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Can't Buy Me Love (Recording), Gary Smart
Can't Buy Me Love (Recording), Gary Smart
Gary Smart
"Can't Buy Me Love" is an interpretation of the Lennon-McCartney classic performed on piano. It is from "Beatle Jazz," released by Mastersound Recordings in 1998.
Let It Be (Recording), Gary Smart
Let It Be (Recording), Gary Smart
Gary Smart
"Let It Be" is an interpretation of the Lennon-McCartney classic performed on piano. It is from "Beatle Jazz," released by Mastersound Recordings in 1998.
Singing The Blues (Recording), Gary Smart
Singing The Blues (Recording), Gary Smart
Gary Smart
The pop song “Singing the Blues” was written in 1920 by a team of composers (Robinson-Conrad-Lewis-Young) and was recorded that year by both the Original Dixieland Jass Band and singer Aileen Stanley. Both recordings were on the Victor label. But the inspiration for my improvisation here is the famous 1927 recording on the Okeh label by Bix Beiderbecke and his group. Bix’s jazz is not as brilliant as that of Louis Armstrong, nor is it as dramatic. But it is wonderful stuff, more sophisticated harmonically and more purely melodic. It is serene and musical. I have long loved this style. …