{"id":5902,"date":"2014-07-24T23:18:28","date_gmt":"2014-07-25T06:18:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/?p=5902"},"modified":"2014-07-24T23:18:28","modified_gmt":"2014-07-25T06:18:28","slug":"happy-24th-of-july","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/2014\/07\/happy-24th-of-july\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy 24th Of July"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[contextly_auto_sidebar id=&#8221;oqj7POV80m5kZ98FdwmOIFAgSvhiCJun&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p>Today\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s cycling expedition through eastern Washington\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Naches Valley took me where orchard country and cattle country merge for a few miles. Waving above a prosperous looking ranch house was this enormous American flag.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Naches-Flag-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Naches-Flag-1.jpg\" alt=\"Naches Flag 1\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5903\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Naches-Flag-1.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Naches-Flag-1-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A mile or so up the road, another rancher was not to be outdone.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Naches-Flag-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Naches-Flag-2.jpg\" alt=\"Naches Flag 2\" width=\"500\" height=\"344\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5904\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Naches-Flag-2.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Naches-Flag-2-300x206.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>The flags reminded me of two versions of \u00e2\u20ac\u0153America The Beautiful\u00e2\u20ac\u009d that I did not include in the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/2014\/07\/independence-day-with-fischer-and-cohn.html\"target=\"_blank\">4th of July <em>Rifftides<\/em> post<\/a>. There are several videos of the song by Ray Charles. This one with the Raelettes is seen less often than most. He perfected a routine for this piece, but within the pattern every performance was an original, because it was by Ray Charles.<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JRIimS-6tCs?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><p>The other \u00e2\u20ac\u0153America The Beautiful\u00e2\u20ac\u009d is by a trombonist we lost in 2003. Carl Fontana was held in awe by colleagues and aficionados. He deserved wider fame for his musicality, swing, astonishing control of his instrument and the humor in his work. <\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/SmL_UOwpI4I?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Carl Fontana, trombone; Al Cohn, tenor Saxophone; Richard Wyands, piano; Ray Drummond, bass; Akira Tana, drums, from  Uptown Records&#8217; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/The-Great-Fontana-Carl\/dp\/B00000AFAS\/?_encoding=UTF8&#038;camp=1789&#038;creative=9325&#038;linkCode=ur2&#038;tag=rifftidougram-20\"target=\"_blank\"><em>The Great Fontana<\/em><\/a>. For an extended live version of \u00e2\u20ac\u0153America The Beautiful\u00e2\u20ac\u009d by Fontana, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=iBzXTqJYrms\"target=\"_blank\">go here<\/a>. The audio quality is a bit compressed, but you can hear everyone. Your close attention will be rewarded. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[contextly_auto_sidebar id=&#8221;oqj7POV80m5kZ98FdwmOIFAgSvhiCJun&#8221;] Today\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s cycling expedition through eastern Washington\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Naches Valley took me where orchard country and cattle country merge for a few miles. Waving above a prosperous looking ranch house was this enormous American flag. A mile or so up the road, another rancher was not to be outdone. 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