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Sometimes I wonder: the music of Hoagy Carmichael

by J. KYLE GREGORY & PAOLO BIRRO

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Lazy river 06:51
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Come easy, go easy love 03:53
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The nearness of you 05:33
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Riverboat shuffle 05:14
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Rockin’ chair 07:09
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Little old lady 05:38
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Georgia on my mind 05:36
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I get along without you very well 04:51
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In the cool, cool, cool of the evening 03:56
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Skylark 06:58
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Heart and soul 04:45
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Stardust 08:06
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Recorded at Verona, on 9th February 2012, by Roberto Cetoli.


Nativo dell’Indiana come il trombettista J Kyle Gregory, Hoagy
Carmichael (1899– 1981) è uno dei più importanti compositori americani
di musica popolare, fra i primi autori ad esser inserito nella “Songwriters
Hall of Fame”, fondata nel 1969 da Johnny Mercer. Carmichael,
laureatosi in legge nel 1926, solo dopo il grande successo
di Stardust (1927) decise di dedicarsi a tempo pieno alla musica. Fra gli
anni ’20 e ’40 ha scritto canzoni che hanno fatto la storia della musica
popolare, come Riverboat Shuffle , Rockin’ Chair , Washboard Blues,
Skylark, The nearness of you, Georgia on My Mind e Lazy River. Nel
1951 ha vinto l’Oscar per la migliore canzone originale con In the cool,
cool, cool of the evening, presente nel film di Frank Capra “E’ arrivato lo
sposo” (Here comes the groom), con Bing Crosby. Tutti i brani sopra
citati sono stati selezionati da Paolo Birro e Kyle Gregory per questo
delicato e sentito omaggio al grande compositore americano. Un duo
per niente improvvisato il loro, che affonda le radici nel lavoro comune
svolto all’interno della Lydian Sound Orchestra di Riccardo Brazzale, e
culminato in questa splendida registrazione dal vivo, realizzata poco
prima che il trombettista decidesse di tornare a stabilirsi, per esigenze
familiari, negli Stati Uniti. Appaiono calzanti, a tal proposito, le note di
copertina scritte dal padre, Jerry Gregory, che gioca sul concetto di
appartenenza alla comunità degli “hoosier” (ovvero gli abitanti dello
stato dell’Indiana), e scrive: “Hoagy ha condiviso a distanza di sei
decenni il campus dell’Università dell’Indiana con Kyle, il nostro
trombettista. Lo stile versatile di Carmichael è punteggiato dai suoi
squilli focosi. Paolo con il suo pianoforte conferisce al tutto una dolce
malinconia. Questo duo così variamente assortito – Indiana e Italia –
esalta l’incredibile varietà della musica di Hoagy”. E’ un jazz intriso di
gioioso lirismo, raffinato ed intenso il loro, dove l’improvvisazione,
seppur molto libera, non abbandona mai completamente il canovaccio
armonico e melodico dei brani affrontati, preservandone la preziosa
bellezza, cosa che solitamente riesce soltanto ai jazzisti più sensibili e
preparati, categoria a cui senza dubbio appartengono sia Kyle Gregory
che Paolo Birro.

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Born in Indiana like the trumpeter J Kyle Gregory, Hoagy Carmichael
(1899–1981) is one of the most important American composers in
popular music. He was one of the first authors to be included in the
“Songwriters Hall of Fame”, founded in 1969 by Johnny Mercer.
Carmichael graduated in law in 1926. Only after the great success
of Stardust (1927) he decided to devote himself to music full time.
Between the ‘20s and the ‘40s he wrote songs that have built the
popular music history, such as Riverboat Shuffle, Rockin’ Chair, Skylark,
The nearness of you, Georgia on My Mind and Lazy River. In 1951 he
won the Oscar for best original song with In the cool, cool, cool of the
evening, which was featured in Frank Capra’s film «Here comes the
groom», with Bing Crosby. All the songs referred to above have been
selected by Paolo Birro and Kyle Gregory for this delicate and heart–felt
homage to the great American composer. Paolo and Kyle’s duo isn’t an
improvised one. It has its roots in their common work with the Riccardo
Brazzale’s Lydian Sound Orchestra, and culminates in this wonderful
live recording, realised a little before the trumpeter decided to go back
to live in the USA, for family reasons. In this context, the liner notes
written by Kyle’s father, Jerry Gregory, look suitable. Jerry plays on the
concept of belonging to the “hoosier” community (which refers to the
inhabitants of the State of Indiana), and writes: “Hoagy has shared the
campus of the University of Indiana with Kyle, our trumpeter, even if six
decades before. The versatile style of Carmichael is punctuated with
Kyle’s fiery blasts. Paolo lends a mild melancholy to the recording with
his piano. This duo so variously matched – Indiana and Italy – enhancesthe extraordinary variety of Hoagy’s music”. Their music is a refined andintense jazz, dripping with joyful lyricism. Here improvisation, while largely free, never abandons completely the harmonic and melodic outline of the songs played, preserving their precious beauty. This is something that is usually achieved only by the most sensitive and experienced jazz players, a category surely including Gregory and Birro.

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released October 24, 2023

J. Kyle Gregory (trumpet, flugelhorn, pocket trumpet), Paolo Birro (piano).

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