Summertime -Gershwin/Van Klaveren

[kdsf12]

Umm... clarinet? Go listen to the clarinet. Listen for the vibrato.

Don't worry, I'll be here when you get back. Really. I'll be here.

[frizzzzzzal]

yuk. classical musicians trying to play swung 8ths. sounds like dick fucking shit on the fourth of july

[SuperSax875]

They're not trying to swing they're playing dotted eighth sixteenth, as Gershwin originally wrote it. These are all good enough musicians to play swing well if they needed to.

[popniggers]

@SuperSax875 but i want to hear the scoops lol jk sounds great and good point lol

[stanpaulartzoot]

c'est nul !!!!! plat, moche affreux....

[tombokickass]

tbh he might as well of played a clarinet, i sounds the same, basically, matey, your sounds isnt beefy enough i know everyone will be like "omg shut up he is amazing" yeah, saxes arent meant to sound 10/10 cos that boring, they need some soul, man

[woodencardboard]

Agreed. It's a shame the tune is so classically framed, too. It reminds me of the other version of summertime on here, with the operatic soprano. Ella wouldn't sing it like that, and Coltrane wouldn't play it like this.

Style aside, I thought this was wonderful.

[Janeznobeden]

yeah ... the 1st part could be clarinet, but when you listen to the lower notes you can (I can) tell it's alto saxophone

And saxes sure don't sound 10/10 so thumbs up for you

[vfw87]

Not a fan. Where's the rasp and feeling? A sax shouldn't sound like a clarinet.

[csillaout89]

this music for me is a fairyland, creey-crawly, glooseflesh...

[MovieMorris]

damn...would have thought first that is a clarinet sound...so clean...

[iSax1234]

i like this arrangement and this is a killer sax player one dude commented mistaking it for a clarinet its a beautiful classical sound..any one know his set up?

[harveyardman]

Anyone who interferes with this perfect melody risks real trouble and these folks are no exception. The added material doesn't really add anything and it is not in the same spirit of the original.

[RodEOpallo]

hey, does anyone know the name of one of Gershwin's tunes that someone later added lyrics to and made it a pop tune??? sorry for the vagueness!!!! It's like asking "hey, do you know that one guy from the U.S.? ha Seems like it may have been 'smile' or something happy like that....Thanks in advance!

[bethandowen]

"Doin' Time" by sublime.

[DILLMAN10001110101]

You may be thinking of Big Brother & Holding Company, who covered it in 1968

[Clau62]

Bello!!

[wbiro]

I like the arrangement (the clarinetist could have use more soul, however!); and I was intrigued by the foreign interpretation and cultural mix infused in the piece, sort of Porgy meets Beethoven... it would, however, be more of a masterpiece if the lyrics were sung, since they are so powerful and heartfelt gliding above the syncopated chord changes...

[wbiro]

*sax! (shoulda been lookin')

[catelijne77]

Wijnand, wat een prachtig arrangement. Groetjes!

[coliflower10]

were playing this in school, I already knew the song though, it's good. And these guys are better then are band aha

[ladomi7962]

J'ADORE CET ARRANGEMENT !

[Smolley28]

This is pretty good, the beginning is a bit weak though; just an opinion.

[invocan]

Beautiful arrangement....

[beukehaag]

heej! Wijnand! wist niet dat je zo mooi kon arrangeren!!

En mooi gespeeld!!

Greetz ook van Nander!

Melissa

[mart3442]

mmm, Gershwin was Jazz then? Not really, go and do your homework.

[KennethNishimoto]

Gershwin would be ashamed. Damn classical players trying to pull off jazz. They ought to stick to Well-Tempered Clavier selections.

[enigmaglue]

Gershwin is the original composer of Summertime..This is organised quite differently

[KennethNishimoto]

*wank wank wank*

[enigmaglue]

Meh, piss off

[KennethNishimoto]

*wankwankwankwank*

[calogria]

Go buy yourself some ears. This is not jazz! It is an ARRANGEMENT! Extremely beautiful, I might add...

[omghahaitsrey]

i agree lol, its better when its a quartet for orchestra.

pretty easy piece to by the way, only took like overall 5 hours to pretty much perfect and play.

[terminator007007]

he he hee..funny comment. lol

[itsjonlikeomg]

that's funny, because summertime wasn't even a jazz song originally. it was part of the operetta "Porgy and Bess".

[vlamwong]

What a beautiful sound