Géneros musicales: Swing

El swing es un estilo de musica , de tipo orquestal dentro del género musical Jazz que empezó a aparecer en el año 1929. He buscado a una de las mejores voces del jazz, Ella Fitzgerald conocida como la primera dama de la cancion y famosa por su ejecucion perfecta y scat( cantar sin letras fijas) dentro de su amplio repertorio musical se encuentra el swing y la cancion Mack the knife, cancion originaria de 1928 compuesta para el music drama " la opera de los 3" por kurt well y letra de Bertolt Brecht.
Ella la versiono en 1960 dentro del album "Ella in Berlin" y por el que ganó un premio grammy.




letra:

Oh the shark babe, has such teeth, dear
And he shows them, pearly white
Just a jack knife, has old Macheath, babe
And he keeps it, out of sight

You know when that shark bites, with his teeth, dear
Scarlet billows, start to spread
And fancy gloves though, wears old Macheath, babe
So there's never, never a trace of red.

On the sidewalk, oh Sunday morning don't ya know?
Lies a body, just oozing life
And someone's sneaking round the corner
Could that be our boy Mack the knife?

From a tug boat down by the river don't ya know?
There’s a cement bag just droppin' on down,
That cement’s there, it's there for the weight, dear.
Five’ll get you ten old Macheath's back in town

D'ya'hear 'bout Louie Miller he disappeared, baby
After drawing out all his hard earned cash.
And now Macheath spends, he spends just like a, like a sailor
Could it be? Could it be? Could it be our boy's done something rash?

Jenny Diver, Oh Sukey Tawdry
Look out Miss Lotte Lenya, and old Lucy Brown
Yeah the line forms on the right, babe
Now that Macheath's back in town

I said Jenny diver, Oh Sukey Tawdry
Look out Miss Lotte Lenya, and old Lucy Brown
Yeah the line forms on the right, babe
Now that Macheath's back in town