From: owner-basia-digest@smoe.org (basia-digest) To: basia-digest@smoe.org Subject: basia-digest V10 #129 Reply-To: basia@smoe.org Sender: owner-basia-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-basia-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk X-To-Unsubscribe: Send mail to "basia-digest-request@smoe.org" X-To-Unsubscribe: with "unsubscribe" as the body. basia-digest Sunday, May 22 2005 Volume 10 : Number 129 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Agua de Beber [Leslie Osborn ] Re: Agua de Beber [Leslie Osborn ] Re: Agua de Beber ["Dennis J. Majewicz" ] Re: Agua de Beber [Leslie Osborn ] RE: Agua de Beber ["Gary Wingert" ] RE: Agua de Beber [Leslie Osborn ] Re: Agua de Beber ["Dennis J. Majewicz" ] Re: Agua de Beber [Leslie Osborn ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sat, 21 May 2005 17:21:18 -0700 (PDT) From: Leslie Osborn Subject: Agua de Beber Hey, since everyone gets so riled up about Brazilian music on here ;-) and since no one is talking, thought I'd throw this out and see if it sticks: has anyone heard the newest cover of Agua de Beber, by Lee Ritenour and Dave Grusin (apparently?). It's so massively smooth jazz it hurts, I'm begging for some roughness after hearing it. But maybe being a classic song saves it. Thoughts? Hilariously, I'm listening to a lot of smooth jazz lately but then I'm commuting more too. ;-) Gotta stay calm on CA roads! (not to mention at work, but that another post!) - -- Leslie O. "People around the world want the same thing- wanting to love and be loved. The rest is just bulls---" Basia, Melody Maker, 1990 Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 21 May 2005 18:08:04 -0700 (PDT) From: Leslie Osborn Subject: Re: Agua de Beber > Hilariously, I'm listening to a lot of smooth jazz > lately but then I'm commuting more too. ;-) Oh, and to keep my cred intact ;-) : the local Sonoma station is like 10 times better than the usual. And Sirius is about 3 times better than the same usual. I wouldn't touch the big ones with a ten-foot pole however. - --LO Yahoo! Mail Stay connected, organized, and protected. Take the tour: http://tour.mail.yahoo.com/mailtour.html ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 21 May 2005 21:28:39 -0400 From: "Dennis J. Majewicz" Subject: Re: Agua de Beber I like Sirius' Jazz Cafe for the most part, but they piss me off sometimes with what they consider smooth jazz. Sting, Marvin Gaye, Steely Dan, James Taylor and Luther Vandross are wonderful artists, but I don't need to hear them in a contemporary jazz context. Deacon Blues is my all time favorite track by Steely Dan, but it doesn't belong in set between Keiko Matsui and Chuck Loeb. But this is happening all over on terrestrial radio, too. It's why I run my own station. :-) Dennis - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Leslie Osborn" To: Sent: Saturday, May 21, 2005 9:08 PM Subject: Re: Agua de Beber > > > Hilariously, I'm listening to a lot of smooth jazz > > lately but then I'm commuting more too. ;-) > > Oh, and to keep my cred intact ;-) : the local Sonoma > station is like 10 times better than the usual. And > Sirius is about 3 times better than the same usual. > > I wouldn't touch the big ones with a ten-foot pole > however. > > --LO > > > > Yahoo! Mail > Stay connected, organized, and protected. Take the tour: > http://tour.mail.yahoo.com/mailtour.html ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 21 May 2005 19:46:05 -0700 (PDT) From: Leslie Osborn Subject: Re: Agua de Beber > I like Sirius' Jazz Cafe for the most part, but they > piss me off sometimes > with what they consider smooth jazz. Sting, Marvin > Gaye, Steely Dan, James > Taylor and Luther Vandross are wonderful artists, > but I don't need to hear > them in a contemporary jazz context. Hear that! Also: That Michael McDonald Motown covers album makes me nuts. The station up here plays it ALL THE TIME...die die die! ;-) And Seal. Ugh. Gimme Michael Franks, Bobby Caldwell etc ANY FREAKING DAY. I mean, why Seal? - -- Leslie O. "People around the world want the same thing- wanting to love and be loved. The rest is just bulls---" Basia, Melody Maker, 1990 Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 21 May 2005 19:51:30 -0700 From: "Gary Wingert" Subject: RE: Agua de Beber Have you heard the version by Seks Bomba? It's a little less smooth. :) Gar6y > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-basia@smoe.org [mailto:owner-basia@smoe.org] On > Behalf Of Leslie Osborn > Sent: Saturday, May 21, 2005 5:21 PM > To: basia@smoe.org > Subject: Agua de Beber > > > Hey, since everyone gets so riled up about Brazilian music on > here ;-) and since no one is talking, thought I'd throw this > out and see if it sticks: has anyone heard the newest cover > of Agua de Beber, by Lee Ritenour and Dave Grusin > (apparently?). It's so massively smooth jazz it hurts, I'm > begging for some roughness after hearing it. But maybe being > a classic song saves it. Thoughts? > > Hilariously, I'm listening to a lot of smooth jazz lately but > then I'm commuting more too. ;-) Gotta stay calm on CA roads! > (not to mention at work, but that another post!) > > > > -- Leslie O. > > "People around the world want the same thing- wanting to > love and be loved. > The rest is just bulls---" > Basia, Melody Maker, 1990 Tired of spam? > Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 21 May 2005 20:00:54 -0700 (PDT) From: Leslie Osborn Subject: RE: Agua de Beber - --- Gary Wingert wrote: > > Have you heard the version by Seks Bomba? It's a > little less smooth. Seks Bomba? With a name like that, i think I will have to! - --Leslie O., just wasted a beautiful day working inside :-/ __________________________________ Yahoo! Mail Mobile Take Yahoo! Mail with you! Check email on your mobile phone. http://mobile.yahoo.com/learn/mail ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 21 May 2005 21:21:11 -0400 From: "Dennis J. Majewicz" Subject: Re: Agua de Beber OK, I'll bite... Are you referring to the track that was on the 1997 album "A Twist Of Jobim"? Lee did a version with Dave Grusin on that CD (with the ubiquitous percussionist Paulinho Da Costa). Very smooth and mellow, but it is what it is. That's what these folks record. Incidentally, on that same CD there's a surprisingly delightful version of Dindi by El DeBarge of all people. Also on it is Girl From Ipenema by Al Jarreau and Oleta Adams, which I don't like and Waters Of March by the same vocalists which isn't bad. I've had some of these tracks on a playlist that runs on my FM transmitter (and streams) for a long time now. I really enjoy the format. Incidentally, the first time I ever heard Promises was on a smooth jazz station. It got me off my butt and I bought Time And Tide because of that. This was way back when Basia was the darling of the format and they'd play anything and everything by her. Dennis - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Leslie Osborn" To: Sent: Saturday, May 21, 2005 8:21 PM Subject: Agua de Beber > > Hey, since everyone gets so riled up about Brazilian > music on here ;-) and since no one is talking, thought > I'd throw this out and see if it sticks: has anyone > heard the newest cover of Agua de Beber, by Lee > Ritenour and Dave Grusin (apparently?). It's so > massively smooth jazz it hurts, I'm begging for some > roughness after hearing it. But maybe being a classic > song saves it. Thoughts? > > Hilariously, I'm listening to a lot of smooth jazz > lately but then I'm commuting more too. ;-) Gotta stay > calm on CA roads! (not to mention at work, but that > another post!) > > > > -- Leslie O. > > "People around the world want the same thing- > wanting to love and be loved. > The rest is just bulls---" > Basia, Melody Maker, 1990 > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 21 May 2005 20:32:04 -0700 (PDT) From: Leslie Osborn Subject: Re: Agua de Beber > Are you referring to the track that was on the 1997 > album "A Twist Of > Jobim"? Lee did a version with Dave Grusin on that > CD (with the ubiquitous > percussionist Paulinho Da Costa). You mean this is an old song? Wow! I'm hearing it so frequently I thought it was new! > the format. Incidentally, > the first time I ever heard Promises was on a smooth > jazz station. It got me > off my butt and I bought Time And Tide because of > that. This was way back > when Basia was the darling of the format and they'd > play anything and > everything by her. Yeah, I remember those days before they mostly abandoned her and started playing all that Sting. ;-) that's how I heard the other songs off T&T (The title track was on pop radio)-- back then it was the Wave. heh! Mostly just pinging the list, really, by this topic-- don't like things to get too quiet around here. - --LO __________________________________ Yahoo! Mail Mobile Take Yahoo! Mail with you! Check email on your mobile phone. http://mobile.yahoo.com/learn/mail ------------------------------ End of basia-digest V10 #129 ****************************