Dominik’s Radio Times

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RNR Summertime

Programme
Roots And Roads
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Introduction

In this episode of Roots and Roads on Future Radio 107.8 FM, Dominik explores various recordings of George Gershwin's "Summertime." He examines the song's vast number of covers across different genres, discussing the accessibility of jazz through Miles Davis and the influence of Pete Seeger's career in resurrecting great songs.

Dominik presents a themed episode of Roots and Roads on Future Radio 107.8 FM, focusing exclusively on various recordings of the song "Summertime." Written by George Gershwin in 1934 for the opera Porgy and Bess, the song has seen over five thousand different covers. Dominik, who maintains a personal collection of thousands of recordings, explores interpretations across different genres and discusses the accessibility of jazz. He selects a version by Miles Davis, noting it as one of his favorite covers.

Topics

  • Interpretations of the song "Summertime" across different genres
  • The accessibility of jazz music

Participants

  • Dominik

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Is just the one song, "Summertime." It is my favorite song, and I'm collecting different versions and recordings of that song. And believe me, they're very often not very much alike. So I don't think we'll be bored over the next hour.

Get into music, very demanding listening. But after you've listened to this, how could you? How could you say anything like that? Miles Davis takes you into his warm embrace there, and makes you feel like you are strolling along.

One hundred seven point eight FM and Roots and Roads with me, Dominic Lukash. We are just playing the one song over and over, but it's in so many different ways that I don't think anybody will notice.

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Summertime: One Song, Many Routes

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    Summertime · Sam Cook

    Why it was chosen Dominik's favorite song

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    Summertime · Ada Moore

    Why it was chosen To set the listener on this particular journey through music

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    Summertime · Pete Seeger

    Why it was chosen To go into a completely different genre and different take on the song

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    Summertime · Delta Souls
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    Why it was chosen To provide a way of singing and playing that was much more bluesy and rocky

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    Summertime · Great Nashville Sing-Out
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    Why it was chosen To provide a different vocal take

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    Summertime · Black Mama Dharma Band

    Why it was chosen To see what slight Eastern influences can do with the American blues based jazz standard

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    Summertime · Dion Warwick

    Why it was chosen To bring it back to more of a mainstream take

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    Summertime · Jackie Naylor

    Why it was chosen To play a jazz version as none of the previous styles played were jazz, despite it being a jazz standard

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    Summertime · Miles Davis

    Why it was chosen One of Dominik's favorite covers

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    Summertime · Dave Rolf
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    Summertime · Tres Hombres

    Why it was chosen To 'funk it up'

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    Summertime · Foggy Mountain Rockers

    Why it was chosen To include the country hillbilly style of summertime

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    Summertime · David Grisman, Jerry Garcia, And Tony Rice