Veronica Swift (born May 14, 1994)
https:/
現在の若手の中でも、特別に注目される一人が、ヴェロニカ・スイフトです。
USのラジオでも彼女の歌が頻繁に流れてきます。
ご本人のサイト
https:/
FB
https:/
tw
https:/
アルバムも何枚かあります。
https:/
上記の中のアルバム Veronica's House of Jazz は彼女が9歳の時にリッチー・コールと共演したものです。
また、It's Great to Be Alive はハリー・アレンと共演した2007年のアルバムですので、彼女が13歳の時のものになります。
ちなみに、彼女の父君、オッド・オブラエン (Hod O'Brien) はバップ・ピアニスト、母君、ステファニー・ナカシアン (Stephanie Nakasian) はジャズ・シンガーです。
このように、音楽家のご両親のもとに生まれたヴェロニカは、生まれながらのジャズ・シンガーといえるのかもしれまうぇん。
2018年には、ベニー・グリーンのアルバム Then And Now にも参加しています。
これからの活躍がますます楽しみなヴェロニカ・スイフトをこのトピックで追いかけることは、みなさんにとっても『ジャズと同時代を生きる』ことにつながるでしょう。
ヴェロニカ・スイフトについては【気になる現代の歌姫たち】#260 でも取り上げています。
https:/
ヴェロニカ・スイフトと、母君ステファニー・ナカシアンとの共演動画です。
ヴェロニカ・スイフトと、父君、オッド・オブラエン、母君ステファニー・ナカシアンとの共演動画です。
"You don't know what love is"
前腕のタトゥーが隠れるドレスをお召しです。
*********************************************************
アルバムリスト(登場降順）
*********************************************************
#38 - Veronica Swift / This Bitter Earth / Mack Avenue Records / 2021
#20 - Benny Green / Benny’s Crib / SUNNYSIDE / 2020
#16 - Veronica Swift / Lonely Woman / HodStef Music / 2015
#1 - Veronica Swift / Confessions / Mack Avenue Records / 2019
*********************************************************
reserved (By released year)
*********************************************************
Veronica's House of Jazz (2004)
It's Great to Be Alive (2007)
Let's Sail Away (2017)
Then and Now (2018) Benny Green 名義
Birdland Big Band Live! (2019)
*********************************************************
登場曲 (alphabetical) Composer/Lyricist/year - (comment No.)
*********************************************************
"As Long as He Needs Me" (Lionel Bart/1960) - (#49)
"Bisky" (Veronica Swift/2015) - (#25)
"Confession" (Arthur Schwartz/Howard Dietz/1931) - (#9)
"Everybody Has the Right to Be Wrong" (Jimmy Van Heusen/Sammy Cahn/1965) - (#50)
"Forget About The Boy" (Jeanine Tesori/Dick Scanlan/2002) - (#5)
"Get Out of Town" (Cole Porter/1938) - (28)
"Getting to Know You" (Richard Rodgers/Oscar Hammerstein II/1951) - (#42)
"Gone For The Day" (Bob Cooper/Bob Russell/1957) - (#19)
"Gypsy In My Soul" (Clay Boland & Moe Jaffe/Moe Jaffe/1937) - (#11)
"He Hit Me (And It Felt Like a Kiss)" (Carole King/Gerry Goffin/1962) - (#48)
"Hod House" (Hod O'Brien/Veronica Swift/????) - (#33)
"How Lovely to Be a Woman" (Charles Strouse/Lee Adams/1960) - (#40)
"I Don't Want To Cry Anymore" (Victor Schertzinger/1940 - (#7)
"I Hope She Makes You Happy" (Veronica Swift/2019) - (#8)
"I'm Hip" (Bob Dorough/Dave Frishberg/1966) - (#13)
"Interlude" (Pete Rugolo/Bob Russell/1947) - (#4)
"It's All Right With Me" (Cole Porter/1953) - (#18)
"Just One of Those Things" (Cole Porter/1935) - (#27)
"A Little Taste" (Johnny Hodges/Dave Frishberg/1950) - (#3)
"Lonely Woman" (Benny Carter/Ray Sonin/1946) - (#21)
"Love for Sale" (Cole Porter/1930) - (#23)
"The Man I Love" (George Gershwin/Ira Gershwin/1924) - (#43)
"Never Let Me Go" (Jay Livingston and Ray Evans/1956) - (#32)
"No Not Much" (Robert Allen/Al Stillman/1955) - (#12)
"No Regrets" (Roy Ingraham/Harry Tobias, Paul Hill/1935) - (#14)
"The Opener / Room 608" (Horace Silver/John Hendricks/1955) - (#17)
"The Other Woman" (Jessie Mae Robinson/1959) - (#9)
"Prisoner of Love" (Clarence Gaskill, Russ Columbo/Leo Robin/1931) - (#51)
"September in the Rain" (Harry Warren/Al Dubin/1937) - (#24)
"Sing" (Amanda Palmer/2006) - (#55)
"Something Cool" (Billy Barnes/1954) - (#29)
"A Stranger In Town" (Mel Tormé/1944) - (#6)
"Swaggin' Like Me" (Matt Wigler/Veronica Swift/2009) - (#26)
"This Bitter Earth" (Clyde Otis/1960) - (#39)
"Too Darn Hot" (Cole Porter/1948) - (#18)
"Trust in Me" (Robert and Richard Sherman/1967) - (#47)
"You're the Dangerous Type" (Bob Dorough/1956) - (#44)
"You Don't Know What Love Is" (Gene de Paul/Don Raye/1941) - (#31)
"You're Gonna Hear From Me" (André Previn/Dory Previn/1965) - (#2)
"You've Got to Be Carefully Taught" (Richard Rodgers/Oscar Hammerstein II/1949) - (#41)
https:/
現在の若手の中でも、特別に注目される一人が、ヴェロニカ・スイフトです。
USのラジオでも彼女の歌が頻繁に流れてきます。
ご本人のサイト
https:/
FB
https:/
tw
https:/
アルバムも何枚かあります。
https:/
上記の中のアルバム Veronica's House of Jazz は彼女が9歳の時にリッチー・コールと共演したものです。
また、It's Great to Be Alive はハリー・アレンと共演した2007年のアルバムですので、彼女が13歳の時のものになります。
ちなみに、彼女の父君、オッド・オブラエン (Hod O'Brien) はバップ・ピアニスト、母君、ステファニー・ナカシアン (Stephanie Nakasian) はジャズ・シンガーです。
このように、音楽家のご両親のもとに生まれたヴェロニカは、生まれながらのジャズ・シンガーといえるのかもしれまうぇん。
2018年には、ベニー・グリーンのアルバム Then And Now にも参加しています。
これからの活躍がますます楽しみなヴェロニカ・スイフトをこのトピックで追いかけることは、みなさんにとっても『ジャズと同時代を生きる』ことにつながるでしょう。
ヴェロニカ・スイフトについては【気になる現代の歌姫たち】#260 でも取り上げています。
https:/
ヴェロニカ・スイフトと、母君ステファニー・ナカシアンとの共演動画です。
ヴェロニカ・スイフトと、父君、オッド・オブラエン、母君ステファニー・ナカシアンとの共演動画です。
"You don't know what love is"
前腕のタトゥーが隠れるドレスをお召しです。
*********************************************************
アルバムリスト(登場降順）
*********************************************************
#38 - Veronica Swift / This Bitter Earth / Mack Avenue Records / 2021
#20 - Benny Green / Benny’s Crib / SUNNYSIDE / 2020
#16 - Veronica Swift / Lonely Woman / HodStef Music / 2015
#1 - Veronica Swift / Confessions / Mack Avenue Records / 2019
*********************************************************
reserved (By released year)
*********************************************************
Veronica's House of Jazz (2004)
It's Great to Be Alive (2007)
Let's Sail Away (2017)
Then and Now (2018) Benny Green 名義
Birdland Big Band Live! (2019)
*********************************************************
登場曲 (alphabetical) Composer/Lyricist/year - (comment No.)
*********************************************************
"As Long as He Needs Me" (Lionel Bart/1960) - (#49)
"Bisky" (Veronica Swift/2015) - (#25)
"Confession" (Arthur Schwartz/Howard Dietz/1931) - (#9)
"Everybody Has the Right to Be Wrong" (Jimmy Van Heusen/Sammy Cahn/1965) - (#50)
"Forget About The Boy" (Jeanine Tesori/Dick Scanlan/2002) - (#5)
"Get Out of Town" (Cole Porter/1938) - (28)
"Getting to Know You" (Richard Rodgers/Oscar Hammerstein II/1951) - (#42)
"Gone For The Day" (Bob Cooper/Bob Russell/1957) - (#19)
"Gypsy In My Soul" (Clay Boland & Moe Jaffe/Moe Jaffe/1937) - (#11)
"He Hit Me (And It Felt Like a Kiss)" (Carole King/Gerry Goffin/1962) - (#48)
"Hod House" (Hod O'Brien/Veronica Swift/????) - (#33)
"How Lovely to Be a Woman" (Charles Strouse/Lee Adams/1960) - (#40)
"I Don't Want To Cry Anymore" (Victor Schertzinger/1940 - (#7)
"I Hope She Makes You Happy" (Veronica Swift/2019) - (#8)
"I'm Hip" (Bob Dorough/Dave Frishberg/1966) - (#13)
"Interlude" (Pete Rugolo/Bob Russell/1947) - (#4)
"It's All Right With Me" (Cole Porter/1953) - (#18)
"Just One of Those Things" (Cole Porter/1935) - (#27)
"A Little Taste" (Johnny Hodges/Dave Frishberg/1950) - (#3)
"Lonely Woman" (Benny Carter/Ray Sonin/1946) - (#21)
"Love for Sale" (Cole Porter/1930) - (#23)
"The Man I Love" (George Gershwin/Ira Gershwin/1924) - (#43)
"Never Let Me Go" (Jay Livingston and Ray Evans/1956) - (#32)
"No Not Much" (Robert Allen/Al Stillman/1955) - (#12)
"No Regrets" (Roy Ingraham/Harry Tobias, Paul Hill/1935) - (#14)
"The Opener / Room 608" (Horace Silver/John Hendricks/1955) - (#17)
"The Other Woman" (Jessie Mae Robinson/1959) - (#9)
"Prisoner of Love" (Clarence Gaskill, Russ Columbo/Leo Robin/1931) - (#51)
"September in the Rain" (Harry Warren/Al Dubin/1937) - (#24)
"Sing" (Amanda Palmer/2006) - (#55)
"Something Cool" (Billy Barnes/1954) - (#29)
"A Stranger In Town" (Mel Tormé/1944) - (#6)
"Swaggin' Like Me" (Matt Wigler/Veronica Swift/2009) - (#26)
"This Bitter Earth" (Clyde Otis/1960) - (#39)
"Too Darn Hot" (Cole Porter/1948) - (#18)
"Trust in Me" (Robert and Richard Sherman/1967) - (#47)
"You're the Dangerous Type" (Bob Dorough/1956) - (#44)
"You Don't Know What Love Is" (Gene de Paul/Don Raye/1941) - (#31)
"You're Gonna Hear From Me" (André Previn/Dory Previn/1965) - (#2)
"You've Got to Be Carefully Taught" (Richard Rodgers/Oscar Hammerstein II/1949) - (#41)
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"Gone For The Day"
作曲: Bob Cooper
作詞: Bob Russell,
作曲年 1957
作曲者たちについては次をご覧ください。
Bob Cooper (December 6, 1925 – August 5, 1993)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Cooper_(musician)
Bob Russell (April 25, 1914 – February 1970)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Russell_(songwriter)
この曲はジューン・クリスティがアルバム Gone for the Day で録音したものが初録音になるようです。
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gone_for_the_Day
歌詞の和約が載っているサイトは見当たりませんでしたので、英詞をじっくりと眺めてください。
Gone for the day,
Closed up the candy store,
I'm on my way,
Away from it all!
I'll be gone where a stream
Knows what it's destined for,
Time for a dream
I want to recall!
I'm gone for the day,
Under a sycamore,
Clover to lay my noggin upon!
I'm one who can lay out,
Out where it's way out,
Gone 'fore the day is real gone!
Gone for the day,
Under a sycamore,
Clover to lay my noggin upon!
I'm one who can lay out,
Out where it's way out,
Gone for the day,
Gone for the day,
Gone 'fore the day is real gone!
引用元はここ
https://lyricsplayground.com/alpha/songs/g/gonefortheday.html
ジューン・クリスティの音源も聴いておきましょう。
作曲: Bob Cooper
作詞: Bob Russell,
作曲年 1957
作曲者たちについては次をご覧ください。
Bob Cooper (December 6, 1925 – August 5, 1993)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Cooper_(musician)
Bob Russell (April 25, 1914 – February 1970)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Russell_(songwriter)
この曲はジューン・クリスティがアルバム Gone for the Day で録音したものが初録音になるようです。
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gone_for_the_Day
歌詞の和約が載っているサイトは見当たりませんでしたので、英詞をじっくりと眺めてください。
Gone for the day,
Closed up the candy store,
I'm on my way,
Away from it all!
I'll be gone where a stream
Knows what it's destined for,
Time for a dream
I want to recall!
I'm gone for the day,
Under a sycamore,
Clover to lay my noggin upon!
I'm one who can lay out,
Out where it's way out,
Gone 'fore the day is real gone!
Gone for the day,
Under a sycamore,
Clover to lay my noggin upon!
I'm one who can lay out,
Out where it's way out,
Gone for the day,
Gone for the day,
Gone 'fore the day is real gone!
引用元はここ
https://lyricsplayground.com/alpha/songs/g/gonefortheday.html
ジューン・クリスティの音源も聴いておきましょう。
ヴェロニカ・スイフトが参加したベニー・グリーンのアルバムが2020年6月にリリースされます。
彼女はこのアルバムの中で1トラックだけしか参加していないのですが、この手のアルバムはあとから探し出すのが大変なので、ここに記録しておきます。
このアルバムの音源は現時点ではYTには上がっていませんでした。
ベニー・グリーンは全トラックをフェンダー・ローズで演奏しています。
Benny Green / Benny’s Crib
Benny Green (electric piano,1-11, piano, 2, 5),
David Wong (bass, 2, 3, 5, 7, 9 & 11),
Aaron Kimmel (drums, 2, 5, 7, 9, 11),
Anne Drummond (flute, alto flute, bass flute, 3, 5),
Veronica Swift (vocals, 11),
Josh Jones (congas, 3)
1. Tivoli (Dexter Gordon)
2. Central Park South (Benny Green)
3. Coral Keys (Walter Bishop Jr.)
4. My Girl Bill (Benny Green)
5. Harold Land (Benny Green)
6. Did We Try? (Benny Green)
7. Seascape (Kenny Barron)
8. My One And Only Love (Guy Wood, Robert Mellin)
9. Something In Common (Cedar Walton)
10. For Tomorrow (McCoy Tyner)
11. Benny’S Crib (Benny Green) ← このトラックにヴェロニカが参加しています。
彼女はこのアルバムの中で1トラックだけしか参加していないのですが、この手のアルバムはあとから探し出すのが大変なので、ここに記録しておきます。
このアルバムの音源は現時点ではYTには上がっていませんでした。
ベニー・グリーンは全トラックをフェンダー・ローズで演奏しています。
Benny Green / Benny’s Crib
Benny Green (electric piano,1-11, piano, 2, 5),
David Wong (bass, 2, 3, 5, 7, 9 & 11),
Aaron Kimmel (drums, 2, 5, 7, 9, 11),
Anne Drummond (flute, alto flute, bass flute, 3, 5),
Veronica Swift (vocals, 11),
Josh Jones (congas, 3)
1. Tivoli (Dexter Gordon)
2. Central Park South (Benny Green)
3. Coral Keys (Walter Bishop Jr.)
4. My Girl Bill (Benny Green)
5. Harold Land (Benny Green)
6. Did We Try? (Benny Green)
7. Seascape (Kenny Barron)
8. My One And Only Love (Guy Wood, Robert Mellin)
9. Something In Common (Cedar Walton)
10. For Tomorrow (McCoy Tyner)
11. Benny’S Crib (Benny Green) ← このトラックにヴェロニカが参加しています。
"Lonely Woman"
作曲: Benny Carter
作詞: Ray Sonin
作曲年 1946
これまでいずれかのトピックで書いてきましたが、有名な同名異曲が3つあります。
時系列で並べるとこのようになります。
Lonely Woman written by Benny Carter, Ray Sonin 1946
Lonely Woman written by Margo Guryan, Ornette Coleman 1959
Lonely Woman written by Horace Silver 1965
Lonely woman, lonely woman,
Craving love and slaving to forget.
A life of torture this is,
To yearn for someone's kisses
With lips you've wasted, untasted yet.
Lonely woman, lonely woman
Understands the pain I've clearly shown.
What trick can fate have done me
That men must spurn and shun me?
My only crime is I'm alone!
As I cross the street, the men I meet
Have eyes of fun for everyone but me!
In my room I pass the looking glass
And see the bloom of girl who'd waiting,
Killed by all my heart's complaining!
Lonely woman, lonely woman,
As I sleep I weep in misery.
Oh stars that shine above me,
Please send someone to love me
And take my loneliness from me.
I've never heard a lover's word in my ear,
The life I've known has been so lonely and drear.
In dreams men's eyes assume a gay light
That with the daylight disappear.
Time is fleeting, fate is treating me wrong,
Why must I wait so long?
Lonely woman, lonely woman,
As I sleep I weep in misery.
Oh stars that shine above me,
Please send someone to love me
And take my loneliness from me.
Lonely woman!
引用元はここ
https://lyricsplayground.com/alpha/songs/l/lonelywoman.html
歌詞の和約があります。
http://jazzsong.la.coocan.jp/Song193.html
この曲の最初の録音は、1955年、ジューン・クリスティのアルバム Duet になります。
https://www.discogs.com/ja/June-Christy-Stan-Kenton-Duet/release/3689278
Jackie And Roy With Charlie Ventura's Jazz Combo – Jazz Classics By Charlie Ventura's Band
こちらの方が先に録音しているという説もありますが、1957年のリリースのようです。
https://www.discogs.com/ja/Jackie-And-Roy-With-Charlie-Venturas-Jazz-Combo-Jazz-Classics-By-Charlie-Venturas-Band/master/937484
作曲: Benny Carter
作詞: Ray Sonin
作曲年 1946
これまでいずれかのトピックで書いてきましたが、有名な同名異曲が3つあります。
時系列で並べるとこのようになります。
Lonely Woman written by Benny Carter, Ray Sonin 1946
Lonely Woman written by Margo Guryan, Ornette Coleman 1959
Lonely Woman written by Horace Silver 1965
Lonely woman, lonely woman,
Craving love and slaving to forget.
A life of torture this is,
To yearn for someone's kisses
With lips you've wasted, untasted yet.
Lonely woman, lonely woman
Understands the pain I've clearly shown.
What trick can fate have done me
That men must spurn and shun me?
My only crime is I'm alone!
As I cross the street, the men I meet
Have eyes of fun for everyone but me!
In my room I pass the looking glass
And see the bloom of girl who'd waiting,
Killed by all my heart's complaining!
Lonely woman, lonely woman,
As I sleep I weep in misery.
Oh stars that shine above me,
Please send someone to love me
And take my loneliness from me.
I've never heard a lover's word in my ear,
The life I've known has been so lonely and drear.
In dreams men's eyes assume a gay light
That with the daylight disappear.
Time is fleeting, fate is treating me wrong,
Why must I wait so long?
Lonely woman, lonely woman,
As I sleep I weep in misery.
Oh stars that shine above me,
Please send someone to love me
And take my loneliness from me.
Lonely woman!
引用元はここ
https://lyricsplayground.com/alpha/songs/l/lonelywoman.html
歌詞の和約があります。
http://jazzsong.la.coocan.jp/Song193.html
この曲の最初の録音は、1955年、ジューン・クリスティのアルバム Duet になります。
https://www.discogs.com/ja/June-Christy-Stan-Kenton-Duet/release/3689278
Jackie And Roy With Charlie Ventura's Jazz Combo – Jazz Classics By Charlie Ventura's Band
こちらの方が先に録音しているという説もありますが、1957年のリリースのようです。
https://www.discogs.com/ja/Jackie-And-Roy-With-Charlie-Venturas-Jazz-Combo-Jazz-Classics-By-Charlie-Venturas-Band/master/937484
"September in the Rain"
作曲: Harry Warren
作詞: Al Dubin
作曲年 1937
この曲は映画 Melody for Two (1937) で使われました。
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melody_for_Two
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0029229/?ref_=fn_tt_tt_1
今ではジャズのスタンダード曲になっています。
ヴェロニカは実に自由にフェイクしていますね。
The leaves of brown came tumbling down, remember
In September, in the rain
That sun went out just like a dying ember
That September, in the rain
To everyone, of love, I heard you whisper
The raindrops seemed to play a sweet refrain
Though spring is here, to me, it's still September
That September, in the rain
引用元はここ
https://www.lyrics.com/lyric/1413507/Capitol+Sings+Harry+Warren%2C+Vol.+18%3A+An+Affair+to+Remember/September+in+the+Rain
歌詞の和約があります。
http://rui4oyo.jugem.jp/?eid=1849
映画のサウンドトラックです。
作曲: Harry Warren
作詞: Al Dubin
作曲年 1937
この曲は映画 Melody for Two (1937) で使われました。
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melody_for_Two
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0029229/?ref_=fn_tt_tt_1
今ではジャズのスタンダード曲になっています。
ヴェロニカは実に自由にフェイクしていますね。
The leaves of brown came tumbling down, remember
In September, in the rain
That sun went out just like a dying ember
That September, in the rain
To everyone, of love, I heard you whisper
The raindrops seemed to play a sweet refrain
Though spring is here, to me, it's still September
That September, in the rain
引用元はここ
https://www.lyrics.com/lyric/1413507/Capitol+Sings+Harry+Warren%2C+Vol.+18%3A+An+Affair+to+Remember/September+in+the+Rain
歌詞の和約があります。
http://rui4oyo.jugem.jp/?eid=1849
映画のサウンドトラックです。
"Bisky"
作曲・作詞: Veronica Swift
作曲年 2015 ← としておきます（このアルバムの録音年）
Bisky って誰のことなのでしょうね？
Bisky, oh my only love
You're the reverie I'm always thinking of
Don't you know my heart beats for you
through this tune
I can't live without you
Bisky left me cold inside
All my dreams have fled
and all my hopes have died
Such a loss I can't bear
what's to life, what's to care
But playing endless games of solitaire?
remember when our paths were aligned
And those nights when our dreams
were shared, which made you mine
Though I fear that the love is gone
I'll hold on
Bisky, though I'm distant too
Just always know that I love you
ライナーノーツより
作曲・作詞: Veronica Swift
作曲年 2015 ← としておきます（このアルバムの録音年）
Bisky って誰のことなのでしょうね？
Bisky, oh my only love
You're the reverie I'm always thinking of
Don't you know my heart beats for you
through this tune
I can't live without you
Bisky left me cold inside
All my dreams have fled
and all my hopes have died
Such a loss I can't bear
what's to life, what's to care
But playing endless games of solitaire?
remember when our paths were aligned
And those nights when our dreams
were shared, which made you mine
Though I fear that the love is gone
I'll hold on
Bisky, though I'm distant too
Just always know that I love you
ライナーノーツより
"Swaggin' Like Me"
作曲: Matt Wigler
作詞: Veronica Swift
作曲年 2009
この曲は、ピアニストのマット・ウィグラーが以前に録音したソロを彼女がヴォーカライズしたものです。
この曲はマット・ウィグラーのこのアルバム Epiphony に収録されているのですが、YTには音源が見当たりませんでした。
https://www.allmusic.com/album/epiphony-mw0001955161
このトラックのピアニストがマット・ウィグラーです。
http://www.mattwigler.com/
Swaggin', you're gonna always find me swaggin'
Swaggin', you know I'm always-a-gonna be a-swaggin'
Swaggin', and with the confidence you're laggin'
Swaggin', it lifts your spirits when you're swaggin'
But I believe that you ain't never gonna see another swagger
Who's gonna be a-swaggn' like me
A-no, no, no you ain't
No, no you ain't, oh no, no you an't
You never will see another like me
When I find the piece I need, I release all the energy that makes somebody feel so down
That way I can change my mood and transform into a smile instead of a frown
When you find that life has treated you bad, you be
er take a step forward
onto another path and you'll find
You're something, and you mean more than you think
When I'm swaggin', I do feel like I am walkin' on the whole entire world
And I never stop to thin what anybody ever thinks about me
Who cares what they think, their opinions do not really ma
er for me
You should never ever have to listen to them
You need to focus on what really ma
ers to you, and
eventually you will learn to swag along like me
And you will learn to walk, walk, walk the walk, Talk, talk, talk the talk, just like me
And I guarantee that in this world, you never will find a smoother, sleeker, action seeker,
or just someone who enjoys the swaggin' more than me
Swaggin', you're gonna always find me swaggin'
Swaggin, you know I'm always-a-gonna be a-swaggin'
Swaggin', and with the confidence you're laggin'
Swaggin', it lifts your spirits when you're saggin'
But I believe that you ain't never gonna see another swagger
Who's gonna be a swaggin' like me
Swaggin', you'll never be a-swaggin' like me
Swaggin', Swaggin'!
ライナーノーツより。
作曲: Matt Wigler
作詞: Veronica Swift
作曲年 2009
この曲は、ピアニストのマット・ウィグラーが以前に録音したソロを彼女がヴォーカライズしたものです。
この曲はマット・ウィグラーのこのアルバム Epiphony に収録されているのですが、YTには音源が見当たりませんでした。
https://www.allmusic.com/album/epiphony-mw0001955161
このトラックのピアニストがマット・ウィグラーです。
http://www.mattwigler.com/
Swaggin', you're gonna always find me swaggin'
Swaggin', you know I'm always-a-gonna be a-swaggin'
Swaggin', and with the confidence you're laggin'
Swaggin', it lifts your spirits when you're swaggin'
But I believe that you ain't never gonna see another swagger
Who's gonna be a-swaggn' like me
A-no, no, no you ain't
No, no you ain't, oh no, no you an't
You never will see another like me
When I find the piece I need, I release all the energy that makes somebody feel so down
That way I can change my mood and transform into a smile instead of a frown
When you find that life has treated you bad, you be
er take a step forward
onto another path and you'll find
You're something, and you mean more than you think
When I'm swaggin', I do feel like I am walkin' on the whole entire world
And I never stop to thin what anybody ever thinks about me
Who cares what they think, their opinions do not really ma
er for me
You should never ever have to listen to them
You need to focus on what really ma
ers to you, and
eventually you will learn to swag along like me
And you will learn to walk, walk, walk the walk, Talk, talk, talk the talk, just like me
And I guarantee that in this world, you never will find a smoother, sleeker, action seeker,
or just someone who enjoys the swaggin' more than me
Swaggin', you're gonna always find me swaggin'
Swaggin, you know I'm always-a-gonna be a-swaggin'
Swaggin', and with the confidence you're laggin'
Swaggin', it lifts your spirits when you're saggin'
But I believe that you ain't never gonna see another swagger
Who's gonna be a swaggin' like me
Swaggin', you'll never be a-swaggin' like me
Swaggin', Swaggin'!
ライナーノーツより。
"Just One of Those Things"
作曲・作詞: Cole Porter
作曲年 1935
曲情報については【コール・ポーター ソングブック】#21 をご覧ください。
https://mixi.jp/view_bbs.pl?comm_id=6028752&page=1&id=78794438
ヴェロニカはこの曲の書かれた時代の知識がないともう一つ意味が分からないヴァースの部分を歌わずに、コーラス部から歌っています。
As Dorothy Parker once said to her boyfriend
"Fare thee well,"
As Columbus announced when he knew he was bounced
"It was swell, Isabelle, swell"
As Abelard said to Heloise
"Don't forget to drop a line to me, please,"
As Juliet cried in her Romeo's ear
"Romeo, why not face the fact, my dear?"
It was just one of those things
Just one of those crazy flings
One of those bells that now and then rings
Just one of those things
It was just one of those nights
Just one of those fabulous flights
A trip to the moon on gossamer wings
Just one of those things
If we'd thought a bit
Of the end of it
When we started painting the town
We'd have been aware
That our love affair
Was too hot not to cool down
So good-bye, dear, and amen
Here's hoping we meet now and then
It was great fun
But it was just one of those things
引用元はここ
https://genius.com/Cole-porter-just-one-of-those-things-lyrics
tamae さんの素晴らしい対訳があります。
http://jazzclub-overseas.com/blog/tamae/2009/07/17-just-one-of-those-things-co.html
作曲・作詞: Cole Porter
作曲年 1935
曲情報については【コール・ポーター ソングブック】#21 をご覧ください。
https://mixi.jp/view_bbs.pl?comm_id=6028752&page=1&id=78794438
ヴェロニカはこの曲の書かれた時代の知識がないともう一つ意味が分からないヴァースの部分を歌わずに、コーラス部から歌っています。
As Dorothy Parker once said to her boyfriend
"Fare thee well,"
As Columbus announced when he knew he was bounced
"It was swell, Isabelle, swell"
As Abelard said to Heloise
"Don't forget to drop a line to me, please,"
As Juliet cried in her Romeo's ear
"Romeo, why not face the fact, my dear?"
It was just one of those things
Just one of those crazy flings
One of those bells that now and then rings
Just one of those things
It was just one of those nights
Just one of those fabulous flights
A trip to the moon on gossamer wings
Just one of those things
If we'd thought a bit
Of the end of it
When we started painting the town
We'd have been aware
That our love affair
Was too hot not to cool down
So good-bye, dear, and amen
Here's hoping we meet now and then
It was great fun
But it was just one of those things
引用元はここ
https://genius.com/Cole-porter-just-one-of-those-things-lyrics
tamae さんの素晴らしい対訳があります。
http://jazzclub-overseas.com/blog/tamae/2009/07/17-just-one-of-those-things-co.html
"Get Out of Town"
作曲・作詞: Cole Porter
作曲年 1938
曲情報については【コール・ポーター ソングブック】#25 をご覧ください。
https://mixi.jp/view_bbs.pl?comm_id=6028752&page=1&id=78794438
上のリンク先にはヴァース部の歌詞が載っていませんので、ヴァース部だけ引用しておきます。
The farce was ended,
The curtains drawn,
And I at least pretended
That love was dead and gone.
But now, from nowhere,
You come to me as before
To take my heart,
And break my heart once more.
引用元はここ
https://www.lyrics.com/lyric/8544643/Cole+Porter/Get+Out+of+Town
作曲・作詞: Cole Porter
作曲年 1938
曲情報については【コール・ポーター ソングブック】#25 をご覧ください。
https://mixi.jp/view_bbs.pl?comm_id=6028752&page=1&id=78794438
上のリンク先にはヴァース部の歌詞が載っていませんので、ヴァース部だけ引用しておきます。
The farce was ended,
The curtains drawn,
And I at least pretended
That love was dead and gone.
But now, from nowhere,
You come to me as before
To take my heart,
And break my heart once more.
引用元はここ
https://www.lyrics.com/lyric/8544643/Cole+Porter/Get+Out+of+Town
"Something Cool"
作曲・作詞: Billy Barnes
作曲年 1954
作曲者についてはこちらをご覧ください。
Billy Barnes (January 27, 1927 – September 25, 2012)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Barnes_(composer)
この曲は、みなさんよくご存じのように、ケントン・ガールズの一人、クール派の歌手として知られるジューン・クリスティがソロ活動を始めてからの最初のアルバムのアルバムタイトル曲です。
このアルバムはジューン・クリスティを代表するアルバムともいわれています。
彼女のLPは最初は10" でリリースされたのですが、その後12" LPが出、CD化もされています。
LPのジャケットのデザイン違いとか、色違いとか、マニアをにぎわせたアルバムです。
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Something_Cool
ヴェロニカは実にしっとりと歌っていますね。
Something cool
Something cool
Something cool
I'd like to order something cool!
Something cool, (something cool)
I'd like to order something cool, (something cool)
It's so warm here in town
And the heat gets me down
Yes, I'd like something cool! (something cool)
My! It's nice to simply sit and rest awhile
Now I know it's a shame
I can't think of your name
I remember your smile!
I don't ordinarily drink with strangers
I most usually drink alone
You were so awfully nice to me
And I'm so terribly far from home
Like my dress? I must confess it's terribly old
But it's simple and neat
It's just right for the heat
Save my furs for the cold!
A cigarette? Well I don't smoke them as a rule
But I'll have one
It might be fun
With something cool!
I'll bet you couldn't imagine
That I one time had a house
With so many rooms I couldn't count them all!
I'll bet you couldn't imagine
I had fifteen different beaus
Who would beg and beg to take me to a ball
I'll bet you couldn't picture me
The time I went to Paris in the Fall
And who would think the man I loved was quite so handsome
Quite so tall?
Well it's true, (something cool)
It's just a memory I have, (something cool)
One I almost forgot
'Cause the weather's so hot!
And I'm feeling so bad (something cool)
About a date
Oh wait!
I'm such a fool!
He's just a guy
Who's stopped to buy
Me something cool!
引用元はここ
https://genius.com/June-christy-something-cool-lyrics
歌詞の和約があります。
https://oyajijazz.exblog.jp/d2020-06-14/
作曲・作詞: Billy Barnes
作曲年 1954
作曲者についてはこちらをご覧ください。
Billy Barnes (January 27, 1927 – September 25, 2012)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Barnes_(composer)
この曲は、みなさんよくご存じのように、ケントン・ガールズの一人、クール派の歌手として知られるジューン・クリスティがソロ活動を始めてからの最初のアルバムのアルバムタイトル曲です。
このアルバムはジューン・クリスティを代表するアルバムともいわれています。
彼女のLPは最初は10" でリリースされたのですが、その後12" LPが出、CD化もされています。
LPのジャケットのデザイン違いとか、色違いとか、マニアをにぎわせたアルバムです。
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Something_Cool
ヴェロニカは実にしっとりと歌っていますね。
Something cool
Something cool
Something cool
I'd like to order something cool!
Something cool, (something cool)
I'd like to order something cool, (something cool)
It's so warm here in town
And the heat gets me down
Yes, I'd like something cool! (something cool)
My! It's nice to simply sit and rest awhile
Now I know it's a shame
I can't think of your name
I remember your smile!
I don't ordinarily drink with strangers
I most usually drink alone
You were so awfully nice to me
And I'm so terribly far from home
Like my dress? I must confess it's terribly old
But it's simple and neat
It's just right for the heat
Save my furs for the cold!
A cigarette? Well I don't smoke them as a rule
But I'll have one
It might be fun
With something cool!
I'll bet you couldn't imagine
That I one time had a house
With so many rooms I couldn't count them all!
I'll bet you couldn't imagine
I had fifteen different beaus
Who would beg and beg to take me to a ball
I'll bet you couldn't picture me
The time I went to Paris in the Fall
And who would think the man I loved was quite so handsome
Quite so tall?
Well it's true, (something cool)
It's just a memory I have, (something cool)
One I almost forgot
'Cause the weather's so hot!
And I'm feeling so bad (something cool)
About a date
Oh wait!
I'm such a fool!
He's just a guy
Who's stopped to buy
Me something cool!
引用元はここ
https://genius.com/June-christy-something-cool-lyrics
歌詞の和約があります。
https://oyajijazz.exblog.jp/d2020-06-14/
"You Don't Know What Love Is"
作曲: Gene de Paul
作詞: Don Raye
作曲年 1941
曲情報については【ビリー・ホリデイ ソングぶく】#90 をご覧ください。
https://mixi.jp/view_bbs.pl?comm_id=6028752&page=2&id=78639354
非常に陰鬱な感じの曲ですが日本人受けする名曲ですね。
ヴェロニカは速いテンポでスキャットを中心に歌っています。
You don't know what love is
Til you’ve learned the meaning of the blues
Until you’ve loved a love you've had to lose
You don't know what love is
You don't know how lips hurt
Until you've kissed and had to pay the cost
Until you've flipped your heart and you have lost
You don't know what love is
Do you know how a lost heart fears
The thought of reminiscing
And how lips that taste of tears
Lose their taste for kissing
You don't know how hearts burn
For love that cannot live yet never dies
Until you've faced each dawn with sleepless eyes
You don't know what love is
You don't know how hearts burn
For love that cannot live yet never dies
Until you've faced each dawn with sleepless eyes
You don't know what love is
引用元はこちら
http://www.bluesforpeace.com/lyrics/dont-know-love.htm
歌詞の和訳があります。
http://d.hatena.ne.jp/wineroses/20061112
ヴェロニカの母君のアルバムにも収録されています。
母娘の声質が似ていることが判りますね :-)
Stephanie Nakasian – Comin' Alive
https://www.discogs.com/ja/Stephanie-Nakasian-Comin-Alive/release/9325182
作曲: Gene de Paul
作詞: Don Raye
作曲年 1941
曲情報については【ビリー・ホリデイ ソングぶく】#90 をご覧ください。
https://mixi.jp/view_bbs.pl?comm_id=6028752&page=2&id=78639354
非常に陰鬱な感じの曲ですが日本人受けする名曲ですね。
ヴェロニカは速いテンポでスキャットを中心に歌っています。
You don't know what love is
Til you’ve learned the meaning of the blues
Until you’ve loved a love you've had to lose
You don't know what love is
You don't know how lips hurt
Until you've kissed and had to pay the cost
Until you've flipped your heart and you have lost
You don't know what love is
Do you know how a lost heart fears
The thought of reminiscing
And how lips that taste of tears
Lose their taste for kissing
You don't know how hearts burn
For love that cannot live yet never dies
Until you've faced each dawn with sleepless eyes
You don't know what love is
You don't know how hearts burn
For love that cannot live yet never dies
Until you've faced each dawn with sleepless eyes
You don't know what love is
引用元はこちら
http://www.bluesforpeace.com/lyrics/dont-know-love.htm
歌詞の和訳があります。
http://d.hatena.ne.jp/wineroses/20061112
ヴェロニカの母君のアルバムにも収録されています。
母娘の声質が似ていることが判りますね :-)
Stephanie Nakasian – Comin' Alive
https://www.discogs.com/ja/Stephanie-Nakasian-Comin-Alive/release/9325182
"Hod House"
作曲: Hod O'Brien
作詞: Veronica Swift
作曲年 ????
タッド・ダメロンが書いた "Hot House" (1945) という有名曲があります。
この "Hot House" はコール・ポーターの曲 "What Is This Thing Called Love?" のコード進行を元に書かれた曲とされています。
チャーリー・パーカーの演奏でも有名なバップの曲の一つです。
一方 "Hod House" は、この "Hot House" を元にして書かれた曲、いわばパロディ曲(?)ではないかと思われます。
もちろん作曲者の Hod O'Brien の名前にかけた曲名になっています。
バップ調の曲なのですが、クールジャズの曲のようにも聞こえます。
コール・ポーターの曲 "What Is This Thing Called Love?" の孫にあたる曲ともいえるかもしれません :-)
歌詞はヴェロニカが書いていますが、彼女の父君に対する愛情あふれる詞のように読めますね。
There was a man who lived in dimly lit and smokey clubs,
which fed his need to play ever night
He swung so hard, and every major cat came to hear him
at his house of jazz: Hod House
One by one they came, and note by note he showed them
everything a jazz musician means to the whole universe
His right hand does the talking, as his left hand does the walking
and his face, nothing but a smile
Then one lovely evening, such a lovely lady walked right in
and sang a song of love with Mr. Piano Man
His tune of life became a duet
Then add a harmony, a third, and better yet
Beginning with just a man, with bebop and love his plan,
developed int a family together under a roof of swing
Now it's the three of them, as they invite the world
to join in their house of jazz: Hod House
ライナーノーツより
作曲者のオッド・オブライエン自身による演奏がありました。
チャーリー・パーカーの "Hot House" も聴いておきましょう。
作曲: Hod O'Brien
作詞: Veronica Swift
作曲年 ????
タッド・ダメロンが書いた "Hot House" (1945) という有名曲があります。
この "Hot House" はコール・ポーターの曲 "What Is This Thing Called Love?" のコード進行を元に書かれた曲とされています。
チャーリー・パーカーの演奏でも有名なバップの曲の一つです。
一方 "Hod House" は、この "Hot House" を元にして書かれた曲、いわばパロディ曲(?)ではないかと思われます。
もちろん作曲者の Hod O'Brien の名前にかけた曲名になっています。
バップ調の曲なのですが、クールジャズの曲のようにも聞こえます。
コール・ポーターの曲 "What Is This Thing Called Love?" の孫にあたる曲ともいえるかもしれません :-)
歌詞はヴェロニカが書いていますが、彼女の父君に対する愛情あふれる詞のように読めますね。
There was a man who lived in dimly lit and smokey clubs,
which fed his need to play ever night
He swung so hard, and every major cat came to hear him
at his house of jazz: Hod House
One by one they came, and note by note he showed them
everything a jazz musician means to the whole universe
His right hand does the talking, as his left hand does the walking
and his face, nothing but a smile
Then one lovely evening, such a lovely lady walked right in
and sang a song of love with Mr. Piano Man
His tune of life became a duet
Then add a harmony, a third, and better yet
Beginning with just a man, with bebop and love his plan,
developed int a family together under a roof of swing
Now it's the three of them, as they invite the world
to join in their house of jazz: Hod House
ライナーノーツより
作曲者のオッド・オブライエン自身による演奏がありました。
チャーリー・パーカーの "Hot House" も聴いておきましょう。
これで
Veronica Swift / Lonely Woman
の全トラックが紹介できました。
ヴェロニカ・スイフトが大人になってからの初アルバムになるのですが、彼女の素晴らしさがお分かりいただけましたでしょうか。
現時点では彼女のリーダー・アルバムはこの2枚になります。
ほかに次のアルバムにも彼女は参加しています。
Benny Green / Then and Now (2018)
Birdland Big Band Live! (2019)
Benny Green / Benny’s Crib (2020)
しかし、彼女のリーダー・アルバムではないので、このトピックはいったん筆をおきます。
上記のアルバムをお持ちの方がいらっしゃいましたら、ぜひこのトピックを続けてください。
Veronica Swift / Lonely Woman
の全トラックが紹介できました。
ヴェロニカ・スイフトが大人になってからの初アルバムになるのですが、彼女の素晴らしさがお分かりいただけましたでしょうか。
現時点では彼女のリーダー・アルバムはこの2枚になります。
ほかに次のアルバムにも彼女は参加しています。
Benny Green / Then and Now (2018)
Birdland Big Band Live! (2019)
Benny Green / Benny’s Crib (2020)
しかし、彼女のリーダー・アルバムではないので、このトピックはいったん筆をおきます。
上記のアルバムをお持ちの方がいらっしゃいましたら、ぜひこのトピックを続けてください。
ヴェロニカ・スイフトが参加しているアルバムがありました。
Benny Benack III – A Lot Of Livin' To Do
https://www.discogs.com/ja/Benny-Benack-III-A-Lot-Of-Livin-To-Do/release/14848323
こちらの記事によりますと、
https://www.allaboutjazz.com/a-lot-of-livin-to-do-benny-benack-iii-self-produced
"Social Call" 1曲だけのようです。
Benny Benack III ご自身のサイトがあります。
https://www.bennybenackjazz.com/
この手の情報は後から探し出すのが大変です。
YTにはこのトラックの音源は見当たりませんでした。
ここで聴くことができます。
https://bbjazziii.bandcamp.com/album/a-lot-of-livin-to-do
ヴェロニカの溌溂としたヴォーカリーズとスキャットが素晴らしいですね。
Benny Benack III – A Lot Of Livin' To Do
https://www.discogs.com/ja/Benny-Benack-III-A-Lot-Of-Livin-To-Do/release/14848323
こちらの記事によりますと、
https://www.allaboutjazz.com/a-lot-of-livin-to-do-benny-benack-iii-self-produced
"Social Call" 1曲だけのようです。
Benny Benack III ご自身のサイトがあります。
https://www.bennybenackjazz.com/
この手の情報は後から探し出すのが大変です。
YTにはこのトラックの音源は見当たりませんでした。
ここで聴くことができます。
https://bbjazziii.bandcamp.com/album/a-lot-of-livin-to-do
ヴェロニカの溌溂としたヴォーカリーズとスキャットが素晴らしいですね。
ヴェロニカ・スイフトの、この素晴らしい歌唱がラジオから流れてくるので、どれかのアルバムに入っているのだろうかと調べてみたら、ありました！
Jazz At Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis – Big Band Holidays II (2019)
https://www.discogs.com/ja/Jazz-At-Lincoln-Center-Orchestra-with-Wynton-Marsalis-Big-Band-Holidays-II/release/14572630
https://wyntonmarsalis.org/discography/title/big-band-holidays-ii
トラック丸ごと 5:10 を聴いてみましょう。
Jazz At Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis – Big Band Holidays II (2019)
https://www.discogs.com/ja/Jazz-At-Lincoln-Center-Orchestra-with-Wynton-Marsalis-Big-Band-Holidays-II/release/14572630
https://wyntonmarsalis.org/discography/title/big-band-holidays-ii
トラック丸ごと 5:10 を聴いてみましょう。
ヴェロニカ・スイフトの新譜が出ます。
Veronica Swift / This Bitter Earth
発売予定日: 2021/3/19
All About Jazz のレビュー記事
https://www.allaboutjazz.com/this-bitter-earth-veronica-swift-mack-avenue-records__32488
ネット上の推薦評
現代が抱える社会問題に焦点を当て、メッセージ性を強く打ち出した新作
4ビート的な王道の表現に加え、ミュージカル、R&B的なサウンド、ロック、フォークまで表現の幅も広げ、本格派の歌唱を聴かせる注目作
本新作『The Bitter Earth』は社会的な問題に自らの感情、主張を反映させた展開。そのテーマは性差別問題、家庭内暴力、人種差別/外国人排斥問題、そして、フェイク・ニュースの危険性という現代が抱える問題に焦点を当てたもの。本作はベロニカが何年もに渡って考え続け、表現したいと思ってきたもの。そして、録音は、コロナのパンデミックによって世界が完全に停止する前の2019年にほぼ取り揃えていたとのことですが、このコロナ問題によって時間を得た彼女は、さらにそれらの問題に関して自問し、作品をまとまりのある物語として仕立てて行くことになったといいます。
1. This Bitter Earth
2. How Lovely to Be a Woman
3. You've Got to Be Carefully Taught
4. Getting to Know You
5. The Man I Love
6. You're the Dangerous Type
7. Trust in Me
8. He Hit Me (And It Felt Like a Kiss)
9. As Long as He Needs Me
10. Everybody Has the Right to Be Wrong
11. Prisoner of Love
12. The Sports Page
13. Sing
Veronica Swift – vocals (all tracks)
Emmet Cohen – piano (all tracks except 8); celeste (4) ← 注目
Yasushi Nakamura – acoustic bass (all tracks except 1, 8) ← これも注目
Bryan Carter – drums (all tracks except 1, 8)
Lavinia Pavlish – violin (1, 3, 4, 13)
Meitar Forkosh – violin (1, 3, 4, 13)
Andrew Griffin – viola (1, 3, 4, 13)
Susan D. Mandel – cello (1, 3, 4, 13)
Aaron Johnson – alto sax (6); bass flute, flute (7)
Armand Hirsch – acoustic guitar (8); electric guitar (13)
Steven Feifke – conductor (1, 3, 4, 13); background vocals (13)
Ryan Paternite – background vocals (13)
Will Wakefield – background vocals (13)
Stone Robinson Elementary School Choir – background vocals (13)
Walton Middle School Girls Choir – background vocals (13)
アルバムタイトル曲 "This Bitter Earth" がYTにありました。
ダイナ・ワシントンやナンシー・ウィルソンの名唱でも知られる名曲ですが、ヴェロニカのレンダリングはこうなるそうです。
この曲をアルバム・タイトルにし、最初のトラックに持ってきたということが、彼女のメッセージなのかもしれません。
発売日が待ち遠しいですね。
わくわくしてしまいます。
Veronica Swift / This Bitter Earth
発売予定日: 2021/3/19
All About Jazz のレビュー記事
https://www.allaboutjazz.com/this-bitter-earth-veronica-swift-mack-avenue-records__32488
ネット上の推薦評
現代が抱える社会問題に焦点を当て、メッセージ性を強く打ち出した新作
4ビート的な王道の表現に加え、ミュージカル、R&B的なサウンド、ロック、フォークまで表現の幅も広げ、本格派の歌唱を聴かせる注目作
本新作『The Bitter Earth』は社会的な問題に自らの感情、主張を反映させた展開。そのテーマは性差別問題、家庭内暴力、人種差別/外国人排斥問題、そして、フェイク・ニュースの危険性という現代が抱える問題に焦点を当てたもの。本作はベロニカが何年もに渡って考え続け、表現したいと思ってきたもの。そして、録音は、コロナのパンデミックによって世界が完全に停止する前の2019年にほぼ取り揃えていたとのことですが、このコロナ問題によって時間を得た彼女は、さらにそれらの問題に関して自問し、作品をまとまりのある物語として仕立てて行くことになったといいます。
1. This Bitter Earth
2. How Lovely to Be a Woman
3. You've Got to Be Carefully Taught
4. Getting to Know You
5. The Man I Love
6. You're the Dangerous Type
7. Trust in Me
8. He Hit Me (And It Felt Like a Kiss)
9. As Long as He Needs Me
10. Everybody Has the Right to Be Wrong
11. Prisoner of Love
12. The Sports Page
13. Sing
Veronica Swift – vocals (all tracks)
Emmet Cohen – piano (all tracks except 8); celeste (4) ← 注目
Yasushi Nakamura – acoustic bass (all tracks except 1, 8) ← これも注目
Bryan Carter – drums (all tracks except 1, 8)
Lavinia Pavlish – violin (1, 3, 4, 13)
Meitar Forkosh – violin (1, 3, 4, 13)
Andrew Griffin – viola (1, 3, 4, 13)
Susan D. Mandel – cello (1, 3, 4, 13)
Aaron Johnson – alto sax (6); bass flute, flute (7)
Armand Hirsch – acoustic guitar (8); electric guitar (13)
Steven Feifke – conductor (1, 3, 4, 13); background vocals (13)
Ryan Paternite – background vocals (13)
Will Wakefield – background vocals (13)
Stone Robinson Elementary School Choir – background vocals (13)
Walton Middle School Girls Choir – background vocals (13)
アルバムタイトル曲 "This Bitter Earth" がYTにありました。
ダイナ・ワシントンやナンシー・ウィルソンの名唱でも知られる名曲ですが、ヴェロニカのレンダリングはこうなるそうです。
この曲をアルバム・タイトルにし、最初のトラックに持ってきたということが、彼女のメッセージなのかもしれません。
発売日が待ち遠しいですね。
わくわくしてしまいます。
ということで、さっそく続けましょう。
Veronica Swift / This Bitter Earth
Label: Mack Avenue Records
Recorded in 2021
収録曲、メンバーについては >>[38] をご覧ください。
まず、アルバムタイトル曲から。
"This Bitter Earth"
作曲・作詞: Clyde Otis
作曲年 1960
作曲者についてはこちらをご覧ください。
Clyde Lovern Otis (September 11, 1924 – January 8, 2008)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clyde_Otis
ダイナ・ワシントン、1960年の録音が大ヒットしました。
収録曲を眺め、ヴェロニカが書いたライナーノーツを眺めると、彼女がこのアルバムに込めたメッセージが強く伝わってくるでしょう。
アルバムの中のそれぞれのトラックが素晴らしい歌唱なのですが、アルバム全体を聴くことで伝わってくるメッセージ、そのための選曲というのを感じ取ることができるでしょう。
（少しこだわりすぎたきらいもなきにしはあらずのようにも思えるところがありますが…）
なんといっても、ヴェロニカが、このアルバムを企画した時点で伝えたかったメッセージが、冒頭のこの曲に込められているのではないでしょうか。
When I think of the experience of recording THIS BITTER EARTH, I think of only one word: FORTITUDE. The strength and dedication of those involved deserves my deepest gratitude. The fact we were able to complete this project together despite the climate of 2020 with such resilience is evidence that I am in the best hands in the years to come. I truly believe that we can archive anything from here on out as long as we do it together.
This bitter earth
Well, what a fruit it bears
What good is love
Mmm, that no one shares
And if my life is like the dust
Ooh, that hides the glow of a rose
What good am I
Heaven only knows
Lord, this bitter earth
Yes, can be so cold
Today you're young
Too soon, you're old
But while a voice within me cries
I'm sure someone may answer my call
And this bitter earth
Ooh, may not, oh, be so bitter after all
引用元はここ
https://genius.com/Dinah-washington-this-bitter-earth-lyrics
歌詞の和約があります。
http://blog.livedoor.jp/miruko1/archives/50070803.html
補足します。
このアルバムでベースを演奏しています中村恭士は、最近活躍がめざましい日本人アーティストです。
https://www.yasushinakamurabass.com/
ダイナ・ワシントンの録音も聴いておきましょう。
Veronica Swift / This Bitter Earth
Label: Mack Avenue Records
Recorded in 2021
収録曲、メンバーについては >>[38] をご覧ください。
まず、アルバムタイトル曲から。
"This Bitter Earth"
作曲・作詞: Clyde Otis
作曲年 1960
作曲者についてはこちらをご覧ください。
Clyde Lovern Otis (September 11, 1924 – January 8, 2008)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clyde_Otis
ダイナ・ワシントン、1960年の録音が大ヒットしました。
収録曲を眺め、ヴェロニカが書いたライナーノーツを眺めると、彼女がこのアルバムに込めたメッセージが強く伝わってくるでしょう。
アルバムの中のそれぞれのトラックが素晴らしい歌唱なのですが、アルバム全体を聴くことで伝わってくるメッセージ、そのための選曲というのを感じ取ることができるでしょう。
（少しこだわりすぎたきらいもなきにしはあらずのようにも思えるところがありますが…）
なんといっても、ヴェロニカが、このアルバムを企画した時点で伝えたかったメッセージが、冒頭のこの曲に込められているのではないでしょうか。
When I think of the experience of recording THIS BITTER EARTH, I think of only one word: FORTITUDE. The strength and dedication of those involved deserves my deepest gratitude. The fact we were able to complete this project together despite the climate of 2020 with such resilience is evidence that I am in the best hands in the years to come. I truly believe that we can archive anything from here on out as long as we do it together.
This bitter earth
Well, what a fruit it bears
What good is love
Mmm, that no one shares
And if my life is like the dust
Ooh, that hides the glow of a rose
What good am I
Heaven only knows
Lord, this bitter earth
Yes, can be so cold
Today you're young
Too soon, you're old
But while a voice within me cries
I'm sure someone may answer my call
And this bitter earth
Ooh, may not, oh, be so bitter after all
引用元はここ
https://genius.com/Dinah-washington-this-bitter-earth-lyrics
歌詞の和約があります。
http://blog.livedoor.jp/miruko1/archives/50070803.html
補足します。
このアルバムでベースを演奏しています中村恭士は、最近活躍がめざましい日本人アーティストです。
https://www.yasushinakamurabass.com/
ダイナ・ワシントンの録音も聴いておきましょう。
"How Lovely to Be a Woman"
作曲: Charles Strouse
作詞: Lee Adams
作曲年 1960
この曲はミュージカル（舞台）Bye Bye Birdie (1960) で使われました。
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bye_Bye_Birdie
ヴェロニカ風のドラマティックな歌唱になっています。
[Kim]
When you're a skinny child of fourteen
Wired with braces from ear to ear
You doubt that you could ever be appealing...
The hallelujah! You are fifteen
And the braces disappear
And your skin is smooth and clear
And you have that happy, grown-up, female feeling!
How lovely to be a woman
The wait was well worthwhile
How lovely to wear mascara
And smile a woman's smile
How lovely to have a figure
That's round instead of flat
Whenever you hear boys whistle
You're what they're whistling at!
It's wonderful to feel
The way a woman feels
It gives you such a glow
Just to know
You're wearing lipstick and heels
How lovely to be a woman
And have one job to do:
To pick out a boy and train him
And then when you are through
You've made him the man you want him to be...
Life's lovely when you're a woman like me!
How wonderful to know
The things a woman knows!
How marvelous to wait
For a date
In simply beautiful clothes!
How lovely to be a woman
And change from boys to men
And go to a fancy night club
And stay out after ten!
How lovely to be so grown-up and free!
Life's lovely when you're a woman like me!
引用元はここ
https://genius.com/Original-broadway-cast-of-bye-bye-birdie-how-lovely-to-be-a-woman-lyrics
作曲: Charles Strouse
作詞: Lee Adams
作曲年 1960
この曲はミュージカル（舞台）Bye Bye Birdie (1960) で使われました。
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bye_Bye_Birdie
ヴェロニカ風のドラマティックな歌唱になっています。
[Kim]
When you're a skinny child of fourteen
Wired with braces from ear to ear
You doubt that you could ever be appealing...
The hallelujah! You are fifteen
And the braces disappear
And your skin is smooth and clear
And you have that happy, grown-up, female feeling!
How lovely to be a woman
The wait was well worthwhile
How lovely to wear mascara
And smile a woman's smile
How lovely to have a figure
That's round instead of flat
Whenever you hear boys whistle
You're what they're whistling at!
It's wonderful to feel
The way a woman feels
It gives you such a glow
Just to know
You're wearing lipstick and heels
How lovely to be a woman
And have one job to do:
To pick out a boy and train him
And then when you are through
You've made him the man you want him to be...
Life's lovely when you're a woman like me!
How wonderful to know
The things a woman knows!
How marvelous to wait
For a date
In simply beautiful clothes!
How lovely to be a woman
And change from boys to men
And go to a fancy night club
And stay out after ten!
How lovely to be so grown-up and free!
Life's lovely when you're a woman like me!
引用元はここ
https://genius.com/Original-broadway-cast-of-bye-bye-birdie-how-lovely-to-be-a-woman-lyrics
"You've Got to Be Carefully Taught"
作曲: Richard Rodgers
作詞: Oscar Hammerstein II
作曲年 1949
曲情報については【リチャード・ロジャース ソングブック】#49 をご覧ください。
https://mixi.jp/view_bbs.pl?comm_id=6028752&page=1&id=78787275
ヴァースはもともとの映画では歌われていません。
ひょっとするとヴェロニカ・スイフトが付け加えたものかもしれません。
ヴェロニカのこの選曲は、かなり強いメッセージになっていますね。
I've been cheated before and I'm cheated again
By a mean little world full of mean little men and
the one chance for me is this life I know best
to be here on this island to hell with the rest
I'll cling to this island like a rock or a stone
I'll cling to Manhattan and be free, and alone
You've got to be taught
To hate
And fear
You've got to be taught
From year
To year
It's got to
Be drummed in your dear little ear
You've got to
Be carefully
Taught
You've got to be taught
To be
Afraid
Of people
Whose eyes are oddly made
And people whose skin is a different shade
Of people
Whose eyes are oddly made
You've got to
Be carefully
Taught
You've got to be taught
Before it's too late
Before you are six
Or seven
Or eight
To hate all the people
Your relatives hate
Yes, you've got to
Be carefully taught
You've got to
Be carefully taught
You've got to be taught
Before it's too late
Before you are six
Or seven
Or eight
To hate all the people
Your relatives hate
Yes, you've got to
Be carefully taught
You've got to
Be carefully taught
You've got to
Be carefully taught
引用元はここ
https://www.lyrics.com/lyric-lf/2277448/Veronica+Swift/You%27ve+Got+to+Be+Carefully+Taught
歌詞の（おおよその）和訳があります。
http://1984.asablo.jp/blog/2006/01/20/219325
映画 South Pacific,邦題『南太平洋』の1シーンです。
作曲: Richard Rodgers
作詞: Oscar Hammerstein II
作曲年 1949
曲情報については【リチャード・ロジャース ソングブック】#49 をご覧ください。
https://mixi.jp/view_bbs.pl?comm_id=6028752&page=1&id=78787275
ヴァースはもともとの映画では歌われていません。
ひょっとするとヴェロニカ・スイフトが付け加えたものかもしれません。
ヴェロニカのこの選曲は、かなり強いメッセージになっていますね。
I've been cheated before and I'm cheated again
By a mean little world full of mean little men and
the one chance for me is this life I know best
to be here on this island to hell with the rest
I'll cling to this island like a rock or a stone
I'll cling to Manhattan and be free, and alone
You've got to be taught
To hate
And fear
You've got to be taught
From year
To year
It's got to
Be drummed in your dear little ear
You've got to
Be carefully
Taught
You've got to be taught
To be
Afraid
Of people
Whose eyes are oddly made
And people whose skin is a different shade
Of people
Whose eyes are oddly made
You've got to
Be carefully
Taught
You've got to be taught
Before it's too late
Before you are six
Or seven
Or eight
To hate all the people
Your relatives hate
Yes, you've got to
Be carefully taught
You've got to
Be carefully taught
You've got to be taught
Before it's too late
Before you are six
Or seven
Or eight
To hate all the people
Your relatives hate
Yes, you've got to
Be carefully taught
You've got to
Be carefully taught
You've got to
Be carefully taught
引用元はここ
https://www.lyrics.com/lyric-lf/2277448/Veronica+Swift/You%27ve+Got+to+Be+Carefully+Taught
歌詞の（おおよその）和訳があります。
http://1984.asablo.jp/blog/2006/01/20/219325
映画 South Pacific,邦題『南太平洋』の1シーンです。
"Getting to Know You"
作曲: Richard Rodgers
作詞: Oscar Hammerstein II
作曲年 1951
曲情報については【リチャード・ロジャース ソングブック】#122 をご覧ください。
https://mixi.jp/view_bbs.pl?comm_id=6028752&page=3&id=78787275
このあたりになるとこのアルバムのメッセージ性がよく見えてきますね。
It's a very ancient saying
But a true and honest thought
That if you become a teacher
By your pupils you'll be taught
As a teacher I've been learning
You'll forgive me if I boast
And I've now become an expert
On the subject I like most
Getting to know you
Getting to know you
Getting to know all about you
Getting to like you
Getting to hope you like me
Getting to know you
Putting it my way
But nicely
You are precisely
My cup of tea
Getting to know you
Getting to feel free and easy
When I am with you
Getting to know what to say
Haven't you noticed
Suddenly I'm bright and breezy?
Because of all the beautiful and new
Things I'm learning about you
Day by day
Getting to know you
Getting to know all about you
Getting to like you
Getting to hope you like me
Getting to know you
Putting it my way
But nicely
You are precisely
My cup of tea
Getting to know you
Getting to feel free and easy
When I am with you
Getting to know what to say
Haven't you noticed
Suddenly I'm bright and breezy?
Because of all those beautiful and new
Things I'm learning about you
Day by day
Getting to know you
Getting to know all about you
Getting to like you
Getting to hope you like me
Getting to know you
Putting it my way
But nicely
You are precisely
My cup of tea
Ooh, getting to know you
Getting to feel free and easy
When I am with you
Getting to know what to say
Haven't you noticed
Suddenly I'm bright and breezy?
Because of all the beautiful and new
Things I'm learning about you
And yearning about you
Beautiful and new things
Get to know all of those new things
Day by day
Day by day
引用元はここ
https://www.songteksten.nl/songteksten/1449194/veronica-swift/getting-to-know-you.htm
歌詞の和訳があります。
https://ameblo.jp/jaimeen/entry-11598222972.html
作曲: Richard Rodgers
作詞: Oscar Hammerstein II
作曲年 1951
曲情報については【リチャード・ロジャース ソングブック】#122 をご覧ください。
https://mixi.jp/view_bbs.pl?comm_id=6028752&page=3&id=78787275
このあたりになるとこのアルバムのメッセージ性がよく見えてきますね。
It's a very ancient saying
But a true and honest thought
That if you become a teacher
By your pupils you'll be taught
As a teacher I've been learning
You'll forgive me if I boast
And I've now become an expert
On the subject I like most
Getting to know you
Getting to know you
Getting to know all about you
Getting to like you
Getting to hope you like me
Getting to know you
Putting it my way
But nicely
You are precisely
My cup of tea
Getting to know you
Getting to feel free and easy
When I am with you
Getting to know what to say
Haven't you noticed
Suddenly I'm bright and breezy?
Because of all the beautiful and new
Things I'm learning about you
Day by day
Getting to know you
Getting to know all about you
Getting to like you
Getting to hope you like me
Getting to know you
Putting it my way
But nicely
You are precisely
My cup of tea
Getting to know you
Getting to feel free and easy
When I am with you
Getting to know what to say
Haven't you noticed
Suddenly I'm bright and breezy?
Because of all those beautiful and new
Things I'm learning about you
Day by day
Getting to know you
Getting to know all about you
Getting to like you
Getting to hope you like me
Getting to know you
Putting it my way
But nicely
You are precisely
My cup of tea
Ooh, getting to know you
Getting to feel free and easy
When I am with you
Getting to know what to say
Haven't you noticed
Suddenly I'm bright and breezy?
Because of all the beautiful and new
Things I'm learning about you
And yearning about you
Beautiful and new things
Get to know all of those new things
Day by day
Day by day
引用元はここ
https://www.songteksten.nl/songteksten/1449194/veronica-swift/getting-to-know-you.htm
歌詞の和訳があります。
https://ameblo.jp/jaimeen/entry-11598222972.html
"You're the Dangerous Type"
作曲・作詞: Bob Dorough
作曲年 1956
ボブ・ドローの歌詞の girl -> guy に置き換えています。
Aaron Johnson (as) がいいですね。
ヴェロニカのスキャットを聞いて感じるのは、しっかりとジャズ理論を押さえてスキャットを構成していて、決して感覚的だけでは歌っていないなぁというところです。
One, two
Comes a temptation, I never resisted
Love is a danger, I'm willing to risk it
You are that danger, and danger is Y-O-U
And so you better not come knocking on my door or I'll throw away the key
You better not go messing round my heart you'll end up hurting me
You've got the kind of eyes that I could go for
You got the kind of lips that makes me want to know more
And so you better not say nice things just for me or I'll tum-tum-tumble down
And if you ever smile that secret smile that lovers smile I'll drown
You're just the kind of a guy that I always dreamed of, but one I'd never meet it seemed
Of course you know that once the flame has started
you've got to let it burn and glow or I'll be broken hearted
Please say you'll love me or set me free
Cause you're the dangerous type of a guy for me
I saw you first, how well do I remember a stranger on the street
And when I saw no ring upon your finger my heart skipped a beat
You soaked the seeds of love that soon must flower
You got my motor racing ninety miles an hour
I don't believe I ever felt infatuation at such a crazy sting
I had never known a heaven here on Earth where every day was spring
so tell me if there's no hope for my scheming pinch me awake and stop this dreamin'
Don't you know that once the wheel is turning
Acceleration makes it go until the brake is burning
Please say you'll love me or set me free
Cause you're the dangerous type of a guy
Cause you're the dangerous type of a guy
Cause you're the dangerous variety of male species for me
引用元はここ
https://www.lyrics.com/lyric-lf/2277450/Veronica+Swift/You%27re+the+Dangerous+Type
ボブ・ドローの音源も聴いておきましょう。
作曲・作詞: Bob Dorough
作曲年 1956
ボブ・ドローの歌詞の girl -> guy に置き換えています。
Aaron Johnson (as) がいいですね。
ヴェロニカのスキャットを聞いて感じるのは、しっかりとジャズ理論を押さえてスキャットを構成していて、決して感覚的だけでは歌っていないなぁというところです。
One, two
Comes a temptation, I never resisted
Love is a danger, I'm willing to risk it
You are that danger, and danger is Y-O-U
And so you better not come knocking on my door or I'll throw away the key
You better not go messing round my heart you'll end up hurting me
You've got the kind of eyes that I could go for
You got the kind of lips that makes me want to know more
And so you better not say nice things just for me or I'll tum-tum-tumble down
And if you ever smile that secret smile that lovers smile I'll drown
You're just the kind of a guy that I always dreamed of, but one I'd never meet it seemed
Of course you know that once the flame has started
you've got to let it burn and glow or I'll be broken hearted
Please say you'll love me or set me free
Cause you're the dangerous type of a guy for me
I saw you first, how well do I remember a stranger on the street
And when I saw no ring upon your finger my heart skipped a beat
You soaked the seeds of love that soon must flower
You got my motor racing ninety miles an hour
I don't believe I ever felt infatuation at such a crazy sting
I had never known a heaven here on Earth where every day was spring
so tell me if there's no hope for my scheming pinch me awake and stop this dreamin'
Don't you know that once the wheel is turning
Acceleration makes it go until the brake is burning
Please say you'll love me or set me free
Cause you're the dangerous type of a guy
Cause you're the dangerous type of a guy
Cause you're the dangerous variety of male species for me
引用元はここ
https://www.lyrics.com/lyric-lf/2277450/Veronica+Swift/You%27re+the+Dangerous+Type
ボブ・ドローの音源も聴いておきましょう。
ヴェロニカ・スイフトがゲスト参加しているアルバムがあります。
Alexander Claffy / Standards: What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life? / SMK Jazz / (2018)
https://www.discogs.com/ja/Alexander-Claffy-Standards-What-Are-You-Doing-The-Rest-Of-Your-Life/release/12714410
若手ベース奏者、アレキサンダー・クラッフィーのデビュー・アルバムになります。
1 Blues On The Corner (McCoy Tyner)
2 You Must Believe In Spring (A. Bergman & M. Bergman / M. Legrand)
3 Michelle (John Lennon / Paul McCartney)
4 Just One Of Those Things (Cole Porter)
5 So In Love (Cole Porter)
6 Is That So? (Duke Pearson)
7 Devil's Island (Wayne Shorter)
8 What Are You Doing The Rest Of Your Life? (A. Bergman & M. Bergman / M. Legrand)
9 Deep Song (Douglass Cross/George Cory)
Musicians:
Drums – Aaron Kimmel (tracks: 4, 6, 7), Adam Arruda (tracks: 1, 3, 5), Mark Whitfield Jr. (tracks: 2, 8)
Guitar – Kurt Rosenwinkel
Bass – Alexander Claffy
Piano – David Kikoski
Tenor Saxophone – Joel Frahm (tracks: 2, 6, 7)
Trumpet – Benny Benack III (tracks: 6, 7)
Vocals – Veronica Swift (tracks: 9)
アレキサンダー・クラッフィーご本人のサイトです。
https://www.claffy.me/
Standards と名乗りながらの選曲が面白いですね。
ミシェル・ルグランとコール・ポーターの曲を2曲ずつ選曲しているところも注目ですね。
"Deep Song"
Alexander Claffy / Standards: What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life? / SMK Jazz / (2018)
https://www.discogs.com/ja/Alexander-Claffy-Standards-What-Are-You-Doing-The-Rest-Of-Your-Life/release/12714410
若手ベース奏者、アレキサンダー・クラッフィーのデビュー・アルバムになります。
1 Blues On The Corner (McCoy Tyner)
2 You Must Believe In Spring (A. Bergman & M. Bergman / M. Legrand)
3 Michelle (John Lennon / Paul McCartney)
4 Just One Of Those Things (Cole Porter)
5 So In Love (Cole Porter)
6 Is That So? (Duke Pearson)
7 Devil's Island (Wayne Shorter)
8 What Are You Doing The Rest Of Your Life? (A. Bergman & M. Bergman / M. Legrand)
9 Deep Song (Douglass Cross/George Cory)
Musicians:
Drums – Aaron Kimmel (tracks: 4, 6, 7), Adam Arruda (tracks: 1, 3, 5), Mark Whitfield Jr. (tracks: 2, 8)
Guitar – Kurt Rosenwinkel
Bass – Alexander Claffy
Piano – David Kikoski
Tenor Saxophone – Joel Frahm (tracks: 2, 6, 7)
Trumpet – Benny Benack III (tracks: 6, 7)
Vocals – Veronica Swift (tracks: 9)
アレキサンダー・クラッフィーご本人のサイトです。
https://www.claffy.me/
Standards と名乗りながらの選曲が面白いですね。
ミシェル・ルグランとコール・ポーターの曲を2曲ずつ選曲しているところも注目ですね。
"Deep Song"
ヴェロニカ・スイフトがゲスト参加しているアルバムがあります。
この手のアルバムは後から探し出すのが大変なので、ここに記録しておきます。
スティーヴン・フェイフケ・ビッグバンドのアルバム Kinetic です。
(kinetic: 動的）
Steven Feifke (born June 21, 1991)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_Feifke
Steven Feifke / Kinetic
the debut recording by New York-based pianist, composer and arranger Steven Feifke's audacious and fiery ensemble.
Label: Outside in Music
Recorded in 2021
1. Kinetic
2. The Unveiling of a Mirror
3. The Sphinx
4. Until the Real Thing Comes Along
5. Word Travels Fast
6. Wollongong
7. Nica's Dream
8. On the Street Where You Live
9. Midnight Beat
10. Closure
Personnel:
Steven Feifke: piano
Andrew Gould: saxophone
Alexa Tarantino: saxophone, alto
Lucas Pino: clarinet, bass
Sam Dillon: saxophone, tenor
Andrew Gutauskas: saxophone, baritone
Max Darché: trumpet
John Lake: trumpet
Benny Benack III: flugelhorn
Gabriel King Medd: trumpet
Robert Edwards: trombone
Jeffery Miller: trombone
Armando Vergara: trombone
Jennifer Wharton: trombone,bass
Alex Wintz: guitar
Dan Chmielinski: bass
Ulysses Owens, Jr.: drums
Veronica Swift: voice / vocals
Jimmy Macbride: drums
Bryan Carter: drums
Steven Feifke Big Band with Veronica Swift - "On The Street Where You Live"
Steven Feifke Big Band with Veronica Swift - "Until The Real Thing Comes Along"
ヴェロニカのすごみが増していますね :-)
この手のアルバムは後から探し出すのが大変なので、ここに記録しておきます。
スティーヴン・フェイフケ・ビッグバンドのアルバム Kinetic です。
(kinetic: 動的）
Steven Feifke (born June 21, 1991)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_Feifke
Steven Feifke / Kinetic
the debut recording by New York-based pianist, composer and arranger Steven Feifke's audacious and fiery ensemble.
Label: Outside in Music
Recorded in 2021
1. Kinetic
2. The Unveiling of a Mirror
3. The Sphinx
4. Until the Real Thing Comes Along
5. Word Travels Fast
6. Wollongong
7. Nica's Dream
8. On the Street Where You Live
9. Midnight Beat
10. Closure
Personnel:
Steven Feifke: piano
Andrew Gould: saxophone
Alexa Tarantino: saxophone, alto
Lucas Pino: clarinet, bass
Sam Dillon: saxophone, tenor
Andrew Gutauskas: saxophone, baritone
Max Darché: trumpet
John Lake: trumpet
Benny Benack III: flugelhorn
Gabriel King Medd: trumpet
Robert Edwards: trombone
Jeffery Miller: trombone
Armando Vergara: trombone
Jennifer Wharton: trombone,bass
Alex Wintz: guitar
Dan Chmielinski: bass
Ulysses Owens, Jr.: drums
Veronica Swift: voice / vocals
Jimmy Macbride: drums
Bryan Carter: drums
Steven Feifke Big Band with Veronica Swift - "On The Street Where You Live"
Steven Feifke Big Band with Veronica Swift - "Until The Real Thing Comes Along"
ヴェロニカのすごみが増していますね :-)
"Trust in Me"
作曲・作詞: Robert and Richard Sherman
作曲年 1967
この曲はディズニー・アニメ The Jungle Book (1967) で使われました。
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Jungle_Book_(1967_film)
この曲がヴェロニカの手にかかるとこのような表現力を持つのですね :-)
Trust in me
Just in me
Shut your eyes
and trust in me
You can sleep
Safe and sound
Knowing I
Am around
Slip into silent slumber
Sail on a silver mist
Slowly and surely your senses
Will cease to resist
Trust in me
And just in me
Shut your eyes
And trust in me...
引用元はここ
https://disney.fandom.com/wiki/Trust_in_Me
ディズニー・アニメの1シーンです。
作曲・作詞: Robert and Richard Sherman
作曲年 1967
この曲はディズニー・アニメ The Jungle Book (1967) で使われました。
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Jungle_Book_(1967_film)
この曲がヴェロニカの手にかかるとこのような表現力を持つのですね :-)
Trust in me
Just in me
Shut your eyes
and trust in me
You can sleep
Safe and sound
Knowing I
Am around
Slip into silent slumber
Sail on a silver mist
Slowly and surely your senses
Will cease to resist
Trust in me
And just in me
Shut your eyes
And trust in me...
引用元はここ
https://disney.fandom.com/wiki/Trust_in_Me
ディズニー・アニメの1シーンです。
"He Hit Me (And It Felt Like a Kiss)"
作曲: Carole King
作詞: Gerry Goffin
作曲年 1962
キャロル・キングとジェリー・ゴフィンのコンビがソングライターとして曲を提供していた時代のヒット曲の一つですね。
クリスタルズ (Crystals) という女性グループがこの曲を歌いました。
キャロル・キング自身が歌手として行動を起こしたのは1970年代になってからだったと記憶しています。
さて、このアルバムのヴェロニカの選曲も、曲の歌詞にこだわったところがかなり見えてきませんでしょうか。
He hit me and it felt like a kiss
He hit me but it didn't hurt me
He couldn't stand to hear me say
That I'd been with someone new
And when I told him I had been untrue
He hit me and it felt like a kiss
He hit me and I knew he loved me
If he didn't care for me
I could have never made him mad
But he hit me and I was glad
Yes, he hit me and it felt like a kiss
He hit me and I knew I loved him
And then he took me in his arms
With all the tenderness there is
And when he kissed me, he made me his
引用元はここ
https://genius.com/The-crystals-he-hit-me-it-felt-like-a-kiss-lyrics
Crystals の音源も聴いておきましょう。
作曲: Carole King
作詞: Gerry Goffin
作曲年 1962
キャロル・キングとジェリー・ゴフィンのコンビがソングライターとして曲を提供していた時代のヒット曲の一つですね。
クリスタルズ (Crystals) という女性グループがこの曲を歌いました。
キャロル・キング自身が歌手として行動を起こしたのは1970年代になってからだったと記憶しています。
さて、このアルバムのヴェロニカの選曲も、曲の歌詞にこだわったところがかなり見えてきませんでしょうか。
He hit me and it felt like a kiss
He hit me but it didn't hurt me
He couldn't stand to hear me say
That I'd been with someone new
And when I told him I had been untrue
He hit me and it felt like a kiss
He hit me and I knew he loved me
If he didn't care for me
I could have never made him mad
But he hit me and I was glad
Yes, he hit me and it felt like a kiss
He hit me and I knew I loved him
And then he took me in his arms
With all the tenderness there is
And when he kissed me, he made me his
引用元はここ
https://genius.com/The-crystals-he-hit-me-it-felt-like-a-kiss-lyrics
Crystals の音源も聴いておきましょう。
"As Long as He Needs Me"
作曲・作詞: Lionel Bart
作曲年 1960
この曲はミュージカル（舞台）Oliver! (1960) で使われました。
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oliver!
ヴェロニカの表現力の素晴らしさを聴いてください。
As long as he needs me
Oh, yes, he does need me
In spite of what you see
I'm sure that he needs me
Who else would love him still
When they've been used so ill
He knows I always will
As long as he needs me
I miss him so much when he is gone
But when he's near me
I don't let on
The way I feel inside
The love I have to hide
The Hell! I've got my pride
As long as he needs me
He doesn't say the things he should
He acts the way he thinks she should
But, all the same
I'll play this game his way
As long as he needs me
I know where I must be
I'll cling on steadfastly
As long as he needs me
As long as life is long
I'll love him, right or wrong
And, somehow, I'll be strong
As long as he needs me
If you are lonely, then you will know
When someone needs you, you love them so
I won't betray his trust
Though people say I must
I've got to stay true, just
As long as he needs me
引用元はここ
https://genius.com/Lionel-bart-as-long-as-he-needs-me-lyrics
歌詞の和訳があります。
http://jazzsong.la.coocan.jp/Song387.html
作曲・作詞: Lionel Bart
作曲年 1960
この曲はミュージカル（舞台）Oliver! (1960) で使われました。
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oliver!
ヴェロニカの表現力の素晴らしさを聴いてください。
As long as he needs me
Oh, yes, he does need me
In spite of what you see
I'm sure that he needs me
Who else would love him still
When they've been used so ill
He knows I always will
As long as he needs me
I miss him so much when he is gone
But when he's near me
I don't let on
The way I feel inside
The love I have to hide
The Hell! I've got my pride
As long as he needs me
He doesn't say the things he should
He acts the way he thinks she should
But, all the same
I'll play this game his way
As long as he needs me
I know where I must be
I'll cling on steadfastly
As long as he needs me
As long as life is long
I'll love him, right or wrong
And, somehow, I'll be strong
As long as he needs me
If you are lonely, then you will know
When someone needs you, you love them so
I won't betray his trust
Though people say I must
I've got to stay true, just
As long as he needs me
引用元はここ
https://genius.com/Lionel-bart-as-long-as-he-needs-me-lyrics
歌詞の和訳があります。
http://jazzsong.la.coocan.jp/Song387.html
"Everybody Has the Right to Be Wrong"
作曲: Jimmy Van Heusen
作詞: Sammy Cahn
作曲年 1965
この曲はミュージカル（舞台）Skyscraper (1965) のために書かれました。
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skyscraper_(musical)
このコンビの曲なので、初録音はフランク・シナトラです。
Everybody has the right to be wrong at least once
Everybody has the right to be dunce-like, once-like
Not being too smart is, is no disgrace
What sets you apart is smilin' with egg on your face
Its naive to make believe that you're right, it's not bright
Only fools go walking on thin ice, twice
You and life can skip the strife and you'll both get along
All it takes is simply saying you're wrong when you're wrong
And everybody has the right to be wrong
You and life can skip the strife and you'll both get along
All it takes is simply sayin' you're wrong when you're wrong
And everybody has the right to be
It can be a real delight to be
And I'd fight, fight for the right to be wrong
"At least once!!"
引用元はここ
https://genius.com/Frank-sinatra-everybody-has-the-right-to-be-wrong-lyrics
フランク・シナトラの録音も聴いておきましょう。
作曲: Jimmy Van Heusen
作詞: Sammy Cahn
作曲年 1965
この曲はミュージカル（舞台）Skyscraper (1965) のために書かれました。
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skyscraper_(musical)
このコンビの曲なので、初録音はフランク・シナトラです。
Everybody has the right to be wrong at least once
Everybody has the right to be dunce-like, once-like
Not being too smart is, is no disgrace
What sets you apart is smilin' with egg on your face
Its naive to make believe that you're right, it's not bright
Only fools go walking on thin ice, twice
You and life can skip the strife and you'll both get along
All it takes is simply saying you're wrong when you're wrong
And everybody has the right to be wrong
You and life can skip the strife and you'll both get along
All it takes is simply sayin' you're wrong when you're wrong
And everybody has the right to be
It can be a real delight to be
And I'd fight, fight for the right to be wrong
"At least once!!"
引用元はここ
https://genius.com/Frank-sinatra-everybody-has-the-right-to-be-wrong-lyrics
フランク・シナトラの録音も聴いておきましょう。
"Prisoner of Love"
作曲: Clarence Gaskill, Russ Columbo
作詞: Leo Robin
作曲年 1931
ややポピュラー音楽風の曲ですが、ビリー・エクスタインやペリー・コモの録音が有名です。
歌詞の和訳が載っているサイトが見当たりませんでしたので、英詞をじっくりとご覧ください。
Alone from night to night you'll find me
Too weak to break the chains that bind me
I need no shackles to remind me
I'm just a prisoner of love
For one command I stand and wait now
From one who's master of my fate now
I can't escape, for it's too late now
I'm just a prisoner of love
What's the good of my caring
If someone is sharing those arms with me
Although she has another
I can't have another, for I'm not free
She's in my dreams, awake or sleeping
Upon my knees to her I'm creeping
My very life is in her keeping
I'm just a prisoner of love
What's the good of my caring
If someone is sharing those arms with me
Although she has another
I can't have another, for I'm not free
She's in my dreams, awake or sleeping
Upon my knees, to her I'm creeping
My very life is in her keeping
I'm just a prisoner of love
引用元はここ
https://lyricsplayground.com/alpha/songs/p/prisoneroflove.html
作曲者のラス・コロンボ自身の1931年の録音も聴いておきましょう。
作曲: Clarence Gaskill, Russ Columbo
作詞: Leo Robin
作曲年 1931
ややポピュラー音楽風の曲ですが、ビリー・エクスタインやペリー・コモの録音が有名です。
歌詞の和訳が載っているサイトが見当たりませんでしたので、英詞をじっくりとご覧ください。
Alone from night to night you'll find me
Too weak to break the chains that bind me
I need no shackles to remind me
I'm just a prisoner of love
For one command I stand and wait now
From one who's master of my fate now
I can't escape, for it's too late now
I'm just a prisoner of love
What's the good of my caring
If someone is sharing those arms with me
Although she has another
I can't have another, for I'm not free
She's in my dreams, awake or sleeping
Upon my knees to her I'm creeping
My very life is in her keeping
I'm just a prisoner of love
What's the good of my caring
If someone is sharing those arms with me
Although she has another
I can't have another, for I'm not free
She's in my dreams, awake or sleeping
Upon my knees, to her I'm creeping
My very life is in her keeping
I'm just a prisoner of love
引用元はここ
https://lyricsplayground.com/alpha/songs/p/prisoneroflove.html
作曲者のラス・コロンボ自身の1931年の録音も聴いておきましょう。
"The Sports Page"
作曲・作詞: Dave Frishberg
作曲年 ????
デイヴ・フリッシュバーグの書いた曲で、例によってコミカルかつアイロニーたっぷりの歌詞がついているのですが、歌詞を引っ張り出せませんでした。
（コピペできませんでしたし、URLを引っ張り出せませんでした）
google さんに the sports page veronica swift lyrics として問い合わせると真っ先に歌詞全文を表示してくれます。
エメット・コーエンのピアノが凄いですね！
しかし、このアルバムの企画を考えると、歌詞ははっきりと眺めておきたいですね。
そこで、手で写してみましょう。
（次の稿に貼り付けます）
作曲者自身が弾き語りしている音源がありました。
作曲・作詞: Dave Frishberg
作曲年 ????
デイヴ・フリッシュバーグの書いた曲で、例によってコミカルかつアイロニーたっぷりの歌詞がついているのですが、歌詞を引っ張り出せませんでした。
（コピペできませんでしたし、URLを引っ張り出せませんでした）
google さんに the sports page veronica swift lyrics として問い合わせると真っ先に歌詞全文を表示してくれます。
エメット・コーエンのピアノが凄いですね！
しかし、このアルバムの企画を考えると、歌詞ははっきりと眺めておきたいですね。
そこで、手で写してみましょう。
（次の稿に貼り付けます）
作曲者自身が弾き語りしている音源がありました。
My favorite TV anchorman said watch the Middle East, the price of oil is really out of sight
And only yesterday he said the price would never be increased
And that's the opposite of what he said last night
It gets so tough to understand this stuff, I don't really want to bother anymore
But by the time I understand the news that I read today
I forget the news I read the day before
But then I turn to the sports page
And I see the Lakers didn't make it
Now ther's no way that they could fake it
You can't say you win if you lose
Cause there it was on the sports page
Thre's no way to deny it
You win you lose or you tie it
You can't cover it up in the news
Businessmen and congressmen and other shifty guys
They all got stuff they're always trying to pull
And this scratchy stuff I feel that's being pulled down around my eyes
I'm beginning to identify as wool
There's an expose above the CIA in the radio, the TV and the press
And after all the different versions of what I'm supposed to know
I wind up understanding even less
But then I turn to the sports page, and Aaron Judge made an error
Now how could they report it any fairer, the sun must've got in his eyes
Cause there it was on the sports page
Just the simple facts I'm finding
Not another axe somebody's grinding
You can't change the score by telling lies
Lies, lies, ooh
Now back a couple seasons when the Mets ware riding high
Astronauts ware walking on the moon
I watched it on the TV and I looked up into the sky
And then I stared laughing like a loon
It could all be fake like a movie they could make
And we'd all believe they're really up in space
And the Russians would be busy making phony movies too
And we'd never know who really won the race
（次の稿に続きます）
And only yesterday he said the price would never be increased
And that's the opposite of what he said last night
It gets so tough to understand this stuff, I don't really want to bother anymore
But by the time I understand the news that I read today
I forget the news I read the day before
But then I turn to the sports page
And I see the Lakers didn't make it
Now ther's no way that they could fake it
You can't say you win if you lose
Cause there it was on the sports page
Thre's no way to deny it
You win you lose or you tie it
You can't cover it up in the news
Businessmen and congressmen and other shifty guys
They all got stuff they're always trying to pull
And this scratchy stuff I feel that's being pulled down around my eyes
I'm beginning to identify as wool
There's an expose above the CIA in the radio, the TV and the press
And after all the different versions of what I'm supposed to know
I wind up understanding even less
But then I turn to the sports page, and Aaron Judge made an error
Now how could they report it any fairer, the sun must've got in his eyes
Cause there it was on the sports page
Just the simple facts I'm finding
Not another axe somebody's grinding
You can't change the score by telling lies
Lies, lies, ooh
Now back a couple seasons when the Mets ware riding high
Astronauts ware walking on the moon
I watched it on the TV and I looked up into the sky
And then I stared laughing like a loon
It could all be fake like a movie they could make
And we'd all believe they're really up in space
And the Russians would be busy making phony movies too
And we'd never know who really won the race
（次の稿に続きます）
But then I turn to the sports page
And the Mets had blown it in the 13th inning
They can't make losing look like winning
I think the Phillies took it 5-4
Cause there it was on the sports page
The only page that takes a firm position
Kind of like an honest politician, the kind you don't find anymore
In fact the sports page is the only place to go when a fella wants to know the score
（以上です）
And the Mets had blown it in the 13th inning
They can't make losing look like winning
I think the Phillies took it 5-4
Cause there it was on the sports page
The only page that takes a firm position
Kind of like an honest politician, the kind you don't find anymore
In fact the sports page is the only place to go when a fella wants to know the score
（以上です）
"Sing"
作曲・作詞: Amanda Palmer
作曲年 2006
この曲は The Dresden Dolls というバンドの Yes, Virginia... (2006) が初録音になります。
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yes,_Virginia...
ヴェロニカのこのアルバムの企画を思うと、掉尾を飾る曲として相応しい曲になるでしょう。
There is this thing that's like touching except you don't touch
Back in the day it just went without saying at all
All the world's history gradually dying of shock
There is thing that's like talking except you don't talk
You sing
You sing
Sing for the bartender sing for the janitor sing
Sing for the cameras sing for the animals sing
Sing for the children shooting the children sing
Sing for the teachers who told you that you couldn't sing
Just sing
There is thing keeping everyone's lungs and lips locked
It is called fear and it's seeing a great renaissance
After the show you can not sing wherever you want
But for now let's all pretend that we're gonna get bombed
So sing
Sing cause it's obvious sing for the astronauts sing
Sing for the president sing for the terrorists sing
Sing for the soccer team sing for the janjaweed sing
Sing for the kid with the phone who refuses to sing
Just sing
Life is no cabaret
We don't care what you say
We're inviting you anyway
You motherf**ers you'll sing someday...
引用元はここ
https://lyrics.az/amanda-palmer/-/sing.html
The Dresden Dolls の音源も聴いておきましょう。
作曲・作詞: Amanda Palmer
作曲年 2006
この曲は The Dresden Dolls というバンドの Yes, Virginia... (2006) が初録音になります。
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yes,_Virginia...
ヴェロニカのこのアルバムの企画を思うと、掉尾を飾る曲として相応しい曲になるでしょう。
There is this thing that's like touching except you don't touch
Back in the day it just went without saying at all
All the world's history gradually dying of shock
There is thing that's like talking except you don't talk
You sing
You sing
Sing for the bartender sing for the janitor sing
Sing for the cameras sing for the animals sing
Sing for the children shooting the children sing
Sing for the teachers who told you that you couldn't sing
Just sing
There is thing keeping everyone's lungs and lips locked
It is called fear and it's seeing a great renaissance
After the show you can not sing wherever you want
But for now let's all pretend that we're gonna get bombed
So sing
Sing cause it's obvious sing for the astronauts sing
Sing for the president sing for the terrorists sing
Sing for the soccer team sing for the janjaweed sing
Sing for the kid with the phone who refuses to sing
Just sing
Life is no cabaret
We don't care what you say
We're inviting you anyway
You motherf**ers you'll sing someday...
引用元はここ
https://lyrics.az/amanda-palmer/-/sing.html
The Dresden Dolls の音源も聴いておきましょう。
ヴェロニカ・スイフトの新譜が2023年9月にリリース予定です。
Mack Avenue Records の案内
https://mackavenue.com/products/veronica-swift-veronica-swift
タワーレコードで見つけた情報
https://diskunion.net/jazz/ct/detail/1008718526
ご本人のサイトにはもう一つ情報が出てきません
https://www.veronicaswift.com/
アルバム・タイトルは VERONICA SWIFT
収録曲
1. I Am What I Am
2. Closer
3. Do Nothing Till You Hear From Me
4. The Show Must Go On
5. I’m Always Chasing Rainbows
6. In the Moonlight
7. Severed Heads
8. Je Veux Vivre
9. Chega de Saudade
10. Keep Yourself Alive Encore
11. Don’t Rain On My Parade
音源のいくつかはYTに上がりだしているようです。
先日ラジオで聴いた、デューク・エリントンの曲 "Do Nothing Till You Hear From Me" をブルース・スタイルの編曲で歌っているのが凄かったです。
いずれ手に入ったら、このトピで取り上げたいと思っています。
Mack Avenue Records の案内
https://mackavenue.com/products/veronica-swift-veronica-swift
タワーレコードで見つけた情報
https://diskunion.net/jazz/ct/detail/1008718526
ご本人のサイトにはもう一つ情報が出てきません
https://www.veronicaswift.com/
アルバム・タイトルは VERONICA SWIFT
収録曲
1. I Am What I Am
2. Closer
3. Do Nothing Till You Hear From Me
4. The Show Must Go On
5. I’m Always Chasing Rainbows
6. In the Moonlight
7. Severed Heads
8. Je Veux Vivre
9. Chega de Saudade
10. Keep Yourself Alive Encore
11. Don’t Rain On My Parade
音源のいくつかはYTに上がりだしているようです。
先日ラジオで聴いた、デューク・エリントンの曲 "Do Nothing Till You Hear From Me" をブルース・スタイルの編曲で歌っているのが凄かったです。
いずれ手に入ったら、このトピで取り上げたいと思っています。
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