Sonhos, Pesadelos and an American Tune
Listen to this week's show Dreams and nightmares this week on Caminhos do Jazz. Performers include Maria Bethânia , Gal Costa , Nação Zumbi , Music for a While , Jorge Continentino , Lionel Loueke , Alaide Costa , Ben Webster Bill Charlap . We'll hear Kurt Elling 's breathtaking rendition of Paul Simon 's " American Tune ." The set ends with its seed, Charlap's elegantly simple take on Leonard Bernstein and Stephen Sondheim 's " Somewhere ." Time permitting, we'll follow that up with a short take from Dave Brubeck Quartet with Peter, Paul and Mary . Até lá, see you there. As a bonus, here's Rhiannon Giddens sitting in with Simon, offering her aptly altered lyric. And, below it, a poignant pandemic video of an adaptation entitled "Because We All Are Brothers," with a lyric by Tom Glazer and Pete Seeger . The tune, a hymn, goes back to the Middle Ages, and there are many other versions, including J.S. Bach's chor...
