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Johnny Gertze Discography of CDs
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Sathima Bea Benjamin
Morning In Paris CD (1963)
Johnny Gertze discography
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The moody music is often haunting and quite memorable. Backed by pianist Ibrahim, bassist Johnny Gertze, drummer Makaya Ntshoko, and (on two songs apiece) Duke Ellington or Billy Strayhorn, and occasionally joined by violinist Svend Asmussen (who here plays exclusively pizzicato, as if he were using a high-pitched guitar), Benjamin's voice sounds quite beautiful. As it turned out, engineer Gerhard Lehner had made a second copy and kept it for all of these years, so the initial 1997 release of this important session was possible. While Brand's record came out within a year, Benjamin's debut was lost and not heard for decades, even by the singer. Ellington was impressed by both of the recent South African émigrés and arranged with Reprise to record them. In 1963, singer Sathima Bea Benjamin persuaded Duke Ellington to see her future husband, Abdullah Ibrahim (then known as Dollar Brand), play in a club in Europe. ~ Scott Yanow
Recorded at Barclay Studios, Paris, France on February 23, 1963. She performs two Ellington tunes, Strayhorn's "Your Love Has Faded," and nine standards, with the emphasis on slow ballads.
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Sathima Bea Benjamin
Morning In Paris CD (1963)
Johnny Gertze CD discography
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In 1963, singer Sathima Bea Benjamin persuaded Duke Ellington to see her future husband, Abdullah Ibrahim (then known as Dollar Brand), play in a club in Europe. Ellington was impressed by both of the recent South African émigrés and arranged
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Johnny Gertze albums Alternate spellings: CD discography of songs by band, discographie, dicography, discology, disography, discografie, discogrophy, diskography.
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Sathima Bea Benjamin
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