Prelude To A Kiss - FYC - Best Arrangement - Full Track

"Prelude To A Kiss" - track by Calabria Foti
For Your Grammy Consideration
*"Best Arrangement, Instruments and Vocals"
arranger Bob McChesney
Full Track (from the album "Prelude To A Kiss" by Calabria Foti)
(Video includes photos and score images)
Thank You For Your Support!

[@denverseifried3378]

What a great combo of talent, Bob and Calabria. Let's not overlook Bob's great arrangement of this old standard. Bob writes in the string-style of the late, great, Johnny Mandel. I love the orchestration Bob did for Calabria's voice and his own trombone playing. It was so well, produced. Thanks for such a great piece of music!

[@danlatella9213]

Calabria and Bob. This is absolutely lengendary. Timeless. This is what music in Heaven sounds like.

[@mjlejer3241]

I completely fell in love with the voice of Calabria Foti from the first note I heard her sing! I then sought out her work, and was pleased to find more of her work!

[@sergiodudik7489]

This music is a Dream!!!! It is perfect!!!!

[@lcpowell]

Always a fan of Bob's writing! Instrumentalists and Calabria deliver an outstanding performance also, but the arrangement is the star here.

[@JoycePartise]

Perfection!

[@monktrane325]

Brilliant. Sublime and beautiful.

[@greenline44]

Never heard a voice like this.

[@renelaanen8806]

So nice, both of them awesome!

[@kenborgers637]

Waltz for Debby is beautiful as well. The whole album is gorgeous. Congratulations Calabria and Bob!

[@vickiburns1642]

Gorgeous! 💙🎶

[@joycemarieofbh]

Absolutely Beautiful!

[@m1u9t5a2ting]

Just Beautiful.

[@AWOESTEN]

A MASTERPIECE!!

[@rickrossi1118]

Absolutely beautiful Calabria!! And love Bob's solo too!

[@MarkBlackburnWPG]

A SCHUBERT TUNE WITH A GERSHWIN TOUCH If you hear a song in blue like a flower crying for the dew that was my heart serenading you my prelude to a kiss . . . It's been 55 years since composer Billy Strayhorn died. Siriusly Sinatra satellite radio just played my favorite version of his PRELUDE TO A KISS - title track from an album by my favorite living singer, Calabria Foti. Arranged by Calabria's trombone virtuoso husband Bob McChesney the band includes jazz piano great, composer and arranger Roger Kellaway. Really, isn't this lovely? Melody by Strayhorn, words by Irving Gordon (who left us December 1, 1996 age 81). Gordon's most famous composition (words & music) was Unforgettable, and he lived long enough to collect his biggest royalty cheque for Natalie Cole's re-recording as a duet with her father Nat - title track from her UNFORGETTABLE album - which Wiki says to date has sold 7.2 million copies in the U.S. Alone. There are expanded Wiki entries for both men and their collaborations with Duke Ellington. Irving Gordon's includes this informed note: After Gordon was introduced to Duke Ellington in 1937, Ellington sometimes invited him to put lyrics to his compositions. However working with Ellington was probably one of the most difficult commissions there was, since most of the Ellington songs were really instrumental pieces whose singable potential only emerged after they had been played and recorded by one or another of the soloists in the Ellington orchestra.[1] While working as Ellington's lyricist, Gordon wrote the lyrics to Billy Strayhorn's piece "Prelude to a Kiss." From Wikipedia William Thomas Strayhorn (November 29, 1915 - May 31, 1967)[1] was an American jazz composer, pianist, lyricist, and arranger, who collaborated with bandleader and composer Duke Ellington for nearly three decades. His compositions include "Take the 'A' Train", "Chelsea Bridge", "A Flower Is a Lovesome Thing", and "Lush Life". Working with Ellington[edit] Photo by Carl Van Vechten (August 14, 1958) Strayhorn's relationship with Ellington was always difficult to pin down: Strayhorn was a gifted composer and arranger who seemed to flourish in Duke's shadow. Ellington was arguably a father figure and the band was affectionately protective of the diminutive, mild-mannered, unselfish Strayhorn, nicknamed by the band "Strays", "Weely", and "Swee' Pea". Ellington may have taken advantage of him,[6] but not in the mercenary way in which others had taken advantage of Ellington; instead, he used Strayhorn to complete his thoughts and introduce new musical ideas,[7] while giving him the freedom to write on his own and enjoy at least some of the credit he deserved. Though Duke Ellington took credit for much of Strayhorn's work, he did not maliciously drown out his partner. Ellington would make jokes onstage like, "Strayhorn does a lot of the work but I get to take the bows!"[8] Celebrated elsewhere this night [search] "Great Melody, Great Lyric, Great Rendition, Songwriting Workshop, Harmony Central"

[@Lottiemoon100]

Wow! do we need this today in the age of nothingness in music for the masses. How refreshing to hear this ART! Hey, kids, this is what it's about.

[@stefanoferrero5755]

Please Calabria publish your version of “The touch of your lips” i have it and i really like 😊

[@karenmccants1439]

Gorgeous 😍

[@700singer]

Beautiful,old school arrangements and a wonderful voice........what a treat just heard you on a music channel.... 1