{"product_id":"long-as-youre-living-the-songs-poetry-of-oscar","title":"Long As You're Living-The Songs \u0026 Poetry of Oscar - 972","description":"Product Description      In her newly released CD, Long as You re Living, singer Linda Kosut brings the music, lyrics and spirit of singer\/song writer Oscar Brown, Jr., wonderfully to life. Following the acclaimed stage tribute to Brown s music that Kosut has been performing for the past year, Long as You re Living is a heartfelt and wholly enjoyable expression of the admiration Kosut has felt for the iconic African American musician since she first heard his music in the early 60s when still in her teens. Linda Kosut, nightclub \u0026amp; stage entertainer, makes any tune her own with her distinctive warm, dark sound and that rare talent to tell a story through a song s poetic images. Her eclectic repertoire covers the Great American Songbook, jazz standards, swing, songs from new composers, pop material, a little country and sometimes a little rock n roll! You can find her performing at nightclubs and on stage in her one-woman shows.      Review      JAZZ REVIEW - Don Heckman, Special to the L.A. TimesLinda Kosut finds her groove in Oscar Brown Jr.'s music. The singer hits all the right notes on her 'Long as You're Living' tribute to the musician at the Jazz Bakery.OSCAR BROWN JR. was an authentic American original, a 20th century Whitmanesque voice of insight, reason and imagination. Accomplished as a songwriter, performer, playwright, poet, essayist, activist and much more, he may simply have been too diverse to garner the acknowledgment that his enormous talents so clearly deserved. Two years after his death at the age of 78, the creative legacy of this African American from Chicago is beginning to receive some attention via the efforts of an unlikely source: singer LINDA KOSUT, a self-described \"white Jewish girl from the Bronx.\" Kosut has released \"Long as You're Living,\" a recording of Brown's songs and poetry, and her nightclub show tribute bearing the same title has been performed in venues around the country for the last year. \"[The show] at the Jazz Bakery [Los Angeles] deserved a far longer run.Kosut is correct to note the differences between her background and Brown's. But it was precisely those differences that underscored the universality of Brown's art as well as the versatility Kosut brought to her interpretations. Wisely, she never attempted to sing the Brown songs in any style other than her own, with its warm, dark sound and articulate, theatrically trained phrasing. Her rendering of Brown's lyrics for Thelonious Monk's \" 'Round Midnight,\" for example, blended late-night storytelling with the life-defining metaphors of his poem \"This Beach.\" A seemingly unlikely combination, it was, instead, an illuminating view into the complex byways of Brown's imagination. Other songs -- \"Mr. Kicks,\" \"A Dime Away From a Hot Dog\" and \"Long as You're Living\" -- displayed Brown's extraordinary capacity to combine multilayered insights with engagingly communicative language. Kosut, accompanied by the Max Perkoff Trio, tackled it all with splendid results. And she was the first to acknowledge, after the set, that for all its entertaining excellence, \"Long as You're Living\" only opens the door to Brown's treasure trove of creative works. --Don Heckman, Los Angeles TimesThis album is almost like a collaboration. Linda's voice is definitely one of the stars of the show, yet Oscar's personality is ever present. His lyrical intent is never lost or buried even as Linda manages to artistically sit by his side. She is a singer of great ability. The organic strength of her voice is deftly wielded so that she can handle complicated passages without any dead spaces being created from having to rein back. --Maxwell Chandler, Jazz ReviewSinger Linda Kosut has admired the music of Oscar Brown Jr. from the time she first heard it in the 60s. In 2006, she turned his songs into a tribute on stage. Long As You're Living - The Songs \u0026amp; Poetry of Oscar Brown Jr. has been performed in San Francisco, New York, Los Angeles and Chicago. Kosut has pulled some\u003cbr\u003eASIN: B000SH3UHK\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: GGV.B000SH3UHK.G\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Linda Kosut\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Audio cd\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Recycle4","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49691796242730,"sku":"GGV.B000SH3UHK.G","price":19.48,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0773\/0819\/9210\/files\/skuimage_57d0524b-4430-4faa-9893-ae79af6520e6.jpg?v=1733878660","url":"https:\/\/recycle4.com\/products\/long-as-youre-living-the-songs-poetry-of-oscar","provider":"Recycle4","version":"1.0","type":"link"}