Roger Davidson & David Finck CD Release Wed. Mar. 30th 7PM to 9PM at Caffe Vivaldi
Caffe Vivaldi
Roger Davidson & David Finck - “Umbrellas and Sunshine”
The Music Of Michel Legrand
French composer Michel Legrand has written some of the most memorable romantic music on film. Many of his songs have long since become jazz and pop standards. In Umbrellas and Sunshine, pianist and composer Roger Davidson and bassist David Finck offer a deeply original, intimate take of Legrand’s music – stories of love found and lost, elegantly whispered, swinging, among friends.
Since starting his career in the ‘70s, French-American pianist and composer Roger Davidson has been as voracious in his musical curiosity as Michel Legrand — and just as fearless in his reach. Davidson’s writing include symphonies and choral music, small-group jazz, Klezmer, tango and a bounty of Brazilian-flavored songs. In all his work, as in Legrand’s, melody reigns. It was bassist David Finck, who suggested to Davidson exploring an album’s-worth of Legrand’s songs. The pianist was all for it.
“I feel a tremendous kinship with Michel Legrand,” says Davidson. “Legrand is French, and so am I. He is a very romantic composer; he writes music with feeling. We both love to write melodies. Like everyone else, I heard his tunes played over and over by many wonderful musicians, and I started playing them myself.” The result is Umbrellas and Sunshine, a celebration of Michel Legrand, romance, and swing.
“I feel a tremendous kinship with Michel Legrand,” says Davidson. “Legrand is French, and so am I. He is a very romantic composer; he writes music with feeling. We both love to write melodies. Like everyone else, I heard his tunes played over and over by many wonderful musicians, and I started playing them myself.” The result is Umbrellas and Sunshine, a celebration of Michel Legrand, romance, and swing.
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Americas Society hosted in collaboration with Soundbrush Records the launch of "Pasión por la Vida", an album of original tangos composed by pianist Roger Davidson, performed in a duo with Latin Grammy Award-winning Raúl Jaurena on bandoneon. This is Davidson's third album of tangos and his first with a program entirely of his own compositions. For lovers and romantics, this collection of tangos is an elegant example of the genre in its most basic instrumentation. Presented by MetLife Foundation. Visit www.musicoftheamericas.org for more.
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