Summertime -Gershwin/Van Klaveren

Summertime by Gershwin in a genius arrangement by pianist Wijnand Van Klaveren for string quintet, saxophone, harp, piano and double bass. This was recorded at the Prinsengrachtconcert in Amsterdam. Performers: Ties Mellema, Romeo Quartet, Rik Stotijn, Mirjam Overlach, Hannah Shybayeva

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Music

Tags:

• Ties
• Mellema
• Summertime
• Wijnand
• Van
• Klaveren
• Gershwin
• AVRO
• Prinsengrachtconcert
• saxophone

[MovieMorris]

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

[itsjonlikeomg]

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

[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.

[popniggers]

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

[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.

[frizzzzzzal]

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

[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

[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.

[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

[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...