Franco the ReJewvenator: Episode 37 If I Were A Bell

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Franco the ReJewvenator: Episode 37, If I Were A Bell
By Frank Loesser ©1950

You don’t expect to hear about consciousness or nondualism from FtR, especially when he’s introducing a song with the lyric “If I were a bell I’d go ding dong ding dong ding.” Yet after its success in the proudly low-brow hit Musical Guys and Dolls, “If I Were A Bell” became a Miles Davis/John Coltrane specialty. So it has a history of punching above its weight.

Recommended versions:
Emmet Cohen w/ Buster Williams, Lenny White & Wallace Roney Jr. https://youtu.be/cQiJHOhc3lo?si=MjXv4VmuZZWE7eba
Blossom Dearie https://youtu.be/Hk6BL9fGoKI?si=eXBoztBf5X7SeLMC
The Miles Davis Quintet https://youtu.be/36wafFjFdYs?si=NaCup4UuPDM0dTWt

I also recommend this excellent biography, A Most Remarkable Fella: Frank Loesser and the Guys and Dolls in His Life: A Portrait by His Daughter, Susan Loesser. She is almost as funny as her genius dad, but saner and more insightful.

For booking contact and other info about Lewis Franco: https://www.lewisfrancosongs.com/

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