In questa ottava puntata vi raccontiamo la meravigliosa storia di una delle canzoni che vanta più cover in assoluto: Summertime. Scritta da Gershwin per l’opera Porgy & Bess, ha saputo spaziare attraverso ogni genere esistente: dal jazz di Miles Davis al rock, dal soul al pop di Lana Del Rey.

Sigla:
Mosolà, Arsène Duevi, Musicamorfosi, 2016

Lista canzoni contenute:
"Aria" from Suite No 3 in D, J.S. Bach, Swingle Singers, Philips, 1963
Summertime, G. Gershwin, I. Gershwin, D. Heyward, Abbie Mitchell, Mark56 Records, 1974 (1935)
Summertime/Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child, Mahalia Jackson, Columbia, 1956
Summertime, Billie Holiday and Her Orchestra, Vocalion, 1936
On the sunny side of the street, Esperanza Spalding, live at the White House, 2016
Summertime, Sam Cooke and The Bumps Blackwell Orchestra, Keen Records, 1957
Summertime, Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong, Verve Records, 1959
Summertime, Miles Davis with Orchestra under the direction of Gil Evans, Columbia, 1959
Summertime, Janis Joplin, Big Brother and the Holding Company, Columbia, 1968
Summertime, Paolo Fresu, Bluebird, 2002
Summertime (from Porgy and Bess), Raphael Gualazzi, Edel Music, 2005
Doin’ Time, Lana Del Rey, Polydor/Interscope, 2019
Doin’ Time, Sublime, MCA, 1996
Summertime, Sarah Vaughan, Harold Mooney And His Orchestra, Verve Records, 1957

Link di approfondimento:
https://oer.galileo.usg.edu/arts-textbooks/1/
https://www.wfmt.com/2018/09/10/the-true-origins-of-gershwins-summertime/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pw1soEV-VPc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJJ-rt1sy20