FRANK LAMPHERE

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Frank Lamphere's new album "America Swinging"
Frank Lamphere's new album "America Swinging"
America the Beautiful
 
"One of the most swinging versions ever of “America the Beautiful.” - Scott Yanow

 
America the Beautiful is the patriotic song that most Americans learned in grammar school. Ray Charles recorded a very well received rendition in the 1970s, as did Elvis and others The song has a well-documented and interesting history. Initially written as a poem, later the melody from a different song was combined with it, to create the great song about the awe inspiring America.

 

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Fast forward to 2020. Most of the versions out there of America the Beautiful aren't really the kind one would listen to, while having a glass of wine or just driving someplace. It has often sounded like a church hymn or a song in which one feels compelled to stand. Frank Lamphere felt that this song would sound comfortable and be very listenable, with a swinging approach. That's exactly what he did.

Lamphere and company give this opening track the "Rat Pack Jazz treatment". They swing the hell-out-of-it. Bassist Dennis Carroll opens the track with an accapella 4 bar intro before Frank, guitarist Andy Brown and drummer George Fludas follow. Pianist Larry Harris "storms in" in the second chorus. The momentum then grows with each chorus. A pair of memorable solos by Harris and Eric Schneider (tenor sax) ensue, before a third key change and final booming chorus.

 

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