Songs For A Hot Summer Night
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August is a month for moving at a relaxed pace, so it's a perfect time to seek out a tall cool one and some music to go with it. Below are five tunes to help you find the happily you're ever after.
Songs For A Hot Summer Night
Return to Paradise
Shirley Horn
- Song: Return to Paradise
- from Here's to Life
When Shirley Horn phrases a thought, we all get to come along. Johnny Mandel's arranging ensures a quiet ride.
Summertime (Miles Davis)
Miles Davis/Gil Evans
- Song: Summertime (Miles Davis)
- from Porgy and Bess
There are many treatments of this Gershwin classic, but none makes you reach for the ceiling fan quicker than this Miles Davis and Gil Evans collaboration.
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Slow Hot Wind
Joe Locke Quartet
- Song: Slow Hot Wind
- from Moment to Moment
The book of Henry Mancini has gems for each season. Joe Locke gives us a quartet breeze to please, exchanging ideas with pianist Billy Childs, bassist Eddie Gomez and drummer Gene Jackson. It's not slow, but it sure is hot.
Cantaloupe Island
Herbie Hancock, Freddie Hubbard, Joe Henderson, Ron Carter, Tony Williams
- Song: Cantaloupe Island
- from One Night With Blue Note [DVD & CD]
After a period of inactivity, the Blue Note label returned to the front line with an all-star concert on Feb. 22, 1985. After the concert's opening selection, heard here, it became clear that the world would welcome this new energy from one of the premier labels in the world of jazz. The entire concert, with many more fabulous musicians, is out on DVD.
Lush Life
Joe Henderson
- Song: Lush Life
- from Lush Life: The Music of Billy Strayhorn
The scene was Rudy Van Gelder's studio in Englewood Cliffs, N.J. It's the end of the session, with the music of Billy Strayhorn: duets, trios, quartets and quintets. For the finale, all the lights in the studio were turned off. You couldn't see Joe Henderson through the glass, but you could hear him — more than four minutes of pure magic with a man and his horn. It's the perfect companion to any hot August night.