CoVerse in the Mirror – Blame it on my Youth by Oscar Levant
Blame it on my Youth was composed by Oscar Levant in 1934. The lyrics were written by Edward Heyman. The original version was recorded in the same year, by the Dorsey Brothers Orchestra. The best-known version of the song came two decades later, when it was...
CoVerse in the Mirror – Retrato em branco e preto by Tom Jobim & Chico Buarque
In 1965, the brilliant Jobim composed an instrumental piece called “Zíngaro” to which Chico Buarque decided to put lyrics. The poem masterfully captured the essence of a sinuous intervallic framework that already conveyed dusty roads, nomadic...
CoVerse in the Mirror – Alfonsina y el Mar written by Ariel Ramírez & Félix Luna
The original version was recorded by Mercedes Sosa in 1969 for the album “Mujeres Argentinas”. This piece is the masterful transformation in poetry and music of the impact that the story of the suicide of the Argentine poet Alfonsina Storni had on...
CoVerse in the Mirror – Dos Gardenias written by Isolina Carrillo
This famous bolero written in 1945 was dedicated by the Cuban pianist and composer Isolina Carrillo to her husband, the baritone Guillermo Arronte. In the author’s words: “Dos Gardenias rests on a subjugating melody full of grace and...