Comments on Boogie Woogie Flu: Body and Soul

great post, made me listen to the song in a really...

2009-07-20T15:29:42.296-04:00

great post, made me listen to the song in a really new and exciting way. many many thx! AK

superb

2009-07-01T11:57:30.522-04:00

superb

What an excellent posting, with a terrific top-not...

2009-07-01T00:45:50.235-04:00

What an excellent posting, with a terrific top-note. Thanks for all the work.

Awesome post. Thanks, Ric

2009-06-29T18:22:42.393-04:00

Awesome post. Thanks,

Ric

The Manhattan Transfer did a good vocalese verion ...

2009-06-28T21:07:41.384-04:00

The Manhattan Transfer did a good vocalese verion of his solo.

First line -

"Don't you know
he was the king
of saxophone..."

Gosh, that Braxton performance is a refreshing sur...

2009-06-28T07:03:59.501-04:00

Gosh, that Braxton performance is a refreshing surprise. Apparently, he was standing in for Dexter Gordon. I'll shamefacedly admit that I hadn't previously heard of the pianist Tete Montoliu; I must find more by him.

I saw Esperanza Spalding sing and play it last wee...

2009-06-28T06:24:01.401-04:00

I saw Esperanza Spalding sing and play it last week on TV. It was a recording of her set at Coutances a year or two ago. She did "Body and Soul" as an encore and it was both the highlight of the show and quite different from what had preceded it. She sang "my life's a hell you're making", which I knew was wrong, but which makes a kind of sense and may actually be an improvement of the line.

I have two piano trio performances of the song on my Walkman -- by Martial Solal and Enrico Pieranunzi respectively. I keep meaning to play them one after the other but I haven't got around to it yet.

http://tinyurl.com/Johnny-Green-Plays-Body-Soul A...

2009-06-28T05:00:15.594-04:00

http://tinyurl.com/Johnny-Green-Plays-Body-Soul

As played by the composer

Excellent article, but I'll take exception to : "...

2009-06-28T00:15:05.912-04:00

Excellent article, but I'll take exception to :

"It’s possible that “Body and Soul” would have faded over time, in the way Johnny Green’s other standards like “Out of Nowhere” did, into a cult song occasionally dusted off by an enterprising jazzman."

Well God bless you,sir! A truly magnificent post a...

2009-06-27T14:15:12.539-04:00

Well God bless you,sir! A truly magnificent post and a decent act of Jazz scholarship. Just discovered your blog and will be a regular passer by from now on. Thanks.

Jeeminy Christmas - once more there is a treasure ...

2009-06-27T12:08:17.066-04:00

Jeeminy Christmas - once more there is a treasure trove of delights to be found on the ol' Boogie Woogie Flu, and a whole lot of interesting facts and tidbits. Thanks for posting.

That's a lot of Body and Soul. I remember hearing ...

2009-06-27T10:59:23.256-04:00

That's a lot of Body and Soul. I remember hearing this song for the first time as a young teen, when I bought the Louis Armstrong version on an LP compilation. It was one of the songs that hooked me on jazz.

Great post. I had no idea that Body & Soul had bee...

2009-06-27T05:52:01.020-04:00

Great post.
I had no idea that Body & Soul had been covered by so many of the jazz and vocal greats.
Taking all of these on holiday.