{"id":5862,"date":"2014-07-04T00:05:35","date_gmt":"2014-07-04T07:05:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/?p=5862"},"modified":"2014-07-04T08:29:31","modified_gmt":"2014-07-04T15:29:31","slug":"independence-day-with-fischer-and-cohn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/2014\/07\/independence-day-with-fischer-and-cohn\/","title":{"rendered":"Independence Day With Fischer and Cohn"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Happy-4th-of-July.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-5863\" src=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Happy-4th-of-July.jpg\" alt=\"Happy 4th of July\" width=\"200\" height=\"173\" \/><\/a>Today, the United States of America is celebrating the 238th anniversary of its independence. Rifftides observes the 4th of July with two versions of the song that many Americans wish was the national anthem. Pianist Clare Fischer arranged the first for his 1967 album<a href=\"http:\/\/www.discogs.com\/Clare-Fischer-Songs-For-Rainy-Day-Lovers\/release\/2373180\" target=\"_blank\"> Songs For Rainy Day Lovers<\/a>. The second version is by tenor saxophonist Al Cohn with Barry Harris, piano; Sam Jones, bass; and Leroy Williams, drums.<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Tad10l5A6R4?rel=0\" width=\"580\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qz2pKAAaBME?rel=0\" width=\"580\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Al-Cohns-America.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-5864\" src=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Al-Cohns-America.jpg\" alt=\"Al Cohn's'America\" width=\"130\" height=\"130\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Al-Cohns-America.jpg 130w, https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Al-Cohns-America-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 130px) 100vw, 130px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>footnote:<\/strong><\/em> Al<a href=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Harris-Trio-w-Cohn.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-5865\" src=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Harris-Trio-w-Cohn.jpg\" alt=\"Harris Trio w Cohn\" width=\"126\" height=\"124\" \/><\/a> Cohn recorded \u00e2\u20ac\u0153America The Beautiful\u00e2\u20ac\u009d in 1976 as part of his Xanadu LP <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/al-cohns-america-LP-COHN\/dp\/B004I4DVTG\/?_encoding=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;linkCode=ur2&amp;tag=rifftidougram-20\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Al Cohn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s America<\/em><\/a>. Recently, the Spanish company Gambit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Barry-Harris-Trio-Al-Cohn\/dp\/B00164211K\/?_encoding=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;keywords=Barry%20Harris%20Al%20Cohn&amp;linkCode=ur2&amp;qid=1404410580&amp;s=music&amp;sr=1-2&amp;tag=rifftidougram-20\" target=\"_blank\">reissued the album on CD<\/a> under Harris\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s name, with Cohn identified as a sideman. That doesn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t seem fair to the memory of a great musician, but sometimes the gambits of the reissue game are anything but fair. Whoever gets his name above the title, it&#8217;s a major item in Cohn&#8217;s discography. Cohn told Bob Blumenthal, who wrote the notes for the original LP, that his  inspiration to play &#8220;America The Beautiful&#8221; came from pianist Jimmy Rowles. Rowles recorded it, also as a bossa nova, in 1968 for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Our-Delight-Jimmy-Trio-Rowles\/dp\/B000003BCI\/?_encoding=UTF8&#038;camp=1789&#038;creative=9325&#038;linkCode=ur2&#038;qid=1404415417&#038;s=music&#038;sr=1-2&#038;tag=rifftidougram-20\"target=\"_blank\">this album<\/a>.  <\/p>\n<p>Best wishes for a fine 4th Of July weekend.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today, the United States of America is celebrating the 238th anniversary of its independence. Rifftides observes the 4th of July with two versions of the song that many Americans wish was the national anthem. Pianist Clare Fischer arranged the first for his 1967 album Songs For Rainy Day Lovers. 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