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“Spring Can Really Hang You Up the Most” by Ella Fitzgerald
A reminder of how beautiful the blues can be
No lyricist has better captured how fickle the purported season of rebirth, flowering trees and, oh yes, love can be, than Fran Landesman in the jazz classic “Spring Can Really Hang You Up the Most.” Once I was a sentimental … Continue reading
Reveling in Sadness: “Into Each Life Some Rain Must Fall” by Ella Fitzgerald
The First Lady of Jazz talks about what it means to have the blues
There’s something about the deep resonance of Ella Fitzgerald’s voice that is at once beautiful and profoundly sad. When she sings about the joys of life, each word spills from her lips like sugar drops, but when she sings the … Continue reading
”A Satisfied Mind” by Jeff Buckley
Jeff Buckley sings his own funeral song years before his death
In 1954, Joe “Red” Hayes and Jack Rhodes recorded what would become one of the most covered songs of all time. Everyone from Johnny Cash to Ella Fitzgerald has put their own special spin on “A Satisfied Mind.” The song’s … Continue reading
