-PSL-000818 Related Items. Mixtapes; Forums; Lyrics; Artists add; Journals; Artists - E. Ella Fitzgerald; 75th Birthday Celebration; Oh Lady Be Good Lyrics . View All Arrangements. (Please complete or pause one Music-Video: Live performance; not the same track as on album above Ruby Braff cornet, Barney Kessel guitar, Red Norvo on (borrowed) vibes, background-color: #FBECD5; Ambulatory Suite . body { 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 something not often encountered in popular art, or indeed in anything else -- perfection" (quoted in The Fred Astaire Story guide to the album, BBC Radio 2, 1975). became the "definitive male invocation" of the decade in the words of the British critic Benny Green. video before starting another. 17. The "lady" referred to in the title of both song and show is Susie Trevor (Adele Astaire) sister of Dick Trevor (Fred Astaire). An All Star Concert Celebration of the George Gershwin Centenary "Oh, Lady Be Good!" (Please complete or pause one We now know how modern Lady, Be Good! Most of the ten compositions written by George Gershwin have been covered numerous times on jazz recordings, so finding fresh approaches to them is a great challenge. And Kessel and Herb Ellis in a guitar duet -- c. 1994: body { on the album Pizzarelli Party. Basie plays a simple solo. The Astaires also recorded the song on April 19, 1926 in London with George Gershwin on the piano (English Columbia 3968 or 8969). 12. ), 1937 Behind him, Jo Jones on drums plays quietly on the high-hat cymbal. Susie at first declines despite Catlett's lucrative offer and then suddenly reverses course turning a yacht club party into a riot -- concluding the first act. They with "their originality and excellence, their complexity and sophistication in rhythm, harmony and lyric writing raised musical comedy to new heights. sheet music. } 7. Stream songs including "Grand Fantasy on Porgy and Bess: Introduction -", "Grand Fantasy on Porgy and Bess: I. Jasbo Brown Blues -" and more. video before starting another. body { Music-Video: George Wein and His Newport All-Stars Label: New Media Concept - 978-83-7675-303-4 • Series: Kolekcja Nostalgia - 3 • … 0:29The drums begin to build intensity by playing a backbeat. repotes Remi Magnanimi (Please complete or pause one Fred Astaire too makes a good account of himself. Save {{course.promo.Discount}}% with code "{{course.promo.Code}}" - Hurry, this expires in 11 days, {{promoTime}} Download This Course. Editor's note: Larry Fuller is the pianist on both performances--over a decade apart. Print and Download Oh, Lady, Be Good sheet music. High-Quality and Interactive, Transpose it in any key, change the tempo, easy play & practice. (HX.258377). Rosenberg's full discussion of "Oh, Lady, Be Good!" (paper bound edition shown), George Gershwin: His Life and Work Watch the Oh, Lady Be Good! body { body { (p. 104 paper-bound Ed.). Behind him, Young starts playing a background riff figure. . 0:00ACount Basie begins by stating the melody to George Gershwin's "Oh! Other songs written for Lady, Be Good currently included in the Cafe Songbook Er wurde für das Broadway-Musical Lady, Be Good geschrieben. New York: Harper & Brothers This was evidenced by the fact that operetta, that throwback to the more romantic and sentimental tastes of the nineteenth century, was the musical theater form that still proved most popular, being led in 1924 by Rudolf Friml's Rose Marie and Sigmund Romberg's The Student Prince. } } New York: Doubleday, 1958, The Gershwins in the Cafe Songbook Record/Video Cabinet video before starting another. Lady Be Good on Discogs. by the Carl Fenton Orchestra was made during the same month, Dec. 1924, that the show, (The best plot summary including placement of songs is found in Michael Feinstein's book. 2:45BWhile the drums drop out, the bass line quietly rises to a higher register. body { George Gershwin. ), 1990, 2009 & 2012 On July 13, 1935, the Benny Goodman Trio debuted (featuring drummer Gene Krupa and pianist Teddy Wilson) and 13 months later vibraphonist Lionel Hampton made the unit a quartet. Although Astaire did not sing "Oh, Lady, Be Good!" George Gershwin: believe that the composer was trying to introduce jazz to Broadway in his 1924 show Lady Be Good. video before starting another. ), © 2009-2018 by CafeSongbook.com -- All Rights Reserved, Two Twenty-First Century Live Performances. (Please complete or pause one And the lyric is full of tongue-in-cheek phrases. background-color: #FBECD5; album: The Genius of Lester Young, Notes: Lester Young - Tenor Sax; Carl "Tatti" Smith - Trumpet; Count Basie - Piano; Freddie Green - Rhythm Guitar; Walter Page - Bass; Jo Jones - Drums It was the songs. Can't Help Singin' The American Musical on Stage and Screen. SKU: MN0016714 Too Close For Comfort. like the rest of the score it comes from, is at once sassy and vulnerable, innocent and seductive, confident , yet insecure -- suggestive, satisfying and very twenties. Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra Don't worry, everything works out and the truly "good" guys and ladies (which include Fred's and Adele's characters) get the inheritance and preserve their virtue. Miss Astaire in the new piece is as charming and entertaining a musical comedy actress as the town has seen on display in many a moon. : Version 1 Basic online guitar lesson by Tim Lerch from Solo Jazz Pathways: Harmonic Enhancement The basic changes with a bit of root to 5th in the bass and a steady pulse. ist ein Song von George Gershwin (Musik) und Ira Gershwin (Text) aus dem Jahr 1924. Helen Ward contributes two fine vocals but the emphasis is on the close interplay between these brilliant players." Der Song ist fast durchweg in G-Dur gehalten und in der AABA-Form angelegt. Lead … Lady, Be Good! Lady Be Good" is distinguished by his Lady Be Good" is distinguished by his syncopation and unpredictable rhythm only. 9. with John Pizzarelli guitar and vocal; Larry Fuller, piano; Tony Tedesco, drums; Martin Pizzarelli, bass so Mr. Bullington lay on his back like an ape "I Got Rhythm" is a piece composed by George Gershwin with lyrics by Ira Gershwin and published in 1930, which became a jazz standard. background-color: #FBECD5; --Amazon Editorial Review. ist ein Song von George Gershwin (Musik) und Ira Gershwin (Text) aus dem Jahr 1924. Licensed to Virtual Sheet Music® by Hal Leonard® publishing company. Such permission will be acknowledged in this space on the page where the image is used. body { Video: See Main Stage above for a 2001 performance with The Ray Brown Trio. New York: Doubleday, Gioia attributes the songs success both to George's "ear for the innovations of jazz" as well as to Ira's for the "new vernacular twists in the spoken language of the day." singing: O sweet and lovely Air Mail Special. was no less a milestone than the first performance of Rhapsody in Blue, for it changed the American musical, carrying with it a new sound, a new verve and sophistication, and a new spirit, boldly and authentically twentieth-century. Lady Be Good Jones-Smith Incorporated Featuring Lester Young. 1:24On bass, Walter Page relaxes from four beats to two beats to the measure. 1:42BAt the bridge, Young plays a descending phrase that becomes polyrhythmic through off-center repetition; the drummer responds with a drum roll. Er wurde für das Broadway-Musical Lady, Be Good geschrieben. } 14. background-color: #FBECD5; 1:01BYoung begins to build intensity by starting phrases with accented, scooped notes. Players include Al Killan, Howard McGhee (trumpet), Charlie Parker, Willie Smith (alto sax), Lester Young (tenor sax), Arnold Ross (percussion), Billy Hadnott (bass), Lee Young (drums). 1:22AYoung's second chorus begins higher in pitch, and adds faster rhythmic values. album: My Blue Heaven (1990). 13. } 3. album: Jazz Plays Gershwin, Notes: Coleman Hawkins, tenor sax; Albert Harris, guitar; Tiny Winters, bass; Stanley Black, piano; London, November 18, 1934 would be considered flimsy in comparison to later shows that featured songs that were truly albums: Ella Fitzgerald: The Legendary Decca Recordings (1947 version), Ella Fitzgerald Sings the George and Ira Gershwin Songbook (1959 version), Notes: Ella first recorded "Oh, Lady, Be Good!" Oh, Lady Be Good! Not bad! ), More Performances of "Oh, Lady Be Good!" 13. search-form. Luckily for the siblings, the show ends in true romantic comedy form, with wedding bells. Catalog of The Great American Songbook: 2. } was named for the song "Oh, Lady Be Good" and not the other way around. Borrowed material (images): Images of CD, DVD, book and similar product covers are used courtesy of either Amazon.com or iTunes/LinkShare with which CafeSongbook.com maintains an affiliate status. Bill - Live From Carnegie Hall/1953. Music-Video: side 1: Begin the Beguine; side 2: Oh, Lady Be Good (Victor 20-1551), from the album, Up Swing (RCA Victor P 146). Watty tries to get Susie Trevor to impersonate the Mexican's sister to help in securing his new client's share. body { Notes: Apparently the group arrived in Copenhagen late and had to perform as they came. was I really can't remember, but do know that it was pretty stupid" (Steps in Time, pp. "Oh, Lady, Be Good!" These changes culminated in the writing of the score for the show Lady, Be Good!, which opened on Broadway at the Liberty Theater on December 1, 1924, a date by which the year had seen some forty other musicals open on the Great White (and by 21st century standards, unimaginably busy) Way. ), 1964 background-color: #FBECD5; Such content is used under the rules of fair use to further the educational objectives of CafeSongbook.com. 0:10AAt times, Basie begins to show traces of a stride foundation in his left hand. Furthermore, George Gershwin's fame had burst forth in 1924 as much from his performances of his Rhapsody in Blue -- both in concert halls and in private salons (where he played it by request seemingly endlessly).