Let yourself go -- Jeff Healy & Alex Pangman 2001

Let yourself go -- Jeff Healy & Alex Pangman 2001
My friend and trombonist Brian Towers just send me this message from Toronto:
""""Devastating news,friends. I have just had a call that Jeff Healey left us today (March 2). The cancer went to his pancreas and that was it. He had been to Nevada for special treatment which did not work. He was in St Joseph's hospital for palliative care at the time.He was just 41 years old with musical gifts bordering on genius A terrible loss, not just to friends, musicians and family but to music lovers the world over""".
Although Jeff was mostly known for his efforts in the rock field, his real love was in clssic jazz. He owned a large 78 rpm ccllection and next to guitar played some fine trumpet as well. He came to Vancouver with Alex in 2001 and we played a fine concert together.

Guitarist Jeff Healey plays now on trumpet and Alex Pangman sings "Let Yourself go" during a TV performance in 2001.
On Alex's first CD "They Say" she describes the tune "Let Yourself go" as follows:
"It is an Irving Berlin tune featured in the 1936 fil "Follow the Fleet" starring Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers. I was first introduced to the song myself while going through a pile of 78's I put on the vincent Lopez record with Maxine Tappan singing and wanted very much to add the song to my own repertoire right away"
The CD "They Say" can be ordered from Alex's excellent website: http://www.alexpangman.com/

Category:

Music

Tags:

• jazz
• classic
• revival
• jeff
• healey
• alex
• pangman

[PANGMAN420]

R.I.P MR HEALY.

[tdub1941]

DeeeLish!

Bob! You have a collection of real winners!

Alex is fantastic and all of these musicians are THE BEST!

RagJazzMonkey Tom Warner

[Johnny1969]

Thanks for posting this. I hadn't heard him play trumpet before. Wish they would've let him blow a chorus. R.I.P.