Not bad! body { But of the two it’s ‘Oh! It was first introduced by Cliff Edwards, Fred Astaire and Adele Astaire in the Broadway musical Lady Be Good. It was quickly absorbed into everyday speech as well as more esoteric literary language. (All Record/Video Cabinet entries body { either iTunes/LinkShare or Amazon.com). High-Quality and Interactive, transposable in any key, play along. (Posting of comments is subject to the guidelines. 1:53AYoung starts the last section with a dramatic syncopation, followed by another off-center repetition. And, as Walter Rimler sums up Gershwin in 1924, "His worldwide fame had begun--only to be compounded when, [at the end of that magical year], he had a huge triumph on Broadway -- the musical Lady, Be Good!, which made stars of Fred and Adele Astaire, and for which he and Ira wrote "Fascinating Rhythm," "Oh, Lady, Be Good!" by Cliff Edwards (Ukulele Ike) who was a member of the original cast of Lady, Be Good! 16. 2:00Young's last phrase bids us a bluesy farewell. Another striking use of variable intonation. background-color: #FBECD5; Catalog of The Great American Songbook: 2. Most of the ten compositions written by George Gershwin have been covered numerous times on jazz recordings, so finding fresh approaches to them is a great challenge. singing: O sweet and lovely integratedinto their stories. 2:45BWhile the drums drop out, the bass line quietly rises to a higher register. Ezra … 0:41ALester Young enters with a three note statement, accompanied by a drum accent. 1:16 Borrowed material (images): Images of CD, DVD, book and similar product covers are used courtesy of either Amazon.com or iTunes/LinkShare with which CafeSongbook.com maintains an affiliate status. video before starting another.). Tranposable music notes for Piano/Vocal/Guitar (chords only) sheet music by Ira Gershwin Ira Gershwin: Hal Leonard - Digital Sheet Music at Sheet Music Plus. The song was also performed by the chorus in the film Lady Be Good (1941), although the film is unrelated to the musical. The show's origins can be traced to London during the summer of 1924, where George was putting the final touches on the production of the British show Primrose, for which he had written the score. Gerald Mast. The CD After You've Gone contains the first ten Trio recordings and the initial twelve studio performances by the Quartet. background-color: #FBECD5; at the Ray Brown 75th Birthday Concert, 2001. video before starting another. Not the arrangement you were looking for? (Video credit). Rosenberg's full discussion of "Oh, Lady, Be Good!" "Oh, Lady, Be Good," and it is included on their album Pizzarelli Party (2009) -- (See below. albums: Ella Fitzgerald: The Legendary Decca Recordings (1947 version), Ella Fitzgerald Sings the George and Ira Gershwin Songbook (1959 version), Notes: Ella first recorded "Oh, Lady, Be Good!" Lester Willis Young (August 27, 1909 – March 15, 1959), nicknamed "Pres" or "Prez", was an American jazz tenor saxophonist and sometime clarinetist. which quickly dissipated their doubts. repotes Remi Magnanimi Includes an High-Quality PDF file to download instantly. Lester Young. Django Reinhardt and Add to Cart. video before starting another. background-color: #FBECD5; This particular album includes classic American love songs form 1920 to 1950. as evidence that the song has evolved as a jazz classic--which the recordings in this set of selections surely demonstrate. Its chord progression, known as the "rhythm changes", is the foundation for many other popular jazz tunes such as Charlie Parker's and Dizzy Gillespie's bebop standard "Anthropology (Thrivin' on a Riff)" 1:12AYoung creates polyrhythms out of a single note. 7. Ambulatory Suite . on Broadway but did not perform the song in the show. Behind him, Jo Jones on drums plays quietly on the high-hat cymbal. side 1: Begin the Beguine; side 2: Oh, Lady Be Good (Victor 20-1551), from the album, Up Swing (RCA Victor P 146). The show featured four such stars: comic Walter Catlett, Cliff Edwards (otherwise know as Ukulele Ike, an enormously popular vaudevillian), and, mirabile dictu, Fred and Adele Astaire, who were then still relatively unknown. video before starting another. (Please complete or pause one background-color: #FBECD5; Lady be Good’, sound superficially similar. 2. ), © 2009-2018 by CafeSongbook.com -- All Rights Reserved, Two Twenty-First Century Live Performances. Unlike the threadbare plots of many contemporary productions, the writers took care to craft a story that showcased the Astaires’ onstage personas. (Please complete or pause one video before starting another. would be considered flimsy in comparison to later shows that featured songs that were truly These include Lester Young's performance with Count Basie from 1936 (which includes "one of his most studied and emulated sax solos" and led to his performance with Charlie Parker in 1946), Coleman Hawkins' London recording from 1934, and the Benny Goodman trio version from 1936. Lady raised the standard for American musical comedy on almost every level. America's Songs: The Stories Behind the Songs of Broadway, Hollywood, and Tin Pan Alley, New York: Routledge, 2006. Fred Astaire was crazy about the music in the show right from his first hearing, but years later confirmed a commonly held view of the nature of the story by stating in his autobiography Steps in Time: "What the plot of Lady, Be Good! Gioia attributes the songs success both to George's "ear for the innovations of jazz" as well as to Ira's for the "new vernacular twists in the spoken language of the day." Michael Feinstein (with Ian Jackman), The Gershwins and Me: A Personal History in Twelve Songs, New York: Simon and Schuster, 2012. 306-308), Click here to read the lyrics for "Oh, Lady, Be Good!" 1925 recording of "Oh, Lady, Be Good!" 0:29The drums begin to build intensity by playing a backbeat. George and Ira, background-color: #FBECD5; “Oh, Lady Be Good.” It was so similar, yet so unlike anything she had ever heard before. Edward Jablonski It was merely a musical comedy number designed to further the plot. It was slick and tongue in cheek, a definite departure in concept and design" (Riley, p. 98-99). Miss Astaire in the new piece is as charming and entertaining a musical comedy actress as the town has seen on display in many a moon. search-form. background-color: #FBECD5; } Er wurde für das Broadway-Musical Lady, Be Good geschrieben. Players include Al Killan, Howard McGhee (trumpet), Charlie Parker, Willie Smith (alto sax), Lester Young (tenor sax), Arnold Ross (percussion), Billy Hadnott (bass), Lee Young (drums). Bill - Live From Carnegie Hall/1953. The Astaires: Fred & Adele NOTE: The sample above is just the first page preview of this item. on the album Pizzarelli Party. } They note that George Gershwin thought of the show "as an opportunity to infuse jazz into the Broadway musical." background-color: #FBECD5; (paper bound edition shown), George Gershwin: His Life and Work . ), 1974 JazzStandards.com: The premier site for the history and analysis of the standards jazz musicians play the most. Watty tries to get Susie Trevor to impersonate the Mexican's sister to help in securing his new client's share. 1968.. Museum Number S.1160-2014. 12. album: Dear Ella, Notes: without noting the extent to which jazz musicians of every generation from the time the song was written have taken it up. 113 - Happy Birthday, George! The notes came roughly, slowly piecing together the shadow of a tune. in the Cafe Songbook Record/Video Cabinet An Autobiography Can't Help Singin' The American Musical on Stage and Screen. (Please complete or pause one (Please complete or pause one body { It's songs, great as some of them were (as mentioned above, "Oh, Lady Be Good," "Fascinating Rhythm," and, until it was dropped before the Broadway opening, "The Man I Love"), were were intended mainly as a means of providing opportunities for the star performers to do their thing, though they did in most cases at least relate to the plot. Music-Video: ), 1997 1 Der Song; 2 Wirkungsgeschichte; 3 Literatur; 4 Einzelnachweise; Der Song. : Version 1 Basic online guitar lesson by Tim Lerch from Solo Jazz Pathways: Harmonic Enhancement The basic changes with a bit of root to 5th in the bass and a steady pulse. And the lyric is full of tongue-in-cheek phrases. Gershwin biographer Edward Jablonski captures the essence of what the critics missed: Though several reviewers made note of the songs they made no mention of the innovative sound, the spare sinewy melodies, the definitely non-operetta rhythms, the wit of the lyrics. } by the Carl Fenton Orchestra was made during the same month, Dec. 1924, that the show, Lady Be Good, starring Adele and Fred Astaire, opened on Broadway. Music-Video: see Main Stage, above). } The title song is sung by Catlett/Watkins to Adele/Susie to get her to be "good" to him by complying with his requests, both literal and implied. New York: Harper & Brothers Ted Gioia 1:24On bass, Walter Page relaxes from four beats to two beats to the measure. Oh, Lady, Be Good! Oh, Lady Be Good The Man I Love Trav'lin Light You're Laughing At Me The Rodgers And Hart Songbook Volume 2 Bewitched Blue Moon I Could Write A Book Torch Songs - Disc 1 Misty Torch Songs - Disc 2 But Not For Me Verve Remixed Wait Till You See Him (De-Phazz Remix) Verve Remixed 2 Slap that bass (Miguel Migs Petalpusher Remix) Verve Remixed 4 "Oh, Lady Be Good!" Urbana and Chicago: 17. Lady be Good’ that fixes itself in … 2008 shown), Walter Rimler Oh, Lady Be Good! album: My Blue Heaven (1990). Michael Lasser, As has been pointed out on the Cafe Songbook page for "Somebody Loves Me," 1924 was a pivotal year both for the Gershwin brothers as well as for Broadway itself. Ella Fitzgerald Sings The George And Ira Gershwin Song Book (Expanded Edition) 1. body { Instrumental Part in F Major. Print and Download Oh, Lady, Be Good sheet music. Even the title of the Gershwin classic, "Oh, Lady Be Good" is 1920s' slang for a Valentine’s kiss—or more—from your sweetheart. so Mr. Bullington lay on his back like an ape On the steamship voyage back to New York, George met millionaire and arts patron Otto Kahn whom he tried to interest in investing in the show. New York: ), More Performances of "Oh, Lady Be Good!" George Wein and His Newport All-Stars (both contain her 1959 studio version with Nelson Riddle arrangement). As far back as that, they had dreamed out loud to each other about how great it would be if some day George created a show that would star Fred and his sister. Nevertheless, the book for Lady Be Good! video before starting another. (Please complete or pause one like the rest of the score it comes from, is at once sassy and vulnerable, innocent and seductive, confident , yet insecure -- suggestive, satisfying and very twenties. 8. 52-54). 1:49 Young reaches the high point of his solo. Page returns to four beats to the measure. Qty * $1.99. album: If We Lived on Top of a Mountain (1968 release), Notes: the track on the above album is Similar to but not the same as the one on the video. "Fascinating Rhythm" is a popular song written by George Gershwin in 1924 with lyrics by Ira Gershwin. For the published lyric, see The Complete Lyrics of Ira Gershwin: Click here to read Cafe Songbook lyrics policy. An All Star Concert Celebration of the George Gershwin Centenary She also recorded it for the Norman Granz/Nelson Riddle Gershwin Songbook album of January, 1959, which is a "true ballad" performance that includes the brooding verse. } Although Astaire did not sing "Oh, Lady, Be Good!" Dee Dee Bridgewater Reportedly, when George played one of his songs then included in the score for Black-Eyed Susan, "The Man I Love," Kahn was so enthusiastic that he immediately put up $10,000; unaware, at the time, that the song would eventually be dropped from the show because coproducer Vinton Freedley had come to think "The Man I Love" slowed the show down. Music-Video: as sung by Ella Fitzgerald on the album The George and Ira Gershwin Songbook, as well as on the album: believe that the composer was trying to introduce jazz to Broadway in his 1924 show Lady Be Good. 4. ist ein Song von George Gershwin (Musik) und Ira Gershwin (Text) aus dem Jahr 1924. These even included productions with scores by the likes of Irving Berlin, Jerome Kern, Vincent Youmans, Noble Sissle and Eubie Blake. . --Amazon Editorial Review. body { 126-127, hard-cover, Ed.). when he starred in the original 1924 production, he claims that George Gershwin "never dreamed" of his song as a jazz song. New York: Doubleday, Gerald Mast characterizes the qualities that distinguished Lady, Be Good as modern: It was "bright and breezy . Air Mail Special. 78 rpm. The first interracial group to appear regularly in public, this outlet gave BG an opportunity to stretch out and interact with his peers. View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the 2015 CD release of Oh! -- If Mark recorded "Oh, Lady, Be Good!" What to Listen For: Relaxed, jam-session atmosphere; Rhythmic unpredictability in Lester Young's solo Reaching For The Moon. 12. body { sheet music composed by George Gershwin arranged for Piano Accompaniment. really was, at least for its time, but apparently most contemporary reviewers did not. } OH, LADY, BE GOOD! date: 1936 style: Kansas City swing form: 32-bar AABA. was I really can't remember, but do know that it was pretty stupid" (Steps in Time, pp. This recording of "Oh, Lady Be Good!" Helen Ward contributes two fine vocals but the emphasis is on the close interplay between these brilliant players." album: Fascinating Rhythm - The Broadway Gershwin 1919-1933, Notes: Whiteman's 1924 Victor recording 19551B reached #2 on the charts in April, 1925. (Please complete or pause one Ragtime and jazz had been introduced to Broadway before, but the Lady, Be Good songs transcended the popular music of honky-tonks and cabarets. Lester Young with Count Basie Artie Shaw and his Orchestra. 1987 Benny Green, British jazz saxophonist and writer, describes Astaire's performance here as follows: "When [Astaire] assumes that expression of mute appeal and requests, with a slight lilt in his voice: 'Oh, sweet and lovely, / lady be good, oh / lady be good to me,' the listener gets the sense that here is one of those rare occasions when the form and the content, the creator and the interpreter, have fused to produce something not often encountered in popular art, or indeed in anything else -- perfection" (quoted in The Fred Astaire Story guide to the album, BBC Radio 2, 1975). video before starting another. } New York: Doubleday, 1958, The Gershwins For a complete listing of songs used in the original production of this show, see IBDB song list. Like the guitar, an old tune. ), 1936 with topical themes (like bootlegging) and topical settings (from a Long Island mansion to the wild west), small casts, amiable jokes, flippant themes, Astaire dancing, and songs, songs, songs" (Mast, p. 76). body { The plot, which is far too complicated and melodramatic to render in anything close to its entirety, presents a character named Jack who was supposedly murdered in Mexico but somehow shows up in New York trying to inherit a large estate claimed by a Mexican in the name of his sister on the grounds that she had married the murdered character while vacationing south of the border. Carl "Tatti" Smith, trumpet; Lester Young, tenor saxophone; Count Basie, piano; Walter Page, bass; Jo Jones, drums. Fred Astaire's, however, was dubious, seeing the script as "hackneyed," until he and his co-star sister Adele heard the show's first song, "Oh, Lady Be Good!" Lady Be Good on Discogs. ". . (Please complete or pause one album: Jazz Plays Gershwin, Notes: Coleman Hawkins, tenor sax; Albert Harris, guitar; Tiny Winters, bass; Stanley Black, piano; London, November 18, 1934 Furthermore, George Gershwin's fame had burst forth in 1924 as much from his performances of his Rhapsody in Blue -- both in concert halls and in private salons (where he played it by request seemingly endlessly). background-color: #FBECD5; Berkeley: Univ. Form: Song. Save {{course.promo.Discount}}% with code "{{course.promo.Code}}" - Hurry, this expires in 11 days, {{promoTime}} Download This Course. Print and download Oh, Lady Be Good! became the "definitive male invocation" of the decade in the words of the British critic Benny Green. It was quickly absorbed into everyday speech as well as more esoteric literary language. It was the year George ceased writing songs for revues and ventured completely into the realm of the George Gershwin. Some commentators, however, (See Lasser and Furia, this page.) } Basie plays a simple solo. by the Carl Fenton Orchestra was made during the same month, Dec. 1924, that the show, (The best plot summary including placement of songs is found in Michael Feinstein's book. This recording of "Oh, Lady Be Good!" Fred and George had known each other since they were teenagers working at or hanging around theTin Pan Alleymusic scene. Behind him, Young starts playing a background riff figure. All such images are linked to the source from which they came (i.e. The Preludes. George Wein piano, Larry Ridley bass and Don Lamond drums. 13. a pull-out-the-stops" performance that remains one of her most popular efforts. 0:10AAt times, Basie begins to show traces of a stride foundation in his left hand. Contest in 1991. 0:59In one of the phrases, Young bends one of his pitches. of such songs as "Little Jazz Bird," "The Half of It, Dearie, Blues, and of course, "Oh, Lady Be Good" and "Fascinating Rhythm" (Jablonski, pp. Woodstock, NY: Overlook Press, 1987. Watty Watkins, the character played by Walter Catlett, is not only Dick Trevor's lawyer, but has been engaged by the Mexican to collect his sister's share of the inheritance. Stephane Grappelli Composed by: George Gershwin. Notes: This is early John Pizzarelli, over two decades before the performance on the Cafe Songbook Main Stage (above) -- featuring John Pizzarelli (guitar and vocal; Milt Hinton (Bass); Dave Mckenna (piano); Bucky Pizzarelli (guitar); Clark Terry (trumpet); Connie Kay (Drums). Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra album: After You've Gone:The Original Benny Goodman Trio And Quartet, iTunes Album Review: "Although Benny Goodman came to fame as leader of a big swinging orchestra, from nearly the beginning he always allocated some time to playing with smaller groups. Watch the Oh, Lady Be Good! (She is accompanied by Kenny Barron on the "Oh, Lady, Be Good!" of California Press Oh, Lady Be Good! 9. These changes culminated in the writing of the score for the show Lady, Be Good!, which opened on Broadway at the Liberty Theater on December 1, 1924, a date by which the year had seen some forty other musicals open on the Great White (and by 21st century standards, unimaginably busy) Way. words by Ira Gershwin, music by Geroge Gershwin, published by Chappell & Co., London ca. Ella Fitzgerald – Oh Lady Be Good. 13. 14. In fact, Lady, Be Good! "I Got Rhythm" is a piece composed by George Gershwin with lyrics by Ira Gershwin and published in 1930, which became a jazz standard. The phrase "Oh, Lady, Be Good!" Print and Download Oh, Lady Be Good! video before starting another. Sam And Delilah. ist ein Song von George Gershwin (Musik) und Ira Gershwin (Text) aus dem Jahr 1924. body { Lady Be Good on Discogs. New York: Atheneum, 1975, Wilfred Sheed, The House That George Built: With a Little Help from Irving, Cole, and a Crew of About Fifty, ), 1936 Download and Print Oh, Lady, Be Good sheet music for voice, piano or guitar by George Gershwin. The works include songs by Rogers and Hart, George Gershwin, Thelonious Monk, Duke Ellington, Brian Wilson and John Denver. background-color: #FBECD5; Like the great groups that have come before, such as Lambert, Hendricks and Ross, Singers Unlimited, Manhattan Transfer and Take 6, they have learned from the best and taken the art form to new levels. (Please complete or pause one It consists of 40 tracks of songs associated with Astaire, sung by him accompanied by the Jazz at the Philharmonic All Stars (Charlie Shavers, trumpet; Flip Phillips, tenor sax; Oscar Peterson piano and celeste,; Barney Kessel, guitar; Ray Brown, Bass; Alvin Stoller, drums. A score that scintillated and crackled with the unsentimental contemporaneity . When back in New York, Aarons and Freedley heard George and Ira's song "Oh, Lady Be Good!" 2:55AWith a sudden increase in volume, the two horns and the drums re-enter for a climactic final chorus. She had learned it from a piece of actual sheet music she had found in the lining of the case. On Sale! Blues In The Night. Thomas also quotes the New York Times review of Lady, Be Good, which demonstrates the relative status of Adele and Fred near the beginning of their careers: When she [Adele] left [New York for London] she was a graceful dancer--and she has returned not only with all her glorious grace but as a first-rate comedienne in her own right. "Oh, Lady, Be Good!" 0:00ACount Basie begins by stating the melody to George Gershwin's "Oh! fulfilled that dream being the show that truly made them, songwriter and performers alike, stars. - Live From Carnegie Hall/1949. 2:24BSmith's solo and Young's syncopated riff figure tangle in a complex polyrhythmic interaction. Digital Sheet Music - View Online and Print On-Demand. 14. video before starting another.
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