{"id":8271,"date":"2017-03-20T13:01:35","date_gmt":"2017-03-20T20:01:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/?p=8271"},"modified":"2017-03-21T17:59:42","modified_gmt":"2017-03-22T00:59:42","slug":"spring-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/2017\/03\/spring-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"Spring 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-8272\" src=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Monarch-Lilacs-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"187\" \/>In the northern hemisphere, it is the first day of spring. In our corner of the Pacific Northwest, the season dawned grey, cloudy and looking as if any minute the sky might open up with rain rather than sunshine. We\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re compensating with a photograph that expresses hope. Coming out of a relentlessly snowy winter around here, spring is in our hearts, if not in our weather forecast.<\/p>\n<p>I awakened with the back of my mind repeating the melody of a classic 1943 Jimmy Van Heusen-Johnny Burke song. Let\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s listen to two versions of \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Suddenly It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Spring.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d The first is by Frank Sinatra <a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2n1nlCN\" target=\"_blank\">from an album<\/a> evidently made up of previously unissued recordings. Unfortunately, the sound remastering fails to match the quality of Sinatra\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s singing, but he&#8221;\u00a0captures the song\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s essence.<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bWINHw-Zm7k\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Over the years, many jazz artists have recorded \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Suddenly It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Spring,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Among them Phil Woods, Kenny Dorham, George Shearing, Al Cohn, Nikki Parrott, Zoot Sims and Dave Pell. The recording I keep going back to is Stan Getz\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s 1955 version with Conte Candoli, trumpet; Lou Levy, piano: Leroy Vinnegar, bass; and Shelly Manne, drums. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s from Getz\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s <em><a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2n1lBcB\" target=\"_blank\"><em>West Coast Jazz<\/em><\/a><\/em> album.<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FN0-kRIN3Ug\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Have a happy spring.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Addendum<\/strong> (3\/21\/17): It just came to my attention that &#8220;Suddenly It&#8217;s Spring&#8221; is one of 13 Burke &amp; Van Heusen songs in <a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2nkDHsh\" target=\"_blank\">Burke Beautiful<\/a>, a new album by <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-8278\" src=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Burke-Beautiful.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Burke-Beautiful.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Burke-Beautiful-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Burke-Beautiful-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/>singer Sarah Paige and pianist Keith Ingham. Ms. Paige&#8217;s sensitive delivery of the lyric and melody is a pleasure. The veteran pianist Ingham accompanies her beautifully throughout the CD. Of the three songs not composed by Van Heusen, Burke wrote his own music for the seldom-heard &#8220;He Makes Me Feel I&#8217;m Lovely&#8221; and collaborated with Duke Ellington on another rarity, &#8220;A Hundred Dreams From Now.&#8221; Bob Haggart was Burke&#8217;s composer partner for &#8220;What&#8217;s New?&#8221; one of the great non-rarities among popular songs. This unheralded collection is a vital introduction to,&#8221;\u00a0or reminder of,&#8221;\u00a0one of America&#8217;s finest songwriters.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the northern hemisphere, it is the first day of spring. In our corner of the Pacific Northwest, the season dawned grey, cloudy and looking as if any minute the sky might open up with rain rather than sunshine. 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