Thursday, June 27, 2019

Post-Bop and Avant-Garde Jazz Saxophonist Keith Gamble: I Didn`t Know What Time It Was

Post-Bop and Avant-Garde Jazz Saxophonist Keith Gamble: I Didn`t Know What Time It Was:      Although "I Didn`t Know What Time It Was" is not in my repertoire, it is a jazz standard that musicians may be called upon to...

I Didn`t Know What Time It Was

     Although "I Didn`t Know What Time It Was" is not in my repertoire, it is a jazz standard that musicians may be called upon to play. Vocalist and bassist Natalie Fabian and Pete Coco, respectively, presented a YouTube posting of "I Didn`t Know What Time It Was" in a duet performance. Go to https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=27&v=skSWMBAbebg so you can view it for yourself.

     Jazz vocalist Natalie Fabian from Garden City, NY, has appeared in five theater projects, TV as a singing caroler, and has sung the National Anthem for the New York Islanders hockey team with the Hofstra Vocal Jazz Quartet in 2012. Fabian was also featured soloist for the Huntington Cabaret project - Metropolitan Room, NYC, 2011, and jazz soloist for Jim Caruso`s Cast Party at Birdland, in 2011. You can see studio sessions with Natalie Fabian by going to https://vimeo.com/270281028, as she performs the Great American Songbook.

     Pete Coco is a mainstay bassist in New York`s jazz scene. Earning a DMA in Classical Performance from Stony Brook University, Pete Coco is an adjunct professor of music at Hofstra University. Pete Coco has a self - released debut recording called "Lined With A Groove". Pete Coco is also president and co-founder of Music Academy of Garden City, in Garden City, NY.

     This recording of "I Didn`t Know What Time It Was" appeared on April 25, 2016. "I Didn`t Know What Time It Was" is a popular song from songwriting  team Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart from "Too Many Girls" (1939 musical). This arrangement by Natalie Fabian and Pete Coco begins with an arpeggiated bass line from Pete Coco, and he is soon joined-in by Natalie Fabian who sings with her beautifully sultry voice. This is a wonderful performance by Fabian and Coco.

     If you are interested in finding a recording of "I Didn`t Know What Time It Was", you may have to locate this performance by Natalie Fabian and Pete Coco on YouTube. However, if you go to cdbaby.com, you can find other pieces for download where Natalie Fabian and Pete Coco appear. Look for "The Hofstra Songbook", by Dave Lalama, at https://store.cdbaby.com/cd/davelalama3, and you can download for a fee pieces of your choice.