From: Karen Mercedes
To: VOCALIST <vocalist>
Subject: Re: First Bad Review
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On Wed, 19 Jan 2000 LaDivaRosy-at-aol.com wrote:

> While I was in Norway a few years back, there was a group who did opera arias
> to dance beats. The name was Dolly DeLuxe. Don't know where you'd find them
> these days, but, hey, it's worth a shot1
>
> Rosy



This reminds me of some of the delightful recordings of Larry Clinton and
his orchestra in the 1930s. Back then, the royalties on new jazz
standards were so high that Clinton cleverly dug into the public domain
for material, which he then rearranged for his jazz/swing band. My
favourite Clinton "public domain" borrowings are his Big Band with
Vocalist renderings of "Mon coeur s'ouvre a ta voix" from SAMSON ET DALILA
and "I dreamt I dwelt in marble halls" from Michael Balfe's 1840s opera
THE BOHEMIAN GIRL. If you can find either (or both) of these recordings,
they are delightful!

Karen Mercedes
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tho' none hear Beside the singer.
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