Arrangers
This edition of Pates Place we’re going to delve into the field of different arrangements of the same song.
SURREY WITH THE FRINGE ON TOP as played by
George Shearing on How Beautiful Is Night
Ahmad Jamal on Okeh Jazz compilation
and the Gene Harris and the Philip Morris SuperBand on Live at Town Hall, arranged by John Clayton
LOVE YOU MADLY by
Ella Fitzgerald on Best of the Verve Song Books: Love Songs
Oscar Peterson on The Soul of Oscar Peterson
WORK SONG by
Milt Jackson on Oscar Peterson with Milt Jackson Work Song/Reunion Blues 1963
Billy Eckstine & Quincy Jones on Live at Basin Street East
I’VE GOT YOU UNDER MY SKIN by
Lu Elliott on Lu Elliott Sings Way Out From Down Under (1967 out of print)
Diana Krall on When I Look In Your Eyes
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October 16th, 2009 at 6:40 pm
Dear Mr. Pate,
I’ve been enjoying Pate’s Place very much! You have so much great information here and I have enjoyed how you “put it all together.”
Arrangers and arrangements of songs are topics that I have been really interested in. Particularly, an album that you did with Shirley Horn, “Travelin’ Light.” I love that album: “Big City,” “Yes I Know When I’ve Had It” and all the others are fantastic. I have been working on transcribing your arrangements from that date in order to learn how you guys do what you do! Would you ever consider commenting on that album and your arrangements for your site here? Many thanks for the beautiful music–
Jayn