Taimaine Gardner – Taimane’s Toccatta by Bach on Ukulele
An evening pause: Hat tip Lee Stevenson.
Tag: music
Dave Brubeck Quartet – Take Five
<An evening pause: Recorded live on television sometime in the 1960s. Paul Desmond (alto sax), Joe Morello (drums), Eugene Wright (bass) and Dave Brubeck (piano).
Hat tip Willi Kusche.
Puddles Pity Party & Haley Reinhart – Mad World
An evening pause: A very nice cover of the Tears for Fears song.
Hat tip Matt in AZ.
Nils Lofgren – Dream Big
An evening pause: As the man says, “Dream big, work hard, be humble.”
Hat tip Mike Nelson, who notes that Loftgren is also Bruce Springsteen’s lead guitarist.
John Moore – Paint It Black
An evening pause: Nice bluegrass cover of a Rolling Stones song.
Hat tip Sayomara.
Crowded House – Weather with you
An evening pause: From a 1993 live concert. With some audience participation!
Hat tip Insominous.
Puccini – Madam Butterfly
An evening pause: Performed by Ying Huang, from the 1995 French film, Madam Butterfly, of Puccini’s opera.
Hat tip Edward Thelen.
André Rieu – Zorba’s Dance (Sirtaki)
An evening pause: From the Mikis Theodorakis score for the 1964 film, Zorba the Greek.
Hat tip Jim Mallamace.
Davey Graham – She Moves Through The Fair
An evening pause: Hat tip Insomnious.
John Williams – Theme from Jaws
An evening pause: Performed by the Boston Pops orchestra.
Hat tip to Phil Berardelli, author of Phil’s Favorite 500: Loves of a Moviegoing Lifetime. As Phil noted to me, “The audience seems to love it.” I think many of them had seen the film, and when they heard that first note couldn’t help feeling a deep down bit of squeamish nervousness about what it signified.
Tina S – Moonlight Sonata, 3rd Movement
An evening pause: This will make an interesting contrast with the previous two evening pauses.
Hat tip t-dub.
The Peasall Sisters – Farther Along
An evening pause: This is a lovely performance, but I’m not sure which is cuter, the kids singing or the adults in the audience urging them on.
Hat tip Jim Mallamace.