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Im beyond sad...I knew this day was coming but one isn't really ready for something like this...
RIP Maestro

Agreed Paul! With the exception of the Promises stuff..by that time the piano-cond pts were out there for reference...and these tunes were a lot more accurately portrayed.

Blair, Thank you for your response...The lead sheets(which helped the piano arranger) i think were done by Burts NY copyist "Wedo's"who wrote them down from Burts hand written lead line sketch. I have a copy of a couple of these...then they were "done up" by the copyist... There came a time when Bur...

Great clue!

As a young buck, I was so inclined and wanted to believe that this sheet music was touched by the hand of the creator(Burt sitting at the piano) feeding us the information on these pages) It turns out "no"

I may have talked about this before on here, but you'll be interested to know that back in the day - like during the publication of this book....piano arrangements contained therein were prepared by others based by a couple of sources..what we call "lead sheets" provided by the publisher, and also "...

Ahh, the memories...this is a great book..I bought a copy at Wallichs Music City in 1970...but its long gone now...

All upcoming concerts in Japan have been cancelled....pretty much a foregone conclusion, but now its official.

I agree with BLue, it's best as an instrumental...and Burts arrangement on his Make it Easy On Yourself album is genius!

Hey ,
this is not really allied to the topic, but I was shuffling through the Atlantic Records Sessionography of the Drifters from 1963, and saw the the typical lineup of session backup singers (The Gospelaires?) were Dionne, Dee Dee and Doris Troy...!!! : ) If youre reading this, Hi Dionne!

Hey, I remember hearing Les Reeds Arrangement for Tom JOnes' Its Not Unusual...I so noticed the 5ths in the low saxes in the phase "But If I ever" also the next bar- he did the same thing..these were on minor chords the III and The II chords..he really gave that chart one h*ll of a sound....We have ...

Yes Blue,
Good to know on Ennio..heres my favorite "Lai" tune https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xnCMTJlyaUs The bridge is breathtakingly beautiful... : )anybody that doesnt smile when they hear that part are dead or they have a tin ear!

Hi Blue, Hope you are doing well..I was shocked to see the great Francis had passed..I dont know what I was expecting..as he lived a pretty long life..but one just kind of goes along in life, thinking our heroes are living and with us...yes, it was a shock, and I felt and still feel sadness for the ...

Hey you all,
you be talkin about Michel Legrand..my favorite by him is a little known tune from a failed movie the title song to Pieces of Dreams , Peggy Lee made the record
Steveo

wow...this is shocking! Vincent and I often communicated by text, and a couple of times by phone...
Im wishing the best for his wife Cheryl and the family...this is sad news, indeed!