For ‘In the Blue Light,’ Paul Simon hires Bill Frisell, Wynton Marsalis and others to revisit several old and more obscure pieces of his catalogue. De(blue)lightful!

Paul Simon's 'In the Blue Light' is his fourteenth solo studio album recorded with among others Bill Frisell, Wynton Marsalis, Bryce Dessner from The National and the yMusic sextet and released on September 7, 2018 by Legacy Recordings.

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But leave it to Simon—who made Nile Rodgers play 90-something guitar takes for one session—to redo songs in ways that don’t exactly overhaul the originals.

The Independent



...they are contemplative and melancholic one moment, silly and absurdist the next The Times

is a strange choice for a songwriter of his stature: a reworking of songs he felt were overlooked or not quite right first time

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Feliz Aniversário Eumir Deodato. ‘Also Spielt Deodato’

This day (June 22, 1943), in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, is born Eumir Deodato, a Brazilian pianist, composer and arranger.

Tracklist :

1 . Carly and Carole

2 . Super Strut (2007)

3 . Skyscrapers (2011)

4 . Memorial da América Latina (2007)

5 . Also Sprach Zarathustra

6 . St. Louis Blues & Super Strut (1975)

Tracklist :

Also sprach Zarathustra . Bebê . Samba Do Aviao . Double Face . The Crossing . I Want You More . Summertime . Rule My World . No Getting Over You . Night Passage .

Wikipedia : This day (June 22, 1943), in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, is born Eumir Deodato, a Brazilian pianist, composer and arranger.

Eumir Deodato: His discography, including compilations and all his work as arranger, producer and keyboardist, surpasses 450 albums. In addition, several artists over the years have