Summertime

Summertime is a made up song in 1935 by George Gershwin for her opera in three acts Porgy and Bess .

History

Gershwin started to compose this piece in December 1933 in the style Negro-spiritual . It alternates two verses of sixteen measurements and is generally played in minor D (it is sometimes played in So minor). The words are of DuBose Heyward and Ira Gershwin. It is a Berceuse which the character of Clara in the first act of the opera sings to deaden his child, taken again in counterpoint of the scene of craps, then, in act II, always by Clara, and finally, in act III, by the character of Bess. The action is in the Thirties, in South Carolina. In this America in full depression, the Blacks are the first victims of misery. However, in the court of the district Catfish Row, one drinks, one sings, one plays, one dances, even.

This piece became a Standard of jazz and was also taken again by many interpreters Pop. A regrouping of collectors of recordings of Summertime affirms to have listed has November 21st, 2007 9,223 versions and at least 21,013 public executions.

Notable interpretations

Traditional

  • Barbara Hendricks ( Tribute to George Gershwin, It' S Wonderful , 2001)
  • Duet Campion/Vachon ( Gershwin - Songbook for piano four hands , arrangement of Guy Campion, at Analekta, 1995; Grand Prix 1996 of the New Academy of the French Disc)
  • Yehudi Menuhin ( the Violin of the century, album of the 90e birthday , 2006; EMI classics): instrumental version
  • Philharmonic orchestra of London under the direction of Simon Rattle, with Cynthia Haymon (Bess), 1992

Jazz

Rock'n'roll

Drunk person, Reggae, R N B

  • Lloyd Clarke, first jamaïcain to initially take again the piece in ska in the middle of the Sixties, then a few years later in rocksteady (1968).
  • Sam Cooke (1957)
  • Angelica Kidjo ( Keep one Moving , 2002; Wrasse Records)
  • Jim Murple Memorial ( Rhythm & Blues Jamaïcain ; Potato-records): version Ska
  • Morcheeba ( Summertime , 1998; Records)
  • Jimmy Riley, version reggae rockers clouded (at the end of 70 ' S)
  • B.B. Seaton and Lloyd Charmers for a version Reggae in 1973
  • Sublimates ( Sublime , 1996, under the title Doin' Time , which is not really a recovery, but a title which uses elements and the basic melody of the song)
  • Errol Walker, with an instrumentation produced by Lee Perry, under the name of the song " In thesis times". The melody is the same one, and certain words were taken again (mid 70 ' S)
  • The Walker Brothers {{in}} (1966)
  • John William

External bond

  • SummertimeWeb
  • List of the artists which are in collection of The Summertime Connection

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