lördag 12 Mar 2011, 8:10

New: the summertime fm tag radio, playing over 1,100 versions of Gershwins Summertime!

Maybe you know the song. Summertime in Wintertime. Great song by Badly Drawn Boy. In the summertime, another classic.

But if it comes down to classicness in summertime, nothing compares to Gershwin's classic Summertime. This classical opera piece has become a jazz standard, and has been performed by numerous artists around the world. Of course, it has been performed as jazz, instrumental and with vocals; but also ska versions have been released, aswell as banjoëd versions. Steel drum groups have adopted the song. One of the best steel drum versions I heard is from Jack Warren: see Summertime.

And now, all of those performances of George Gershwin's classic have been collected under one special tag radio: Summertime fm. You'll find famous interpretations by Miles Davis, Ella Fitzgerald (including a talkative live registration from 1958), Janis Joplin and of course Billie Holiday.

But, even more interesting: you'll find (and hear) the lesser known interpretations! Over 1,100 interpretations have been included in this tag radio. Highlights, in my opinion, are the rock version of Summertime by Benjamin B., the bluesy version of Summertime by Buddhuza, the free jazz version of Summertime by Hildegunn Gjedrem and the st. germain alike version of Summertime by Pattie Cossentino.

You can feel the summer breeze coming in. Wherever you are.