Karl Naegelen

Cartographie de rythmes #1: Vitesses Approchantes

by Mark Corroto
January 29, 2022

Composer Karl Naegelen has in effect rewritten the lyrics to the Jerome Kern jazz standard “I Won't Dance," changing the last line from “I won't dance, don't ask me/I won't dance, don't ask me/I won't dance, madame with you/My heart won't let my feet do things that they want to do," to the more relevant “The music won't let my feet do things they might want to do." Not that there were lyrics written for the duo Cartographie ...