Wednesday, January 20, 2010

BARNEY KESSEL AND JULIE LONDON, "CRY ME A RIVER"



Here's the classic studio version, a high-water mark for sultry jazz-influenced pop. Obviously Julie London is the main event, but this is a guitar site, damn it! So check out Barney Kessel's hip guitar accompaniment.

and here's a TV version from 1964 with the Bobby Troup Quintet. I'm not sure if it's Kessel on this version, but it's pretty much the same arrangement. In fact, it may be Julie lip-syncing to the original. I keep getting distracted by her shiny dress--

Posted by Karl Straub at 3:59 PM
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6 comments:

  1. leslie piperJune 16, 2010 at 11:46 PM

    LA in the 60's. Early on, seeing the name 'Barney Kessel' on the marquee at the Matador...and finding his name in the phone book, too. Oh, yeah.

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  2. leslie piperJune 16, 2010 at 11:48 PM

    backward turn four-four time in your flight
    I remember Barney Kessel like it was just last night

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  3. Karl StraubJune 17, 2010 at 10:30 AM

    Very cool.

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  4. ashcloud2011January 18, 2012 at 2:57 AM

    Definitly NOT the same version,LISTEN,the vocal phrasing is different and the guitar misses/messes the changes - they're not quite there like the original version.Hubby is playing on the 64 version,not Barney Kessel.

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  5. Karl StraubJanuary 18, 2012 at 8:11 AM

    Agreed-- it's clearly not the same recording. How
    I missed that I don't know-- but I'm going to blame
    the dress. Thanks for your two cents! I'm glad someone's
    listening out there.

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  6. AnonymousMay 5, 2012 at 10:32 PM

    For what it's worth, Howard Roberts played guitar for Bobby Troup, back in the day. I could very likely be Howard.

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