Tonight I get to do just about the coolest thing anyone has ever done. Ever. I get to sing Stormy Weather in a bar/lounge accompanied by an awesome jazz trio.
Tomorrow night I get to sing it at the concert. Every year they do a jazz solo night with the chamber group at the high school where I student teach. The teacher and student teacher get to sing a solo too! And the jazz trio invited a few of us to appear with them tonight during their weekly gig at this place.
FUN! I don't get to wear red sequins, but I do get to wear sparkles. And no. They won't let me [drape myself] on the piano. Or even sit on it.
(edit= Here it is! Stormy Weather Listen to the end if you listen to anything...the first verse is rather crappy on my part.)
[ June 13, 2005, 07:28 PM: Message edited by: Narnia ]
Posted by ElJay (Member # 6358) on :
You should totally get to lay on the piano. But it still sounds like fun. Posted by Princess Leah (Member # 6026) on :
Isn't it great when that sort of opportunity presents itself? I got to lounge on the piano during our school musical and I nearly fainted with delight. I didn't get as cool a song, though... *jealous*
Yay! Sparkles! Have a great time!
Posted by Shan (Member # 4550) on :
Not let you lay on the piano? What gives! Jeesh - the nerve of some people! Good luck!
Posted by Bob_Scopatz (Member # 1227) on :
Well, you could always snuggle up to the drummer. I bet he'd let you perch on his snare if you smiled nicely.
Posted by Shan (Member # 4550) on :
Not the snare, Bob - goodness! That'd muffle the rattling sound!
Posted by Kwea (Member # 2199) on :
From the drummer, or Narnia? Posted by mr_porteiro_head (Member # 4644) on :
Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
That's awesome. Make sure you growl a little here and there-- it's that kind of song, you know. Posted by King of Men (Member # 6684) on :
Maybe if you used the right word? You want to lie on the piano. Laying is for hens.
Posted by kojabu (Member # 8042) on :
Eh, humans can lay too, just in the past.
Posted by Brinestone (Member # 5755) on :
And if they're using the transitive verb.
And by the way, Narnia, that sounds like something you need to have pictures of. Ask a friend to come and bring a camera. Posted by Narnia (Member # 1071) on :
Tonight was a total blast! So fun to be backed up by such wonderful musicians.
I'll try to get pics of tomorrow night, but there's definitely going to be a recording. Posted by Steev (Member # 6805) on :
I love how the aspect of lounge singing is synonymous to draping ones self over a piano. I honestly have no idea why that amuses me so much. My mind thinks of it as some sort of parody but I can't think of why.
Anyway, I can't wait to hear the recording!
Posted by Dagonee (Member # 5818) on :
Ooh, sounds like fun. I'm sure you were scorchin'!
Posted by Brinestone (Member # 5755) on :
Glad to hear it was fun! And it made me giggle to see how you edited the thread title. Posted by Narnia (Member # 1071) on :
Disclaimer: Listen to it to the end. The beginning stinks on my part. But isn't the jazz combo great?
I contemplate my jazz abilities and realize...they're very few. But I'm learning. I just can't escape the fact that I'm a classically trained singer...I end up not sounding as jazzy as I thought. Posted by Narnia (Member # 1071) on :
Ugh. On second thought, don't listen to the first verse at all.
[ June 14, 2005, 02:30 AM: Message edited by: Narnia ]
Posted by Dagonee (Member # 5818) on :
*wolf whistle*
You definitely hit your stride about halfway through. You have a beautiful, pure voice. You'd have to undo some of the work you put into getting that voice - carve in some rough edges - to really do the jazz thing. But the song was beautiful, and the combo was great.
Try smoking a cigarette right before you go onstage. Posted by Teshi (Member # 5024) on :
Wow. Awesome.
*steals to add to music collection*
Posted by Narnia (Member # 1071) on :
Thanks you guys. (You're totally right Dag. I think I should have done it in a lower key too, don't you? That might have made it a little more....belty.)
Posted by MattB (Member # 1116) on :
This is great, Cecily.
*takes it, too*
Posted by Ryuko (Member # 5125) on :
Beeeeeyoootiful. I'd take it if I could.
Posted by hansenj (Member # 4034) on :
SO cool, Cecily! You sounded beautiful. Posted by Boris (Member # 6935) on :
Woohoo!!!
*cheers*
Posted by JonnyNotSoBravo (Member # 5715) on :
You were great, Cecily! That must have been so much fun to do!
Posted by JemmyGrove (Member # 6707) on :
I think you sound great. I like the cigarette idea, though. And the first verst isn't bad -- it's really pretty clean. If anything it's just too straight.
I know this was just for the combo . . .
Posted by Raia (Member # 4700) on :
Lovely! *steals too*
(edit: I just showed you off to my entire family, proudly going "I know her! That's Cecily!" They were very impressed. )
[ June 14, 2005, 04:38 AM: Message edited by: Raia ]
Posted by Farmgirl (Member # 5567) on :
Wonderful singing!
However -- my heart now belongs to that pianist! Oh my goodness! He/She really can make the ivories talk!
Farmgirl
Posted by katharina (Member # 827) on :
Wow - I'm so impressed!
Posted by Choobak (Member # 7083) on :
I love this song ! Narnia, i hope heard your mp3 in my home tonight.
Posted by Narnia (Member # 1071) on :
Thanks you guys for all the compliments, they make me blush.
It was a lot of fun and I hope I can arrange it so my high school kids get a chance to do something like it with this combo. They're called Tall Jazz (www.talljazz.com) and they come in and work with the kids...it's so cool.
(Farmgirl, the pianist is a he. He's an extremely tall, very attractive 40 something that I rather liked....
Ahem! Yeah, he's talented, isn't he?)
Posted by Farmgirl (Member # 5567) on :
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Thanks you guys. (You're totally right Dag. I think I should have done it in a lower key too, don't you? That might have made it a little more....belty.)