Jazz Standards (XXXVII)

(Dados Biográficos In Wikipédia e In AllMusic.Com - Todos os excertos das biografias foram adaptados e algumas vezes traduzidos por Ricardo Santos)               

                      

(Sobre o tema em questão, algumas palavras retiradas de “in

http://www.jazzstandards.com/compositions/index.htm” - adaptação e tradução por Ricardo Santos)                  

                  

Just One of Those Things (#74) - Letra e Música de Cole Porter 

June Knight e Charles Walters apresentaram “Just One Of Those Things” no musical “Jubilee” da Broadway que se estreou a 12 de Outubro de 1935, no “Imperial Theatre” e que se manteve em cena durante 169 exibições. “Jubilee” era uma sátira política que contava a história de um rei deposto e de uma rainha que foram forçados a tornarem-se incógnitos no seu próprio país.             

                     

Ella Fitzgerald (Newport News, 25-04-1917 — Beverly Hills, 15-06-1996) - Em 1957, num concerto realizado no "Het Concertgebouw", em Amsterdão. Apresentada pelo produtor de "Jazz at the Philharmonic", Norman Granz. Pianista privado Don Abney, e com uma incrível secção rítmica com Ray Brown (contrabaixo), Herb Ellis (guitarra) e Jo Jones (bateria).               

                     

                  

                          

Letra (versão de Ella Fitzgerald)            

                  

As Dorothy Parker once said

To her boyfriend, "fare thee well"

As Columbus announced

When he knew he was bounced,

"it was swell, Isabel, swell"

As Abelard said to Eloise,

"don’t forget to drop a line to me, please"

As Juliet cried, in her Romeo’s ear,

"Romeo, why not face the fact, my dear"         

               

It was just one of those things

Just one of those crazy flings

One of those bells that now and then rings

Just one of those things

It was just one of those nights

Just one of those fabulous flights

A trip to the moon on gossamer wings

Just one of those things

If we’d thought a bit, of the end of it

When we started painting the town

We’d have been aware that our love affair

Was too hot, not to cool down

So good-bye, dear, and amen

Here’s hoping we meet now and then

It was great fun

But it was just one of those things

If we’d thought a bit, of the end of it

When we started painting the town

We’d have been aware that our love affair

Was too hot, not to cool down

So good-bye, dear, and amen

Here’s hoping we meet now and then

It was great fun

But it was just one of those things

Just one of those things                    

                    

Doris Day (Cincinnati, Ohio, USA, 03-04-1922 - 20xx) - Doris Day cantando e sapateando, excelentemente, esta composição de Cole Porters em 1951, no musical “Lullaby of Broadway”.                

                 

                 

                     

Letra (versão de Doris Day)             

                      

It was just one of those things

Just one of those crazy flings

One of those bells that now and then rings

Just one of those things

It was just one of those nights

Just one of those fabulous flights

A trip to the moon on gossamer wings

Just one of those things

If we'd thought a bit about the end of it

When we started painting the town

We'd have been aware that our love affair

Was too hot not to cool down

So good-bye, dear, and amen

Here's hoping we meet now and then

It was great fun

But it was just one of those things

So good-bye, dear, and amen

Here's hoping we meet now and then

It was great fun

But it was just one of those things                 

                  

Frank Sinatra (Hoboken, 12-12-1915 — Los Angeles, 14-05-1998) – Com o pianista Bill Miller.              

                  

                

                      

Letra de Frank Sinatra)                

                 

It was just one of those things

Just one of those crazy flings

One of those bells that now and then rings

It was one of those things

It was just one of those nights

Just one of those fabulous flights

A trip to the moon on gossamer wings

It was one of those things

If we'd thought a bit about the end of it

When we started painting the town

We'd have been aware that our love affair

Was too hot not to cool down

So good-bye, dear, and amen

Here's hoping we meet now and then

It was great fun

But it was just one of those things                

                    

Eliane Elias (São Paulo, 19-03-1960 - 20xx) – Nos “Heineken Concerts”, em 1996, com Eliane Elias & Convidados: Eliane Elias (piano), Jack Dejohnette (bateria), Marc Johnson (contrabaixo) e Mannolo Badrena (percussão). Projeto & Produção de “LPC Projetos Culturais”, Direcção Artística de Toy Lima e gravação para a TV Cultura de São Paulo.