Feeling hot? Well, here's The Ramsey Lewis Trio with Summer Breeze, which is the may well be the coolest four and a half minutes of your day.
Ramsey is clearly having a whale of a time, lost in the moment, whilst drummer Morris Jennings is a model of restraint - there's a lovely bit at 0:23 that captures this perfectly. However, Cleveland Eaton on double bass deserves a special mention for his absolute commitment to the song and the moment. Whilst seated.
This performance of Summer Breeze was originally transmitted on German TV programme Musik Laden in 1973, the same year that the original version* written and recorded by The Isley Brothers appeared on their album 3+3.
It would therefore be remiss of me not to include The Isley Brothers, here with a rather wonderful version of the song from legendary US TV show Soul Train. Ernie's guitar playing is spot on, his wardrobe a homage to former bandmate Jimi Hendrix.
I wish I could take the day off work just so I could watch these on a continuous loop.
* Neither the original version of course nor written by The Isley Brothers, as the mighty Ernie Goggins has mentioned below. That would be Seals & Crofts in 1972. Following Ernie's link to view the Texan duo in action is highly recommended.
Wonderful
ReplyDeleteThey sure are, CC, they sure are.
DeleteWonderful indeed, but a slight correction. The Isleys' version is a cover as well. The original was written and recorded by this lot: https://youtu.be/1KnK3z6DKaI
ReplyDeleteMany thanks for the link and info, Ernie. Seals & Crofts! Of course, if I'd bothered looking at the composer credits.... I am familiar with this version, now that I've heard it again but it never occurred to me before now that The Isley Brothers hadn't written the song, so completely do they inhabit it. Always good to know you've got my back when it comes to the facts!
DeleteCorrection duly published, by the way.
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