Showing posts with label Hidden Treasures. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Hidden Treasures. Show all posts

Dec 25, 2011

Hidden Treasures: Tino Favazza & The Oriental Roots Orchestra


I don't think I have enjoyed opera as much as I have enjoyed this.... every note just lifts your spirit



Italian

Caruso

Qui dove il mare luccica e tira forte il vento
su una vecchia terrazza davanti al golfo di Surriento
un uomo abbraccia una ragazza dopo che aveva pianto
poi si schiarisce la voce e ricomincia il canto.
Te voglio bene assaie
ma tanto tanto bene sai
h una catena ormai
che scioglie il sangue dint'e vene sai.
Vide le luci in mezzo al mare pensr alle notti l` in America
ma erano solo le lampare e la bianca scia di un' elica
senti il dolore nella musica si alzr dal pianoforte
ma quando vide la luna uscire da una nuvola
gli sembrr dolce anche la morte
guardr negli occhi la ragazza quegli occhi verdi come il mare
poi all'improvviso uscl una lacrima e lui credette di affogare.
Te voglio bene assaie
ma tanto tanto bene sai
h una catena ormai
che scioglie il sangue dint'e vene sai.
Potenza della lirica dove ogni dramma h un falso
che con un po' di trucco e con la mimica puoi diventare un altro
ma due occhi che ti guardano cosl vicini e veri
ti fan scordare le parole confondono i pensieri
cosl diventa tutto piccolo anche le notti l` in America
ti volti e vedi la tua vita come la scia di un'elica
ma sl h la vita che finisce ma lui non ci pensr poi tanto
anzi si sentiva gi` felice e ricomincir il suo canto.
Te voglio bene assaie
ma tanto tanto bene sai
h una catena ormai
che scioglie il sangue dint'e vene sai

English

Caruso

Here, where the sea shines and the wind blows
on an old terrace on the Sorrent gulf
a man hugs a girl, after she had cried
then he clears his voice and begins again to sing.
I love you very much
very very much, you know
it's become a chain
that melts the blood inside the veins, you know
He saw the lights in the middle of the sea and thought about the nights there, in America
but they were just the boats (with lights, used to fish during the night) and the white trail of a propeller
He felt pain in the music and got up from the piano
but when he saw the moon coming out from behind a cloud
even death seemed sweet to him
he looked in the eyes of the girl, those eyes green as the sea
then suddenly a tear slipped out and he thought he was going to drown.
I love you very much
very very much, you know
it's become a chain
the melts the blood inside the veins, you know
Power of lyric, where every drama is fake
and with a bit of make-up and mimic you can become another person
but two eyes, so close and so truthful, looking at you
make you forget the words and confuse your thoughts
so everything becomes small, even the nights there, in America
you turn around and you see your life as a propeller's trail
Yeah, it's life that ends, but he didn't think too much about it
on the opposite, he felt (already) happy and began again to sing
I love you very much
very very much, you know
it's become a chain
that melts the blood inside the veins, you know

Dec 10, 2011

Hidden Treasures: Le Trio Joubran, Magicians from Nazareth, Palestine

ما ظننت يوماً أن الأذن تبكي،
تبتسم، تبتهل تأملاً...
فكل العلوم تقسم أن الأذن تسمع،
وأن العين ترى، وهي التي تدمع...
ما تعلمنا أن الصوت يلمس،
يدغدغ، يمسح جبيننا...
 
 كنت أجهل أن للصوت هوية،
ورائحة الزيتون،
ولون القمح،
و ملمس أجراس الناصرة...
وعمر فلسطين...

كنت...كنت...
صماء...
حتى سمعت الثلاثة...
سمير، وسيم، عدنان...
سحرة العود...
الثلاثي جبران...
 

It never occurred to me that one’s ear cries,
Smiles, prays meditatively,

All science swears that one’s ear listens
One’s eye sees, and it is an eye that sheds tears…
We were never taught that sound strokes,
Tickles, Wipes our forehead…

I was ignorant of sound having an identity,
the scent of olives...
the color of wheat...
the texture of Nazareth’s bells,
and the age of Palestine

I was… I was…
deaf…
Till I heard Three,
Samir, Wassim and Adnan
the Oud magicians,


For more hidden treasures click here  


Special thanks go to river, my sister in music for introducing me to these wonderful artists!



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Nov 27, 2011

Hidden Treasures: Arie Brown, gold from the Chicago Jazz scene

Not only is it a beautiful Sunday morning but it's the Sunday at which Beirut Marathon kicked of. After a lovely night of listening to internal security forces yelling at the top of their lungs for people to move their cars, I thought you (all of you in Beirut, specially in Hamra) and I deserve a more jazzy tune this mourning. So if any of you Jazz lovers woke up late or early, feeling active or lazy, this one is for you...

Took Picture of Ari in 2009 performing at Andy's, one of the best Jazz clubs in Chicago

Not many Jazz fans know about Ari, so allow me to introduce  you to one of the most exciting hidden treasures of Jazz out there. Known for his versatility, Ari is a composer and arranger, with the saxophone as his main instrument, and the piano as an occasional flavor. His music awakens the soul and turns it human with all the emotional ups and downs of the human condition. 

Hope you enjoy his performance on the Soprano Saxophone in the video below. For more about Ari Brown, you can click here and here


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