Monday, March 18, AD 2024 10:29pm

Summertime

 

Something for the weekend.  Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong team up to give an unforgettable rendition of Summertime.  Composed as an aria in 1934 by George Gershwin for the play Porgy and Bess, it always conveys to me memories of the various hot summers of my boyhood when home air conditioning was rare and a luxury.

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Michael Dowd
Michael Dowd
Saturday, June 25, AD 2016 7:09am

Thanks Donald. Wonderful song sung by two of my very favorites.

Don the Kiwi
Saturday, June 25, AD 2016 10:33pm

” it always conveys to me memories of the various hot summers of my boyhood when home air conditioning was rare and a luxury.”

What’s “air conditioning” ? Is it like hair conditioner? 😉

Anne Gulick
Anne Gulick
Sunday, June 26, AD 2016 9:09am

Genius, from composition to execution. Truly gifts from God, whether any of them thought about that, or cared. Wonderful share – thank you!

CAM
CAM
Sunday, June 26, AD 2016 10:37pm

Almost 40 years ago we Saw Porgy and Bess performed as an opera. Wonderful especially Summertime. We went with another young couple and had to stand in the back as it was SRO and probably SRO was all we could afford. We still have the two record album, but alas no working phonograph. Hadn’t thought of that big city venture in years; thanks for the memories.

Don the Kiwi
Monday, June 27, AD 2016 3:56am

Yes Don, we are truly blessed here in Godzone.
The ten years I spent in Australia, we lived on the coast – Wollongong NSW – where the climate was similar to ours here in the Bay of Plenty – frosts in the winter, and warm pleasant temperatures in the summer. But when those hot Nor – westers blew in from the interior – up to 43deg. C and hotter inland – I did appreciate the air conditioning. And of course, the compulsory very chilled Aussie beer after work. 🙂

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