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Bacharach to the Future - Part 2

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As a young adult, Burt Bacharach used fake IDs to get into 52nd Street jazz clubs to have his mind blown by heroes of the bebop revolution like Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie. Those early impressions could not but leave a mark in his sophisticated pop songs, seeds that would later make those very same songs blossom in the hands of jazz players, going full circle. As a composer and songwriter he had a remarkable gift for combining simplicity and complexity, the African roots of jazz R&B and soul with the European classical influences of French impressionism. The result were the unforgettable melodies he was admired for, many of which are featured in this playlist, as interpreted by a wide ranging of progressive musicians.

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Playlist

  • Ben Allison "Mondo Jazz Theme (feat. Ted Nash & Pyeng Threadgill)" 0:00
  • Larry Goldings, Harry Allen "The Look of Love" When Larry Met Harry (Café Society) 0:16
  • Host talk 3:14
  • Toots Thielemans "Wives and Lovers" The Whistler & His Guitar (ABC) 4:42
  • Host talk 7:02
  • Gabor Szabo "The Last One to Be Loved" Gypsy '66 (Verve) 9:08
  • Isaac Hayes "Walk on By" Hot Buttered Soul (Stax) 12:43
  • Host talk 24:44
  • Dee Dee Bridgewater "Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head" Afro Blue) (Mr Bongo) 27:07
  • Charles Lloyd "God Give Me Strength" Voice In the Night (ECM) 31:42
  • Host talk 36:16
  • Bill Frisell "I Still Have That Other Girl (Reprise)" The Sweetest Punch—The New Songs of Elvis Costello & Burt Bacharach (Decca) 37:52
  • Dionne Farris, Charlie Hunter "Walk the Way You Talk" DionneDionne (Atlanta) 39:43
  • Host talk 42:47
  • Steve Kuhn Trio "Windows of the World / Here I Am" Watch What Happens (MPS) 44:43
  • Marie McAuliffe "I Say a Little Prayer" Great Jewish Music: Burt Bacharach (Tzadik) 48:56
  • Host talk 55:03
  • Benjamin Koppel "Close to You" The Ultimate Soul & Jazz Revue (u n i t) 57:09

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