彼はテッド・フェッターと ジョン・ラトゥーシュが作詞した "Taking a Chance on Love"(1940)、アイラ・ガーシュインが作詞した "I Can't Get Started"(1936)、E・Y・ハーバーグが作詞した "April in Paris"(1932)、同じくハーバーグと組んだ1934年のジーグフェルド・フォーリーズのための "What Is There To Say"(1934) などがよく知られている。また、レヴュー『サムズアップ (Thumbs Up!)』のために"Autumn in New York" (1934) の作詞・作曲を手がけたと言えば、どれだけの名曲を書いてきた人かが思い起こされるでしょう。
------------------------------------------ アレック・ワイルダーの書いた本 American Popular Song: The Great Innovators, 1900-1950 (1972年の出版) の中で 9. Burton Lane, Hugh Martin, Vernon Duke として1章が割かれています。
ヴァーノン・デュークは、彼の音楽家としての片割れに過ぎなかった。もう片割れは、コンサート作品の作曲家ウラジーミル・デュケルスキーである。残念なことに、コンサート、いわゆる 「シリアス 」な面を持つ彼の才能が、ポピュラーな面を 「第3の流れ 」に使おうとしたことは、私の知る限り一度もなかった。彼は異文化の中で生まれたが、アメリカのポピュラー音楽の作曲に対する吸収力は驚異的だった。例えば私がクルト・ヴァイルの劇場の歌を聴いたときのように、彼がこの文化に根ざしていないことを彼の歌で意識することはなかった。そうではなく、デューク=デュケルスキーは音楽的な自己を区分けしていたのだ。そして、私がここで関心を抱いているのは、デュークの半分だけである。 彼の最初の完全な劇伴は、エドガー・ウォレスが台本を書いたイギリスのミュージカル『黄色い仮面』(1928年)だった。この作品の曲はまだ見つかっていない。 彼の最初のブロードウェイ全曲スコアは、1932年のミュージカル『Walk A Little Faster』である。この楽譜には、彼の最もよく知られた曲、E・Y・ハーバーグ作詞の『April In Paris』が収録されている。これは完璧な劇中歌なのだ。というのも、この曲は完璧な劇中歌だからだ。敬語に聞こえるなら、「完璧に素晴らしい」と褒めるか、「完璧でないなら、そうでない理由を示してくれ」と言うしかない。ヴァースは非常に良いが、コーラスが期待させるほどではない。後者には面白い面がたくさんある。第一の特徴は、Bセクション以外のあらゆる場所で見られる4分音符の3連符である。(つ目の興味深い点は、3連符を含むメロディー・フレーズが、ピアノ・パートでは和音形式になっていることである。
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彼が Vernon Duke として手掛けた主なミュージカルには次のものがあります。
1931 – Tarnished Lady 1932 – Walk A Little Faster (lyrics by E.Y. "Yip" Harburg) "April in Paris" "A Penny for Your Thoughts" "Off Again, On Again" "Speaking of Love" "Where Have We Met Before?" 1934 – Ziegfeld Follies of 1934 (music also by others – Duke lyrics by E.Y. Harburg) "I Like the Likes of You" "What Is There To Say?" 1934 – Thumbs Up! (music also by others – Duke lyrics by Vernon Duke) "Autumn in New York" "Words Without Music" (lyrics by Ira Gershwin) 1936 – Ziegfeld Follies of 1936 (lyrics by Ira Gershwin) "I Can't Get Started" "He Hasn't a Thing Except Me" "Words Without Music" "Island in the West Indies" 1938 – Spring Again (lyrics by Ira Gershwin) 1940 – Cabin in the Sky (lyrics by John Latouche) "Taking a Chance on Love" "Cabin in the Sky" "Honey in the Honeycomb" "Love Me Tomorrow" 1941 – Banjo Eyes (lyrics by John Latouche and Harold Adamson) "We're Having a Baby" "Who Started the Rhumba?" "A Nickel to My Name" 1942 – The Lady Comes Across (lyrics by John Latouche) "Summer Is A-Commin' In" "You Took Me By Surprise" "This Is Where I Came In" "Lady" 1944 – Jackpot (lyrics by Howard Dietz) "What Happened" "Sugarfoot" "I've Got a One-Track Mind" "I Kissed My Girl Goodbye" 1944 – Sadie Thompson (lyrics by Howard Dietz) "The Love I Long For" "Poor as a Church Mouse" "When You Live on an Island" 1946 – Sweet Bye and Bye (lyrics by Ogden Nash; book by S. J. Perelman and Al Hirschfeld) 1949 – "Ogden Nash's Musical Zoo", for voice and piano 1952 – Two's Company (lyrics by Ogden Nash and Sammy Cahn) "It Just Occurred to Me" "Roundabout" "Out of the Clear Blue Sky" "Haunted Hot Spot" "Just Like a Man" 1956 – The Littlest Revue (music also by others – Duke lyrics by Ogden Nash) "I Want to Fly Now (and Pay Later)" "Summer Is A-Comin' In" "Good Little Girls" "Love Is Still in Town" "You're Far from Wonderful" "Madly in Love" 1963 – Zenda (lyrics by Lenny Adelson, Sid Kuller, and Martin Charnin)
"Ages Ago" (Vernon Duke/1957) - (#7) "Autumn In New York" (Vernon Duke/1934) - (#4) "Cabin In The Sky" (Vernon Duke/John La Touche/1940) - (#2) "I Like The Likes Of You" (Vernon Duke/E.Y. Harburg/1934) - (#15) "The Love I Long For" (Vernon Duke/Howard Dietz/1944) - (#6) "Roundabout" (Vernon Duke/Ogden Nash/1952) - (#17, 23) "Taking a Chance on Love" (Vernon Duke/John La Touche, Ted Fetter/1940) - (#8) "What Is There To Say?" (Vernon Duke/E.Y. Harburg/1934) - (#10)
André Previn – André Previn Plays Songs By Vernon Duke
Label: Contemporary Records
Recorded at Contemporary's studio in Los Angeles, August 12, 13 & 20, 1958
1. Cabin In The Sky
2. Autumn In New York
3. The Love I Long For
4. Ages Ago
5. Taking A Chance On Love
6. What Is There To Say?
7. I Can't Get Started
8. I Like The Likes Of You
9. Round About
10. April In Paris
Musicians:
André Previn (p)
アンドレ・プレヴィンについてはこちらをご覧ください。
André George Previn KBE (/ˈprɛvɪn/; born Andreas Ludwig Priwin; April 6, 1929 – February 28, 2019)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andr%C3%A9_Previn
この曲はミュージカル(舞台)Cabin In The Sky (1940) で使われました。
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cabin_in_the_Sky_(musical)
後に映画化されています。
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cabin_in_the_Sky_(film)
[Verse 1]
There's a little cabin in the sky, baby
For me and for you
I feel that it's true somehow
[Pre-Chorus]
Can't you see that cabin in the sky, baby
An acre or two of heavenly blue to plow
[Chorus]
We will be oh-so gay
Eat fried chicken every day
As the angels go sailing by
That is why my heart is flyin' high, baby
'Cause I know we'll have a cabin in the sky
[Chorus]
We will be oh-so gay
Eat fried chicken every day
As the angels go sailing by
That is why my heart is flying high, baby
'Cause I know we'll have a cabin in the sky
Sandra King Accompanied By Pat Smythe – In A Concert Of Vernon Duke (1985)
https://www.discogs.com/ja/release/6838755-Sandra-King-2-Accompanied-By-Pat-Smythe-In-A-Concert-Of-Vernon-Duke
(これはソングブック・アルバムかもしれません)
Karin Krog & Bengt Hallberg – Cabin In The Sky (2011)
https://www.discogs.com/ja/release/4164341-Karin-Krog-Bengt-Hallberg-Cabin-In-The-Sky
Dinah Washington – Dinah Discovered (1967)
https://www.discogs.com/ja/master/722575-Dinah-Washington-Dinah-Discovered
Eileen Farrell, André Previn – Together With Love (1962)
https://www.discogs.com/ja/master/1021851-Eileen-Farrell-Andr%C3%A9-Previn-Together-With-Love
Rosie Solves the Swinging Riddle (compilation) (1958 - 1960)
https://www.discogs.com/ja/release/7607902-Rosemary-Clooney-The-Buddy-Cole-And-Nelson-Riddles-Sessions
Ella Fitzgerald – Souvenir Album (1947)
https://www.discogs.com/ja/master/561918-Ella-Fitzgerald-Souvenir-Album
Harry Allen – New York State Of Mind (2009)
https://www.discogs.com/ja/release/3637686-Harry-Allen-New-York-State-Of-Mind
Jonathan Kreisberg – Night Songs (2009)
https://www.discogs.com/ja/release/6567593-Jonathan-Kreisberg-Night-Songs
Bill Charlap Trio – Live At The Village Vanguard (2007)
https://www.discogs.com/ja/master/1073070-Bill-Charlap-Trio-Live-At-The-Village-Vanguard
Joe Lovano – Joyous Encounter (2005)
https://www.discogs.com/ja/master/273777-Joe-Lovano-Joyous-Encounter
The Sonny Stitt Quartet – Personal Appearance (1959)
https://www.discogs.com/ja/master/393755-The-Sonny-Stitt-Quartet-Personal-Appearance
Alto Summit Featuring Phil Woods, Vincent Herring, Antonio Hart – Alto Summit (1996)
https://www.discogs.com/ja/master/1684019-Alto-Summit-Featuring-Phil-Woods-Vincent-Herring-Antonio-Hart-Alto-Summit
Marilyn Scott – Every Time We Say Goodbye (2008)
https://www.discogs.com/ja/master/299738-Marilyn-Scott-Every-Time-We-Say-Goodbye
Nancy King With Fred Hersch – Live At Jazz Standard (2006)
https://www.discogs.com/ja/release/17572888-Nancy-King-With-Fred-Hersch-Live-At-Jazz-Standard
Sheila Jordan, The Steve Kuhn Trio With Tom Harrell – Little Song (2003)
https://www.discogs.com/ja/release/3197789-Sheila-JordanSteve-Kuhn-Trio-With-Tom-Harrell-Little-Song
Warren Vaché, Alan Barnes – The London Sessions (2011)
https://www.discogs.com/ja/release/11758455-Warren-Vach%C3%A9-Alan-Barnes-The-London-Sessions
Scott Hamilton & Bernhard Pichl Trio – How About You (2011)
https://www.discogs.com/ja/release/9314578-Scott-Hamilton-Bernhard-Pichl-Trio-How-About-You
Jimmy Cobb Trio Feat. Marco Tamburini – Taking A Chance On Love (2015)
https://www.discogs.com/ja/release/13321639-Jimmy-Cobb-Trio-Feat-Marco-Tamburini-Taking-A-Chance-On-Love
The Ray Brown Trio – Bassface - Live At Kuumbwa (1993)
https://www.discogs.com/ja/master/2103835-The-Ray-Brown-Trio-Bassface-Live-At-Kuumbwa
Jessica Williams – The Next Step (1993)
https://www.discogs.com/ja/release/15188193-Jessica-Williams-The-Next-Step
Wynton Marsalis – Standard Time Vol. 3 (The Resolution Of Romance) (1990)
https://www.discogs.com/ja/master/303290-Wynton-Marsalis-Standard-Time-Vol-3-The-Resolution-Of-Romance
Benny Carter Quartet – Summer Serenade (1982)
https://www.discogs.com/ja/master/616639-Benny-Carter-Quartet-Summer-Serenade
Anita O'Day And Her Rhythm Section – Anita Sings The Most (1957)
https://www.discogs.com/ja/master/271529-Anita-ODay-And-Her-Rhythm-Section-Anita-Sings-The-Most
Doug Webb – Another Scene (2013)
https://www.discogs.com/ja/release/18921412-Doug-Webb-Another-Scene
Eddie Higgins Quartet Featuring Scott Hamilton – My Foolish Heart (200)
https://www.discogs.com/ja/master/1120867-Eddie-Higgins-Quartet-Featuring-Scott-Hamilton-My-Foolish-Heart
Warren Vaché With Joe Puma, Murray Wall And Eddie Locke – What Is There To Say? (2000)
https://www.discogs.com/ja/release/11740836-Warren-Vach%C3%A9-With-Joe-Puma-Murray-Wall-And-Eddie-Locke-What-Is-There-To-Say
Jimmy Knepper With Bobby Wellins, Pete Jacobsen, Dave Green, Ron Parry – Primrose Path (1980)
https://www.discogs.com/ja/release/8029316-Jimmy-Knepper-With-Bobby-Wellins-Pete-Jacobsen-Dave-Green-Ron-Parry-Primrose-Path
Bud Freeman And The Cees Slinger Trio – Live In Haarlem (1978)
https://www.discogs.com/ja/release/6872106-Bud-Freeman-And-The-Cees-Slinger-Trio-Live-In-Haarlem
Rita Reys – Beautiful Love (2004)
https://www.discogs.com/ja/release/8871339-Rita-Reys-Beautiful-Love
Eileen Farrell – This Time It's Love (1991)
https://www.discogs.com/ja/release/9389936-Eileen-Farrell-This-Time-Its-Love
Maxine Sullivan – We Just Couldn't Say Goodbye (1978)
https://www.discogs.com/ja/master/1255297-Maxine-Sullivan-We-Just-Couldnt-Say-Goodbye
Susannah McCorkle – Over The Rainbow: The Songs Of E.Y. "Yip" Harburg (1981)
https://www.discogs.com/ja/master/1222346-Susannah-McCorkle-Over-The-Rainbow-The-Songs-Of-EY-Yip-Harburg
Della Reese – The Best Thing For You (1963)
https://www.discogs.com/ja/release/6602536-Della-Reese-The-Best-Thing-For-You
Susie Arioli Featuring Jordan Officer – Night Lights (2008)
https://www.discogs.com/ja/master/1227036-Susie-Arioli-Featuring-Jordan-Officer-Night-Lights
Nancy Wilson / Cannonball Adderley (1962)
https://www.discogs.com/ja/release/1650620-Nancy-Wilson-Cannonball-Adderley-Nancy-Wilson-Cannonball-Adderley
(器楽演奏のトラックです)
Morgana King – The Greatest Songs Ever Swung (1960)
https://www.discogs.com/ja/master/1072653-Morgana-King-The-Greatest-Songs-Ever-Swung
Lorez Alexandria – A Woman Knows (1979)
https://www.discogs.com/ja/release/695165-Lorez-Alexandria-A-Woman-Knows
Rosemary Clooney – Everything's Coming Up Rosie (1977)
https://www.discogs.com/ja/master/290437-Rosemary-Clooney-Everythings-Coming-Up-Rosie
Karin Krog – Jazz Moments (1966)
https://www.discogs.com/ja/master/461214-Karin-Krog-Jazz-Moments
この曲はレビュー(舞台)ziegfeld follies of 1934 で使われました。
https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-production/ziegfeld-follies-of-1934-11815#Songs
Andre Previn Plays Songs By Vernon Duke
Sonny Red With Grant Green And Barry Harris – The Mode (1962)
https://www.discogs.com/ja/master/437188-Sonny-Red-With-Grant-Green-And-Barry-Harris-The-Mode
(ソニー・レッドのアルバムの中でも、私が好きなアルバムです)
Dorothy Donegan – The Explosive Dorothy Donegan (1981)
https://www.discogs.com/ja/release/6062543-Dorothy-Donegan-The-Explosive-Dorothy-Donegan
Dan Barrett , John Sheridan – Two Sleepy People (1996)
https://www.discogs.com/ja/release/11210554-Dan-Barrett-3-John-Sheridan-Two-Sleepy-People
Zoot Sims - Giants Of Jazz, Vol. 2
https://music.tower.jp/album/detail/100129264637
Lori Lieberman – Truly (2022)
https://www.discogs.com/ja/master/3152574-Lori-Lieberman-Truly
Amanda Thorpe – Bewitching Me (The Lyrics Of Yip Harburg) (2014)
https://www.discogs.com/ja/release/12031362-Amanda-Thorpe-Bewitching-Me-The-Lyrics-Of-Yip-Harburg
Kate Baldwin – Let's See What Happens: Songs Of Lane & Harburg (2009)
https://www.discogs.com/ja/release/15414309-Kate-Baldwin-Lets-See-What-Happens-Songs-Of-Lane-Harburg
Klea Blackhurst - Autumn In New York: Vernon Duke's Broadway (2005)
https://castalbums.org/recordings/Autumn-In-New-York-Vernon-Dukes-Broadway-2005-Klea-Blackhurst/7187
Elaine Delmar With Brian Dee – But Beautiful (2001)
https://www.discogs.com/ja/release/14584115-Elaine-Delmar-With-Brian-Dee-But-Beautiful
Mary Mayo – Time Remembered (2000)
https://www.discogs.com/ja/release/16056998-Mary-Mayo-Time-Remembered
この曲はミュージカル(舞台)Two's Company (1952) で使われました。
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two%27s_Company_(musical)
セロニアス・モンクが書いた曲に似た曲名ですが、非常に美しい旋律を持った曲です。
こちらの曲名はどうやら "Roundabout" が正式なもののようです
Andre Previn Plays Songs By Vernon Duke
ミュージカルのオリジナルキャストによる録音のようです
録音データが見当たらないので、次からの音源は順不同、演奏・歌唱を分別していません
Barbara Fasano – Busy Being Free (2015)
https://www.discogs.com/ja/release/19854949-Barbara-Fasano-Busy-Being-Free
Ran Blake & Christine Correa – Round About (Songs And Piano Solos With Christine Correa & Ran Blake) (1994)
https://www.discogs.com/ja/release/8778696-Ran-Blake-Christine-Correa-Round-About-Songs-And-Piano-Solos-With-Christine-Correa-Ran-Blake
Sandra King Accompanied By Pat Smythe – In A Concert Of Vernon Duke (1994)
https://www.discogs.com/ja/release/16044326-Sandra-King-2-Accompanied-By-Pat-Smythe-In-A-Concert-Of-Vernon-Duke
Chris Connor – Chris Connor / He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not (1999)
https://www.discogs.com/ja/release/10202458-Chris-Connor-Chris-Connor-He-Loves-Me-He-Loves-Me-Not
When you look life in the face
There’s too much time
There’s too much space
There’s too much future
Too much past
Man is so little
and the world so vast
You may fancy yourself
as an immortal creature
But we’re just a cartoon
Between a double feature
You go
Roundabout
and roundabout
and roundabout you go
For an olden spell
Is wound about the game
Then it’s ring around
And swing around
Your partners as you go
But the more they change
The more they are the same
When the dancing is done
And you’re back where you started
When the music begins
It plays the same old tune
Then its roundabout
and roundabout
and roundabout once more
As you pray again
Each day again to soar
On your way again
It’s roundabout once more
この曲はミュージカル(舞台)Walk a Little Faster で使われました。
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walk_a_Little_Faster
こんなにたくさんの録音が残されています。
https://secondhandsongs.com/work/11850/versions
ヴァーノン・デュークが書いた曲の中でも一番有名な曲になるでしょう。
Andre Previn Plays Songs By Vernon Duke
Count Basie And His Orchestra – April In Paris (1957)
https://www.discogs.com/ja/master/68437-Count-Basie-And-His-Orchestra-April-In-Paris
Charlie Parker With Strings – Charlie Parker With Strings (1955)
https://www.discogs.com/ja/master/271505-Charlie-Parker-With-Strings-Charlie-Parker-With-Strings
Slide Hampton And The World Of Trombones With Special Guest Bill Watrous – Spirit Of The Horn (2002)
https://www.discogs.com/ja/release/4786295-Slide-Hampton-And-The-World-Of-Trombones-With-Special-Guest-Bill-Watrous-Spirit-Of-The-Horn
Roy Haynes – Birds Of A Feather: A Tribute To Charlie Parker (2001)
https://www.discogs.com/ja/master/889141-Roy-Haynes-Birds-Of-A-Feather-A-Tribute-To-Charlie-Parker-
Lee Konitz Quintet – Figure & Spirit (1977)
https://www.discogs.com/ja/master/807079-Lee-Konitz-Quintet-Figure-Spirit
Art Farmer – Brass Shout (1959)
https://www.discogs.com/ja/master/347540-Art-Farmer-Brass-Shout
Coleman Hawkins And His Orchestra – Hollywood Stampede (1963)
https://www.discogs.com/ja/master/511335-Coleman-Hawkins-And-His-Orchestra-Hollywood-Stampede
Thelonious Monk – Thelonious Himself (1957)
https://www.discogs.com/ja/master/233663-Thelonious-Monk-Thelonious-Himself
Bud Powell – Jazz Giant (1956)
https://www.discogs.com/ja/master/309862-Bud-Powell-Jazz-Giant
Kurt Elling – The Messenger (1997)
https://www.discogs.com/ja/master/677658-Kurt-Elling-The-Messenger
Lambert, Hendricks & Bavan – Recorded Live At Basin Street East (1963)
https://www.discogs.com/ja/master/616646-Lambert-Hendricks-Bavan-Recorded-Live-At-Basin-Street-East
Rosie Solves the Swingin' Riddle! (1961)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosie_Solves_the_Swingin%27_Riddle!
Billie Holiday – Billie's Best (compilation)
https://www.discogs.com/ja/master/162345-Billie-Holiday-Billies-Best
Recorded March 1998, at The Hit Factory, New York City
Additional recording May 1998, at Avatar Studios, New York City
1. Round About
2. Born Too Late
3. The Love I Long For
4. Autumn In New York
5. The Sea-Gull And The Ea-Gull
6. Remember Or Forget
7. Not A Care In The World
8. Words Without Music
9. Swattin’ The Fly
10. April In Paris
11. I Like The Likes Of You
12. Low And Lazy
13. Water Under The Bridge
14. Ages Ago
Musicians:
Dawn Upshaw (vo)
Fred Hersch (p, 3,7,11,12)
Richard Rodney Bennett (p, 14)
Drew Gress (b, 11)
Jon Manasse (cl, 13)
Tom Rainey (ds, 11)
John Pizzarelli (g, vo, 11)
Orchestration (Jonathan Tunick, Larry Hochman, Byron Olson, Michael Starobin, Danny Troob, Fred Hersch, Richard Rodney Bennett)
Dawn Upshaw についてはこちらをご覧ください。
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dawn_Upshaw