Post Midnight Grooves

Some weird shit but good shit -

John McCracken - Vibes

Eric Dolphy - Music Matador

Buckshot Le Fonque - Music Evolution

Kate Bush - Army Dreamers

Golden Dawn - Evolution

13th Floor Elevators - Slip Inside This House

Enjoy

Kurt Weil

Some classic cabaret and art music. Ja! Inspired by a reply to thespian15.

Kurt Weill - Berlin im Licht

Composed by Kurt Weill
Performed by Ensemble Modern
Sung by Heinz Karl Gruber
CD reviewed by Wire Sept 1991



Kurt Weill: Oil-Music (1928)

Kurt Weill - September Song

Kurt Weill / Bertold Brecht - Alabama Song

.. and the classic Doors version.

Auf Wiedersehen.

Enjoy

Kurt Weill Part 2

For thespian15 more of this underrated German composer.

Kurt Weill - Speak low

Kurt Weill - Mack the Knife Sung by Lotte Lenya

Louis Armstrong - Mack The Knife

PJ Harvey on September Songs

William S Burroughs - What Keeps Man Alive?

Nina Simone - Pirate Jenny

Enjoy.

Kurt Weill Part 3

On a roll here -

Kurt Weill - Kiddush

Kurt Weill (1900-1950), one of America’s most influential composers, was born and raised in a religious Jewish family in Dessau, Germany. As the Nazis came into power in 1933, he fled to Paris and later immigrated to America. Kiddush by Kurt Weill was the first synagogue piece to be written in an American popular style and is an amalgam of Germanic stolidity, American blues, and Broadway pop harmony. It was commissioned by Park Avenue Synagogue and premiered in 1946.
Weill dedicated this piece to his father, Albert Weill, who was a cantor.
This recording was made in Berlin and is included in the album Heritage, featuring treasures of Jewish-German composers.


Kurt Weill - Suite Panaméenne (1934)

Kurt Weill - Symphony N° 2 (1933)

Mov. 1) Sostenuto - Allegro molto
Mov. 2) Largo
Mov. 3) Allegro vivace

Gewandhausorchester Leipzig - Dir. Edo De Waart

Enjoy.

Kurt Weill Part 4

The final part - his music is so important and influential.

Kurt Weill: Lady in the Dark Concert Suite (1940, arr. R. R. Bennett)

Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra conducted by Marin Alsop.

He was so ahead of his time. You can hear so many tv and film music tropes that clearly originated from his work. Mancini, Morricone, Williams, and Elfman all have this guy in their genes.

Kurt Weill - Violin Concerto

Recorded at Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ in Amsterdam on Friday February 9 2018.

Concert master: Gordan Nikolić

Enjoy.

Good Morning

You Know..

I am beginning to think that today has turned out to be a bad day and it is not just the weather. A failed attempt to get down to Hempstead valley today but soon I will be off to Ashford to do a couple of visits and at least I shall be looking forward to this evening. This is because I am meeting Phil for a few drinks. So in the end it will be a good day.