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  1. "I began to realize how hard it is to really play a ballad...One of the old-guard jazz guys had come up to me and said, `Yeah, I heard you messing up the melody of 'Lament'.... All that mattered to that guy was that I didn’t play the bridge correctly. It made me start to think about what was important in playing ballads. I decided it was not just stating the melody...it was playing emotionally.” BranfordMarsalis.com, Discography, Eternal #Jazz #jazzsaxophone #jazzquartet
    youtu.be/kCwEnlPiBQU?si=Gj6Wo5

  2. Originally a Hungarian song whose lyrics concerned the kind of despair brought on by war, Gloomy Sunday was popularized in the US by #jazz artists such as Billie Holiday. The drastic threat to #democracy in the #US is my reason for posting, though I love #BranfordMarsalis 's take and listen to it often. The lyrics may cause serious despair, but this instrumental take avoids that while conveying plenty of emotion.
    #BillieHoliday #GloomySunday #RezsoSeress #JazzSaxophone
    youtu.be/kCwEnlPiBQU