CoVerse in the Mirror – Estrada Branca (Antônio Carlos Jobim)
The song was written in 1958 by Antônio Carlos Jobim. The lyricist was Vinícius de Moraes. This tune inaugurated what would be later called ‘the bossa nova sound’. The first version, by Elizete Cardoso in her album ‘Canção do Amor Demais’...
CoVerse in the Mirror – With a Song in My Heart (Richard Rogers / Lorenz Hart)
This piece was written in 1929 for the musical ‘Spring Is Here’. My favourite versions are Ella Fitzgerald’s and Jim Hall’s (with the great Tom Harrell on...
CoVerse in the Mirror – Bouncing with Bud (Bud Powell)
Bouncing with Bud is a song by the great pianist Bud Bowell composed in 1946. The first title of the composition was another: “Bebop in Pastel”, and such a tittle appeared in the the first recording of this number, made with trumpeter Kenny Dorham and alto saxophonist...
CoVerse in the Mirror – Deep River (Afroamerican spiritual, unknown author)
Deep River was first mentioned in 1876, when it was published in an anthology of spiritual songs by J.B.T. Marsh. The first recorded version is by contralto Marian Anderson, in 1921. It is possibly one of the best known spirituals and has been arranged multiple times...
