Beguine a Medley played on the Yamaha Tyros 3

Beguine a Medley played live on the Yamaha Tyros 3
The beguine is a dance, similar to a slow rumba, that was very modestly popular in the 1930s, coming from the islands of Guadeloupe and Martinique, where the Martinique beguine is a slow close dance with a roll of hips.

The beguine music form comes from Martinique where in local Creole Beke or Begue means a White person. Beguine is the female form of Begue and it is a combination of local, Latin and French dance music forms that once created was frequently requested by the hostesses of dances in Martinique. From there bands and requests for the form had spread to Paris.

After Cole Porter wrote the song "Begin the Beguine", the dance became more widely known beyond the Caribbean. The song was introduced in Porter's Jubilee (1935), with a book by Moss Hart and added dialogue by Monty Woolley. Artie Shaw and his Orchestra had a top (#3) hit with an extended swing orchestral version in 1938.

Then MGM brought out the musical film Broadway Melody of 1940 in which Fred Astaire and Eleanor Powell danced "Begin the Beguine".

Then all the big bands recorded it: Harry James, Benny Goodman, Tommy Dorsey, Glenn Miller, and it became such a classic that the painter Max Beckmann adopted the title for a painting in 1946 (now at University of Michigan Museum of Art), which might be closer in spirit to Charlie Parker's version. Renditions by Frank Sinatra and Ella Fitzgerald are standards against which new interpretations are often measured.

The second most famous beguine -- though few people realize it -- is Beneath The Southern Cross which was written circa 1952 by Richard Rodgers for the musical score to Victory at Sea. Rogers and Oscar Hammerstein later used this same beguine melody for their musical Me and Juliet in the famous Broadway song No Other Love.

Elvis Presley co-wrote and recorded his own song in 1962 based on the Cole Porter song entitled You'll Be Gone.

In 1998 the title was taken for a fantasy romance film directed by Raymond DeFelitta that starred Elijah Wood.

There are line dance choreographies for the beguine on the Internet.

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[penquinbum]

Great sound. Great playing. Thanks for putting it on here..

[kevyk45]

Cheers penquinbum

Welcome to my channel and thanks for your comment

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Kevin

[KenW39]

Hi Kev,

Excellent playing, Excellent Keyboard

Ken

Florida

[kevyk45]

HI Ken

Many thanks, glad you liked it

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Kevin

[esther17ify]

very nice!! nice sounds as well, where did you get the intro from? chris good little medley, i do all those myself , they fit together quite well!!

[kevyk45]

Hi esther17ify

Thanks so much, glad you enjoyed it

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Kevin

[kevyk45]

Hi Mike

Thank you so much...good to hear from you, I'm glad you enjoyed this one...all the best

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Kevin

[mikefox1974]

Very very good job !! Great, fantastic your version of "Arrivederci Roma", at 2:30 !!! I like so much your performance !

Best greetings from Roma

Mike

[kevyk45]

Hi Pieruzek

Thank you for your comment

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Kevin

[musicroman]

Very nice song