Jazz Note #2 – Play a Showtune
The best way an artist can grab the attention of an ever-elusive audience is to take something tried and true and turn it on its head. I’m talking about reinterpretation. When it comes to jazz, there is no better way to ease a new listener into a new sound than to play a familiar tune, especially when song comes from the Rogers and Hammerstein’s musical, “Oklahoma” and Ray Charles is the one singing “Oh What a Beautiful Morning” from the 2006 Concord release, “Ray Sings Basie Swings.”
