2018 A flower is a lovesome thing JOAN CHAMORRO presenta ALBA ARMENGOU
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 23 มิ.ย. 2019
- 2018 A FLOWER IS A LOVESOME THING ( (Bill Strayhorn )
del cd Joan Chamorro presenta Alba Armengou ( 11º de la colección)
Alba Armengou ( voz y trompeta )
Joan Chamorro ( contrabajo, dirección)
Ignasi Terraza ( piano)
Josep Traver ( guitarra )
Abril Sauri ( bateria)
Grabación David Casamitjana
Materización Josep Roig en Temps Rercord
Video Ramón Tort
La colección completa :
Andrea Motis ( 2010)
Eva Fernandez ( 2013)
Magali Datzira ( 2014)
Rita Payés ( 2014 )
La magia de la veu ( 2014 )
Marc Martín ( 2015 )
Joan Mar Sauqué ( 2016)
La magia de la veu & Jazz Ensemble ( 2016)
Èlia Bastida ( 2017)
Joan Codina ( 2017 )
Alba Armengou ( 2018)
Carla Motis ( 2018)
en preparación
Jan Domenech ( 2019)
Joana Casanova ( 2019)
La serie completa se puede escuchar y adquirir en jazztojazz.com
y en santandreujazzband.bandcamp.com/
Sant Andreu jazz band
Dirección Joan Chamorro
2006-2019 ( 13 años de jazz) - เพลง
God bless Joan Chamorro for mentoring this young woman and many other young musicians to learn actual music that has melody, harmony and feeling. I'm proud of Alba Armengou for learning to sing this song. It's not an easy song to sing. She sings this beautifully and movingly. I hope she receives due recognition and goes on to have a successful musical career.
Yes, Alba’s lower register is so beautiful and, she’s a star.
Alba will always be known for this song excellently performed. Proud of your vocal, Jay Osborne.
This is the most beautiful voice on TH-cam
Yes it is..
So young and so good😊😊😊!! It’s incredible!!❤
Wow. She delivers. It seems like the more mature and complex the material, the better she is. World class.
That is an absolutely wonderful vocalist, very much without ego, very much about interpretation.
Thank you 🙏.
These players are indeed a great discovery.
This is just beautiful. How can someone so young have such depth and understanding of this music? Incredible and what a fabulous voice Alba has. The entire piece is so sensitively played. Thank you all. More please!!
Lovely song and beautifully sung by Alba whose phrasing is immaculate. Sensitive piano solo from Ignasi and exquisite drums from Abril. I just love her drumming. Great performance by all musicians.
Alba just gets better and better.
Alba has to have an incredible ear to be able to sing this piece. This group does a beautiful job with this Strayhorn composition.
Strayhorn? I had no idea. I thought it was Giraldi. Wow. How kind and marvelous
Alba makes every day seem brighter. Such great talent..
Just perfect! I can't believe someone as young as Alba is able to master a difficult tune such as this one! Bravoooo!!! ❤👏👏👏
Little Alba, your miss.Wonderful
Singing like that, Hass to make your heart swell, very, very heartfelt presentation, I Jay Osborne
OMG, this is so gorgeous. What an accomplished singer Alba has become!
If this is my second comment, it's only because I can't give this wonderful performance the 47 thumbs up it deserves. Beautiful!
I know how you feel ! Maybe should make a bunch of fake accounts ?
goosebumps stuff, Alba's English accent here is PERFECT
Alba's low notes are so smooth, and her trumpet chops (like in "Yesterdays") are so impressive. I can't get over how skilled these young artists are
Alba...WOW. I am just mesmerized by your voice on this haunting Strayhorn classic. Only the most talented singers have even attempted this very very difficult song over the years. You float thru it like a songbird. Before this I thought no one could top Ella's version. You, young lady, have done just that. The players in this ensemble are just perfect. You have all created one of those magical moments. As Mr. Strayhorn wrote, and Alba so beautifully sings: "...such a miracle". Thank you. The world needs to see this! I can't wait to see what's next.
CC
It's amazing to realize that most of the world knows nothing of these fabulous singers and instrumentalists. As if no one had heard of Ella or Billie and we in this small group somehow knew all of their songs.
I'm NOT in Love !
Well, I'm planning something similar to the next video devoted to Alba Armengou and Andrea Motis (use headphones!):
th-cam.com/video/0l-Wo7XSmA0/w-d-xo.html
Alba is really getting her mouth around English, and picking off notes without swooping. She's making sound sparkle!
Alba is developing the nuances that mark all good singers. The sky is the limit for her.
This is a bear of a song to sing and she does it so beautifully. And then, of course, there is Terazza!
Lovely voise ❤️🙏🇨🇦🙋🏼♂️
Beautifully performed, the voice, the piano. . . the drums. A strange and lovely Strayhorn composition. So haunting. Joan Chamorro's Sant Andeu Jazz Band is born of an almost magical quality. It is like opening Pandora's Box, only what is freed is music so beautiful that it literally stops me with its mesmerizing quality. Thank you for sharing this with those of us who need music of this quality to add a sound track to our lives
Alba est émouvante, elle nous emmène loin, elle est ce qu'elle chante et respecte la musique, son plaisir est communicatif. Pourtant, comme toujours avec les élèves de Joan, simplicité, humilité, pas d'effets, merci Alba, merci Joan, Josep, Ignasi, Abril, merci !
Such soul, ...and without spending 30 years drinking and smoking in dark clubs.
Alba Armengou is just sensational..listening to her and all the other wonderful musicians from the SAJB is such a joy. Incredible work by Joan Chamorro and the artists.
Bravo to Joan Chamorro & Company & Alba Armengou for the breathtaking interpretation of Bill Strayhorn's "A Flower is A Lovesome Thing."
Alba has a beautiful voice
Lovely midnight smooth jazz Alba has a romantic voice, brilliant.and of course slow moody backing,
I'm a born again jazz fanatic because of this woman alone. She's about all I've listened to for a week and I listen to a lot of freaking music. I don't think I've heard anyone before quite like her. It's the song, the whole song and nothing but the song. A voice that doesn't need vibrato, echo, reverb or even a mic if you want to get down to it. If love took a human form it would be her.
I think Alba was 16 years old when this was recorded. Even more remarkable.
Jeff, congratulations. “ born again” I fully agree with you. She is fantastic. I could meet her a couple of weeks ago in the Netherlands. She was there as a humble member of the band of Joan Chamorro.
She has to leave the band because she is 20 now and will go more and more solo fortunately.
I saw her first many years ago playing the trumpet as a kid. I became interested since I blow that horn as well. Listen to “ wee hours in the morning” lovely.
@@janberings7743 I wrote this just after I found the SAJB for the first time. It's 8 months later and I still listen to Alba every day. Wee hours is fantastic. So are Yesterdays and Lil Darlin. Between the two full length albums available with Joan C. on bass, and the fifty or sixty top notch performances on youtube, I still can't wait until her first studio record comes out. The first cut is available tomorrow on Amazon.
@@tomjenz You can tell she was born to be special when she was singing Tisket at 8. Her voice was already deep and complex as a tiny kid. Plus her trumpet playing at that time brings tears to my eyes it's so fearless.
What a perfect song for her. Heavy on the whole tone scale. Exotic and kind. Does that make sense?
The more I watch this, the more I get convinced that it's a GREAT moment for everybody involved!
Performed with heart and soul, as Alba always does. Simply a joy to listen to...
Bravo! to Alba's singing,
and Kudos! to Josep Traver, delivering sounds of extraordinary quality - guitar play from another dimension!
Alba Armengou is indeed yet another shining star that Joan Chamorro and San Andreu has produced. The documentary movie about the band and its program explains some of the "how" of the way young people can develop such talent, but there obviously is much more to it than that. How do teenage musicians acquire the maturity, "chops" and polish to sound like musicians two, three of four times their age?
No one can accuse Joan Chamorro of picking just easy songs or charts for his musicians to perform, either. Billy Strayhorn tunes like this one, for example, can be difficult for even seasoned pros to master successfully. Alba makes it look easy, though it most certainly is not.
I will go out on limb here--there are far less inspired musicians and performances that have received Grammy nominations. If there was a category for the best upcoming jazz musicians, numerous members of the San Andreu band would probably be nominated. They are that good. Here's the test: cue this up for a knowledgeable jazz fan with audio only. I'd bet he or she would guess that the singer is at least in her 30's or 40's, based on her phrasing and "chops."
@RockyMountainJazzFan: Right-on! I can only add that I agree with you wholeheartedly!
A magic elixir?
@RockyMountainJazzFan "cue this up for a knowledgeable jazz fan with audio only. I'd bet he or she would guess that the singer is at least in her 30's or 40's, based on her phrasing and "chops."
I've often thought that about Alba. I think an even better example of that is her version of "Embraceable You" -- and that was recorded when she was a year younger! The future is limitless for this girl.... and I give Joan Chamorro a *ton* of credit for getting her (and all the others) to this point.
@@chanelops Young people can develop pitch awareness very early, especially if there is a musician in the home. (Check out: Claire Ryan, who started singing at age 3, correcting her father's wrong notes at 4 and positively demonstrated perfect pitch at age 5. Also, Emily Bear started playing piano at 3 and writing songs-writing them on music paper- at 5. Both of these kids are well documented on TH-cam.) The next trick is to get to these kids early--most of the players in the SAJB have been playing for at least a couple of years before they start with the band. After this, it is up to Joan and his magic-as well as the 'older' members of the band.
@@alanlevin167 Yeah, as the dad of a son with perfect pitch, I'm well aware of this. When he was in school, his music teacher didn't use a pitch pipe, but just asked him for the note they needed. But now it means that every time he comes home we need to tune the piano!
What I was really getting at was the continued development beyond this stage, to develop a set of musical skills and talent that is so amazingly above average. You could understand this happening with 1 or 2 kids, but Joan seems to perform this feat on a routine basis. I'm thinking they should get the Barcelona water supply tested, maybe there's some kind of magical ingredient in it. They could bottle it and sell it as "Sant Andreu Jazz Water". :-)
Alba... incredible...This tune was so difficult!!
Another star from Sant Andreu school. I love the absence of quaver (well trained) when Alba's singing those looong notes: it's just her real voice. Sinatra said this is the way to do it; excessive quaver is often used to mask poor pitch control.
Noiseintheoffice, Hi!
Yes, as a professional singer of many years and styles, I agree it's Very difficult to sing a note straight, without vibrato. Although vibrato, when used well and deliberately, can add colour, depth, dynamics to a note. I notice that Alba uses the same technique playing her trumpet. Lovely!
Oh my, Alba! The future looks quite bright for this amazingly talented young woman.
Five minutes of pure happiness ! Words are missing 🙏 🙏
Alba’s performance is superb!
Had to comment on this gem. Alba is the whole package, I hope she continues to perform, she is marvelous.
Everything Sant Andreu does is so great, thank you Joan !! Alba is in a league of her own OMG what a star !
If only more of the world knew what real talent is
Billy Strayhorn could really write the best words and melodies ! Great job all around !!!
Alba's lower register reminds me of Stan Getz breathy tenor sax solos, so sweet and relaxing. Love it! She's beautiful!
Billy Strayhorn's sensitivity couldn't find a better match than Alba's voice! Wonderful!
This is so briljant thanks Andrè
Once more a great arrangement, great musicianship and Alba's got a feel for the music and a voice that takes anyone to fantastic places far from earth. I also have to say that the way she's lighted and the way her hair falls around her face, Alba reminds me of a Leonardo da Vinci painting. Dig it!
Such an extraordinarily talented vocalist, her range and delivery is mesmerising.
Alba's lower register is just delicious, and kudos to Abril on the drums. Excellent work all around.
Very 40's that depth of tone!
Talented and hard working bunch of people ...
I was just thinking that when I came across your post. Also, her diction has improved a lot for someone for whom English is not natural. Plus she handled and executed the difficult chromatic inflexions wonderfully. Brilliant!
Agree 100% on all points
Wow... I think I’ll just sit in lovely silence a while and then listen to this again. A lovesome arrangement and performance by the whole group. Bravo and thank you ! 🙏
I had never heard this song before. Beautifully done. Alba has a beautiful singing voice! Abril did a good job on drums.
Perfect song to accompany my glass of scotch this evening. Joan, I don't know how you find such talent like Alba. Much respect to you for showing your kids the soul of this music. Definitely one of Strayhorn's best. Finally...Bravo, Ignasi! The harmonic colors, the counterpoint in your solo. Just brilliant.
Stunning voice, stunning song, stunning musicianship, stunning Alba.
Bravo Alba ! What a musician you are !
Her voice is as smooth as butter
Joan Chamorro, I love how you feel the song in the bass, your facial expressions give you the intention in you fingers and all your bass-line is so colored
Alba taking you on a dreamy cloud. These artists never stop to amaze me.
Wow. that was certainly anything but easy to interpret. And
yet it looks like she sang that with an ease. Bravo
Very diffecult jumps in the melody, but done with sutch a convincing beaty that I am speacles.Timeless beauty Alba . Thanks Olaf Copenhagen
“... such a miracle”. I just listened to Ella Fitzgerald singing this song and it’s hard to say who’s performance is better. Bravo, Alba!
Wow! One of your finest so far Alba. Wonderful.
Alba is a brilliant singer.
Cinco minutos en los cuales la belleza me invade...
It's inevitable, it's impossible don't become a fanatic for this girl. She's amazing. What a voice!
A beautiful, subtle song so well sung and performed by this wonderful group.
just pure delight for a cloudy Monday morning in the UK! Thank you JC and A and all the band.
Not forgetting the sound and vision engineers who bring it all to us in such high quality.
+1 for a cloudy Monday morning in ARG.
+1 for a warm summer night in Greece
Bravo Alba Armengou. encore une superbe interprétation avec des graves qui donnent des frissons. Digne héritière d'elle Fiztgerald. le tout mis en valeur par des musicien fantastiques.
There is such wealth of talent brought to the fore it is just amazing. So pure and so young but your orchestra is outstanding too!
Oh sweetheart, you have stolen my heart!!!
I watched this video about ??? I am not sure but many times and I cannot get tired of listening to Alba what a voice what control of her low register just mesmerizing.
Pure magic, Alba ... a mature and beautiful interpretation of one of Swee'pea's (appropriately titled - in this instance) loveliest composiitions. Perfect backing by the rest of the team.
That's it ! ..I've just run out of superlatives for the quality of this song ! And I thought I had enough for the whole year 😘😯!
Running a bit tense getting ready for work...now relaxing as I have this on...Seems real flowers are blooming in SAJB, Alba, Abril, Rita Magali, Andrea, Elia, and more I know....Quite a bouquet of beautiful flowers and melodies. Some soft and soothing, some snappy and bright, some cool smooth. Smorgasbord of musical tastes from our much loved and appreciated Sant Andreu Jazz Band. Great job Alba, and guys plus Abril.
Just what the doctor ordered!! Such a beautiful song with a wonderful voice!!!
This band has stolen my heart and mind, forever.
God, how beloved she is....
Alba is jazz at his finest....
This was a beautiful vocal. So slow, yet controlled. Solos played breathtaking with as few notes as needed. Fantastic choices. In the bass line. EDIT: I learn a lot listening to the drummers rhythm patterns. I love this concept!
Ouah ! Her voice is a dream ! Very beautiful ! And perfect chorus to the piano 🎹 !
That's an amazing job, Alba. Thank you Joan, for bring another jazz star to us. Congrats to Josep and Ignasi for sharing your talents, and Abril who can sing and provide the tempo with meaning.
Awesome! Spellbinding! Greetings from New Orleans. Alba, try to get a gig down here! OK?
Lonely for your love, him and I
Joan I keep coming back to this song, I love the styling. I love the arrangement and I have ask you to look into a song in titled lonely for your love MI à la could do this song and knock it out of the park. I know you don’t read these, but whoever is reading them should at least ask you about this song in Jay Osborne.
I just love Albas voice. So beutiful, so smooth. Thank you Joan. I wait for the day when you All come to the Americas. Or I go to Spain. I would defiantly make a trip to spain just to see you guys.
Beautiful rendition. Great balance and sensitivity. Alba each time I listen your maturity exceeds your years. Thank you all!
subtile beautiful singing.Love to here more ballads ( and other standards ) with Alba. Olaf Copenhagen
Alba Armengou está entre uma bela ninfa e uma diva,sua capacidade vocal faz escola,sua suavidade encanta e seu profissionalismo é fecundo.parabéns.
OMG Alba is fantastic
Absolutely gorgeous!
This is our (my wife's and mine) favorite by Alba. So lovely.
Sheltering in place isn't a bad thing when you have amazing talent like this to listen to. Alba's voice has an undefinable quality like that of Karen Carpenter that just emanates emotion. Would love to see these guys at Chicago's Jazz Festival some day.
This is such a beautifully sung piece. Thanks xx
Little Alba is amazing.Such awesome raw talent
Man that was beautiful~~~~~~ That is an easy song to get out of tempo and not recover from. You guys always swim right through it. Yet another one I haven't heard before.
Truly amazing performance from one so young,what can we expect from Alba in the coming years.
Beautiful interpretation..amazing voice Alba
Alba .. say no more ..
This is simply amazing. Bravo Alba!
The word I think is sultry I know I shouldn’t say that about such a young lady and I don’t mean it in a disrespectful way far from it. A voice way beyond her years exquisite range with a real feeling of verse and English not her first language. So pleasant to listen to. Well done Alba. 👏👏👏
English is not even her 2nd or 3rd language.
At the end of the day, she's still a kid. It's nice to respect her efforts and her talents without objectifying her with terms that say more about the listener than it does about her performances. In an industry that is known for abuses toward women, it's critical that we respect important boundaries. Even Taylor Swift was victimized; it happens at every level. We need to protect our women in the music industry.
@@boboloko So do you speak for all predatory men, or just for your predatory inclinations? This isn't that complex. Just don't needlessly objectify her. Just don't do it.
Tease out those feelings you may have and appreciate her talents for what they are rather than implicitly discussing your opinion of her supposed passionate nature, which is what sultry means, or further objectifying her by saying she has innocent sensuality. What the fuck is wrong with you? Dude, pull back. That is completely misogynistic. Have some self awareness. Ask yourself if you'd be saying the same thing if it were a young man singing the same song. You got it?
@@PolaOpposite "A voice beyond her years". That's a compliment with no sinister intent. A flower is a lovesome thing indeed.
@@boboloko I guess you don't know what sultry means. _Sultry_ is defined as "attractive in a way that suggests a passionate nature." And the metaphor of flower has a long history of being sexual. Google metaphor + flower + woman and see what you get... and calling a young woman a flower is not so distant from "deflower." The guy even apologized for saying it. He just didn't need to go there.
Words matter. She deserves better than that.
Wow everyday I check back to see what the next beautiful song Alba is going to sing.She is wonderful !
I’d love to see Alba record the Billie Holiday songbook, she definitely has the range 🎶