Summertime (Gershwin) - Barbershop Quartet A Cappella - Julien Neel
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- čas přidán 12. 11. 2014
- Gershwin's aria "Summertime" (Porgy & Bess)... barbershop!
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--- CREDITS
► Composed by George & Ira Gerswin
► Arr. by Richard Lengel: harmonymarketplace.com/112680
► Performed by Julien Neel
► Audio & video editing by Julien Neel
--- ABOUT
"Summertime" is an aria composed by George Gershwin for the 1935 opera Porgy and Bess. The lyrics are by DuBose Heyward, the author of the novel Porgy on which the opera was based, although the song is also co-credited to Ira Gershwin. The song is sung multiple times throughout Porgy and Bess. This piece soon became a popular and much recorded jazz standard, described as one of the finest songs the composer ever wrote. Gershwin's highly evocative writing brilliantly mixes elements of jazz and the song styles of blacks in the southeast United States from the early twentieth century.
--- LYRICS
Summertime,
And the livin' is easy
Fish are jumpin'
And the cotton is high
Oh, Your daddy's rich
And your ma is good lookin'
So hush little baby
Don't you cry
One of these mornings, one of these days
You're going to rise up singing (praise the Lord)
You're gonna spread your wings
And you'll take to the sky
But until that day
There's a'nothing can harm you
So hush little baby don't you cry - Zábava
I am 83, soon to be 84, years old. My husband and I have been married 65 years. In those years we have had seven children. We both have been interested in Barbershop Quartets and have gone to many shows. We also have passed that liking on to our family. Love your videos, LOVE, LOVE, LOVE. Keep 'em coming
Are you two still alive and kicking? Here's hoping. :)
An amazing cover of an amazing all-time-classic!
Thanks man! :)
Just last night I was thinking this would be perfect for your style - and tonight I see it. 😊
My favourite Gershwin piece, favourite Fitzgerald recording and favourite Armstrong recording. And despite that this rendition is still fantastic!
Thanks Luke, I appreciate it. It is a bit daunting to have to face comparison to such names!
Yeah I love Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong doing this, this man is also very good just discovered him tonight, while looking up covers of Anything Goes by Cole Porter.
My barbershop quartet purchased the learning tracks and sheet music for this 3+ years ago. I really enjoy singing the bass part and it's been great to have Julien as my guide.
Ron Shaw (Perth, Australia)
Woohoo! Thanks for dropping by and leaving a note, delighted you are happy with the tracks. :)
I am COMPLETELY BLOWEN AWAY by his GREAT vocals and songs. THANK YOU!!!!!!!
That was so beautiful that I very nearly cried! Another triumph!
Thank you very much, delighted you enjoyed it. :)
Whoo HOO! I requested this a while back, and sort of forgot about it, because it's not exactly "barbershop" material. Then here it is, almost four o'clock in the morning; I've worked almost through the night, and I check my subscriptions before falling wearily into bed, and find that Julien has sent me a wonderful present. And I can share it with everybody and still have it for myself! Thank you, thank you, Julien. I'm sure bunches of other people requested it, but I'm feeling very honored that you sang my favorite song.
My pleasure Jane! I always need a little time to fulfill song requests, but I always get around. :)
I love this song.
Oh! Boy! Julien This Was fantastic!! Knocked My Socks Off!!! & The Swipe at The end was Goose Bump Time.. Your harmony Is always Right On....
Beautiful. Just graduated high school not long ago and hearing this made me realize just how much I miss choir and barbershop. Great job!
This was done exceptionally well. I loved it. I used to sing this song in a few of my recitals. It has such a nostalgic feeling to it. Thanks for sharing your talent with us.
The simple for listener the most important enjoy the song. Leave the analysis to the specialist .If touch you the heart reaches the goal. In the barbershop he got a nice dress. Charming sight ,very nice voice , gorgeous lecture. I from heart congratulation. Gershwin and Julien together a miracle . I listen every day .
Magnificent
You've finally done Summertime! One of my favourite pieces, loved it!
OAAAAU! Excelent cântec, aranjamentul este minunat iar interpretarea este fantastică.
Mulţumesc Julien!
Superbe ! Magnifiques harmonies !
Merci Silvio. :)
A new phase in A Capella Trudbol videos. Nice arrangement.
Thanks Keith. :)
I'm in a barbershop quartet with some friends at my high school and watching your videos are really inspirational and I love them!!! Please post more!!
Absolutely gorgeous arrangement, and sung with such sentiment, wow Julien this one really swept me off my feet :)
Great sing as always I must add
Much appreciated! :)
love this !!!!!!
Brilliant! My favourite Gershwin done to perfection!
Thanks Joseph! :)
We've listened to this about 20 times since you posted it. All agree we love it, your style, dramatisation in facial expressions excellent - enjoy that you have "ings" and consonants - subtle but THERE! Thank you 20x.
Thank you for the kind comment, delighted you enjoyed the video. :)
Absolutely astounding. I was open mouthed the whole way through that. Gershwin is my favourite old time composer, and you certainly do the old man justice!
Thanks! Perhaps you'll enjoy my cover of "Swanee" too: czcams.com/video/RKzlJ4y3NWc/video.html
Amazing
Lovely arrangement!
Isn't it?
EXCELLENT AS ALWAYS , GREETINGS FROM ARGENTINA
Thank you Bruno! Audio learning tracks are available if you'd like to learn the tune as well! :)
Yes!!
Such a great song!
wow. My mom was in a band back in he day, and opened for some pretty cool people, and this was one she did so well. I wish she was alive today to see your version of it. good job!
Great job on this one. I enjoyed it very much
Thanks! Please share the video if you care! :)
Wahnsinn wunderschön!
This song is amazingly beautiful! Congratulations
i love all of the songs you post don't stop making them!!!!
I've always liked this song.
Same here. Not sure the barbershop setting is best for it, but it was a fun adventure to give it a go. :)
Good job. Gave me chills.
Tu gères Juju !!!
You rocks men !
Merci Benjamin. :)
Hope you enjoy this week's release! :)
Please *share* the video if you can & *leave a comment* to let me know your thoughts, I'd appreciate it.
Audio learning tracks are available on my website: julienneel.com
See you next week for more a cappella & thanks for watching! :)
He is really good
Very intense, well done.
Thanks Mirko!
You've almost single handedly made Gershwin one of my favorite composers. Please, never stop what you're doing :D
Thanks David! If you'd like to support the artist, you can put a coin or two in my Patreon tip jar & help me with future creations. :)
You have a very beautiful voice and a impressive technic!! I'm happy that I found your channel.
A beautiful cover for a song about the summer while it's winter and I have a cold, Julien you excellently singing troll. T.T
It's quite warm in the southern hemisphere, you know. :)
i'm melting in my country :)
I'm very jealous then. ;c
Beautifully amazing!
Love you work love your sound!
Great Song! Never heard it before but very slow and peaceful and i like songs like that. Keep up the good work julien!
Thank you Ethan! Please share if you care. :)
Beautiful!
Sou viciado nesse vídeo ❤️🇧🇷 é de arrepiar
That ending took me by surprise! That was amazing! \^-^/ Wonderful work!
this is my favorite of your videos- well done! I simply need to arrange this for six voices
Haunting
Very well done!
This was awesome! Please consider doing more Gershwin in the future!
Thanks Matt. I've already sung two other Gershwin tunes: Swanee and I Got Rhythm, both on my channel.
Really cool!
I am in love with your voice
Woohoo! :)
One of your best efforts yet!!
Thank you Steve, much appreciated. :)
Hallo Neel, you sing "too much" Congratulations from Brasil.
Sei davvero molto bravo! aspetto sempre con ansia un tuo nuovo video. É un piacere ascoltarti. :-)
Grazie! :)
Julien do you speak italian?
IKIRALANDIA Unfortunately not much. :)
beautiful as always ;)
Thank you! Please pass it on! :)
Great video. You have earned yourself a new sub!!
Thanks! Plenty more a cappella videos to keep you busy until my next release. :)
Super! :-)
:)
Such a great rendition ^_^
Thank you! Pass it on! :)
That was amazing. Tres bien. :)
Thank you Rita! :)
Soyez le bienvenu, Julien! :)
Super =)
Merci Emma ! :)
Perfection! Brian Wilson of the Beach Boys did a great rendition of this.
Thanks BigRed! :)
Should try a version of "I Don't Want To Set The World On Fire." Loved your other Fallout 3 Cover of "Anything Goes"!
Happy to take song requests from my supporters on Patreon, as they enable me to create all these weekly a cappella videos. You're welcome to join & request tunes. :)
J'adore ce style, j'ai cherché la musique original et je trouve finalement que cette version me convient mieux !
I love how you do these, but how do you get everything in sync. I would love to be able to do a cappella like you
LETRA
Summertime
George Gershwin
Summertime
And the livin' is easy
Fish are jumpin'
And the cotton is high
Your daddy's rich
And your mamma's good lookin'
So hush little baby
Don't you cry
One of these mornings
You're going to rise up singing
Then you'll spread your wings
And you'll take to the sky
But till that morning
There's a'nothing can harm you
With daddy and mamma standing by
How About A Rendition Of," The Old Songs." & One called, " Freckles Was His Name, He Always Used To Get The Blame." I will be 82yrs old Dec. 4th, You bring me such Joy... I have loved Barbershop All My Life... Hope You will consider these two Songs....
Thanks for your feedback Jay, glad you enjoyed this week's release. :)
I'm more than happy to take song requests from fans who support my music on Patreon (as mentioned at the end of my video), as this is how I can make all this sustainable. You are welcome to join the family & share your song suggestions: patreon.com/trudbol
Thanks for your support!
My local high school band (of which I am a part of) did a show with a summertime them and included two variations of this song here's the link go check it out!
FPCHS Marching Band - Summertime - FBA - 12 Straight Years Superiors
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Clayton Comer and also I assume they could be considered renditions rather than variations I'm not sure if there is a difference
If you want suggestions I'd say sing Celtic Thunder- Christmas 1915. Its an amazing song but it might be hard to make a Capella of it.
Love this, you should collaborate on a version of this with Avi Kaplan from Pentatonix :)
Thanks, and I'd love to, but you should tell Avi, not me. :)
HI Julian. Love this track. Unfortunately the link to sheet music does not work any more. Can you help?
Awesome cover!!
You NEED to do a "bare necessities" one!
(Au fait tu te rappelles de moi? :) )
Where can you find the sheet music for this now? This arrangement is no longer available at BHS.
What's your vocal range?
I think you masterfully achieved the arrangement you tried to deliver, sir. For me, I don't think I liked it as much as the original, for the sole purpose of groove. This arrangement felt... I dunno, too patchwork or too much rubato. Personally, if the notes kept to some tempo or groove, this would be more stellar than it already is. But that's me. Look forward to more of your work, Julian. :)
Thanks for your honest feedback. :)
Try my best each time, this piece was a bit of a challenge, given that it doesn't really fit the barbershop setting.
***** I disagree however, you made good use of the medium (so to speak), as in, you took advantage of a chorous' ability to employ homophonic texture, allowing you to have a wider range of chords. As an instrumentalist, I still prefer versions like Billie Holiday's, but I think trying to fit a choral arrangement into the confines of a jazz band arrangement (groove, steady temp) would be detrimental. It's analogous to a film trying to emulate a stage production and thus eschewing the advantages of their unique medium, or a video game trying to emulate a film.
Trudbol doesn't sing only traditional barbershop. Trudbol sings (mostly) four-part harmony, four male vocal parts. As for 'the original," there are many settings of "Summertime," and it has been performed many ways. In fact, it is done many ways in various performances of the opera itself. It usually is highly rubato, as it is here, and not fast. It is a favorite among us jazz piano players, but I doubt many of us play it for dancing-- really just for listening. Or in a classical vein, we still play it rubato, like Gershwin's "Three Preludes," (one of which quotes this number).
I just found your videos. I'm subscribed and I'm not leaving anytime soon; you have an amazing voice (I don't mind adding that you're easy on the eyes too!). Still, that picardy third at the end... I politely disagree. :P
HI Julien! I'm transcribing this arrangement as an exercise... thing is I'm halfway through it and I still can't make up my mind as to whether this arrangement was conceived in cut or common time... Care to shed some light on it? :) Great work by the way! First time I heard you singing this I literally cried in exhilaration!
It's in 4:4. :)
And thanks, glad you enjoy the video.
It's kind of ironic cause I'm from Minnesota USA and we have 14 inches of snow :(
Can you do Teenager in love?
Can you cover stardust by tommy Dorsey or Michael bubles version?
Any chance of Moonriver?
what's the name of the guy on the left?
LOL :)
You're amazing, what country are you from? Where did you learn to sing? Please do God save the queen. Great viseos
Videos
Amazing CoWah He's French I think!
hookiebookie1 Yes, I'm French. I also speak English, but French is my first language.
Awesome! Thanks for replying, you're a great singer! :)
i dont mean this in a rude way at all but you sound like a frog and i kind of love it
Oh, that is so fine! Again, incredible breath control. Dead-on intonation, so I fancy I hear a "ring." George and Ira would approve. Recently I mentioned A Cappella Trudbol to a local high school choral director and he said he had used at least one of your arrangements. I have to tell him about this one.
I have a question which will sound ridiculous, but I know you have a well developed sense of humor, so-- If I were to pledge X dollars-- okay, maybe $1-- through Patreon-- does that mean I fork over the $1, probably automatically, every time a play a CZcams like this one, or $1 for every performance out there, or every time there is a new one, or what? I have to know what my addiction is likely to cost me, or I could become homeless. like persons with other kinds of addictions, maybe listening with ear buds to a stolen player, huddled in my cardboard carton, in a community where we don't even have subways, let alone warm gratings. Talking northern Pennsylvania, here, winter. . . This would all be quite clear if I were a member of the discussion group, right? But first I would have to pledge, risking a life of vagrancy and petty crime. . .
I like how he didn't even respond.
Very nice cover, but i thought you could sing "in the summertime" perfect, too.
Please ! IN THE SUMMERTIME !!!
Are you referring to "In The Good Old Summer Time"?
*****
No. I mean the version of Mungo Jerry - In The Summertime made in 1970
I love the Jerry version. It´s a total ear-worm. Please make a cover because the most of your covers are better then the originals. :)
Stewie G. aka dark hugs There you go Liked that song :)
***** oh yes man !
Excellent performance and arrangement, but I don't know if this one really works as barbershop.
Thanks and agreed. It's a dangerous bet to take an operatic aria that mixes elements of jazz and song styles of blacks in the southeast US of the early 20th century, make it barbershop, and then try to keep the delivery expressive. I like it when barbershop steps in foreign territory. Did my best for that! :)
***** I do appreciate that you're willing to try new and weird stuff though, so keep at it. This is one of the few channels that I actually watch every upload from.
NowhereManForever Awesome. :)
***** I just tought that it would be best if was faster. But, great job anyway. ;)
Good King Wenceslas please
I'm more than happy to take song requests, I only ask for a little support for the music through Patreon. :)
I love a Gershwin tune, how about you?
Right?!
*****
It's a line from this song, but I got it wrong (It should be like, not love):
Frank Sinatra-How About You
You can do con te partirò
Happy to take song requests on my Patreon page (see video description above). Support the music you'd like to hear. :)
Been watching your videos (great stuff) this one made me notice you have like attractive lips.
"Your momma's good looking???" :)
i absolutely hate this song. and you Still made it work. i do believe that, sir, is worth a subscription at least.
I'm a fan. Really. I loved almost all your creation thus far but to me this one is way off. Besides the melody which is instantly recgnizable in that song and which you nailed, the chord progression is also quite unique and instantly recognizable and to me, you missed it by a mile. I'm still a huge fan and keep them coming.
I think you should do the vasectomy song from Family Guy :-)
I've considered it, as well as "You Have Aids" and some other inappropriate barbershop tunes, but I worry it will upset some of my audience...
They won't do. Or you could put a disclaimer at the beginning. You have an excellent voice may I say!!
C'était parfait jusqu'au glissendo final qui ne s'imposait pas sur une chanson plutôt mélancolique...
Amazing
Thanks! :)