Tenor saxophone and guitar were also important in soul jazz; soul jazz tenors include Gene Ammons, Eddie Davis, Eddie Harris, Houston Person, and Stanley Turrentine; guitarists include Grant Green, Kenny Burrell and George Benson. Other important contributors were Alto saxophonists Lou Donaldson and Hank Crawford, trumpeter Blue Mitchell, and drummer Idris Muhammad (ne Leo Morris). Unlike hard bop, soul jazz generally emphasized repetitive grooves, melodies, and melodic hooks. The kinds of rhythms used tend to vary as well. Soul jazz tends to use an 8th note groove (similar to what developed in rock and R&B music), while hard bop generally uses a shuffle rhythm, although there are soul jazz songs with shuffle rhythms and hard bop songs with steady 8th note grooves (although the latter are arguably definable as both hard bop and soul jazz [e.g., Lee Morgan's The Sidewinder]).
Soul jazz was developed in the late 1950s, reaching public awareness with the release of The Cannonball Adderley Quintet in San Francisco, and was perhaps most popular in the mid-to-late 1960s, though many soul jazz performers, and elements of the music, remain popular. Although the term "soul jazz" contains the word "soul," soul jazz is only a distant cousin to soul music, with its origins in gospel and R&B rather than jazz.
Some well-known soul jazz recordings are Lee Morgan's The Sidewinder (1963), Herbie Hancock's Cantaloupe Island (1964) (which was popularized further when sampled by US3 on Cantaloop), Horace Silver's Song for My Father (1964) (quoted by Steely Dan in their Rikki Don't Lose That Number), Ramsey Lewis' The In Crowd (1965), and Cannonball Adderley's Mercy, Mercy, Mercy (1966) (also popularized further when covered as a top 40 pop song by The Buckinghams).
The Soul Jazz vernacular was a major contributor to the evolution of Jazz Funk in the 1970s. Many of the musicians performing soul jazz in the 1960's went on to performing jazz funk in the 1970's (e.g., Grant Green, Jimmy McGriff, Herbie Hancock, etc.). One way of looking at soul jazz is as the bridge between hard bop and jazz funk. Soul jazz along with jazz-funk became an important influence on acid jazz.
Valerie
Amy Winehouse Lyrics
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I'm sorry, Charlie Murphy, I was having too much fun
Well, sometimes I go out by myself
And I look across the water
And I think of all the things, what you're doing
And in my head I paint a picture
'Cause since I've come on home
Well, my body's been a mess
And I've missed your ginger hair
And the way you like to dress
Won't you come on over?
Stop making a fool out of me
Why don't you come on over, Valerie?
Valerie
Valerie
Valerie
Did you have to go to jail?
Put your house on up for sale
Did you get a good lawyer?
Hope you didn't catch a tan
Hope you found the right man who fixed it for you
Are you shopping anywhere?
Changed the color of your hair, are you busy?
And did you have to pay that fine
That you was dodging all the time
Are you still busy?
'Cause since I've come on home
Well, my body's been a mess
And I've missed your ginger hair
And the way you like to dress
Won't you come on over?
Stop making a fool out of me
Why don't you come on over, Valerie?
Valerie
Valerie
Valerie
Well, sometimes I go out by myself
And I look across the water
And I think of all the things, what you're doing
And in my head I paint a picture
'Cause since I've come on home
Well, my body's been a mess
And I've missed your ginger hair
And the way you like to dress
Won't you come on over?
Stop making a fool out of me
Why don't you come on over, Valerie?
Valerie
Valerie
Valerie
Valerie
Valerie
Valerie
Valerie
Why don't you come on over, Valerie?
"Valerie" is a song by Amy Winehouse that was originally written and performed by The Zutons. This song was a part of Amy's album titled "Back to Black" and it was produced by Mark Ronson. The song is about Amy's friend named Valerie, who she misses deeply and wants her to come back. The song talks about what Valerie has been up to and how Amy misses her immensely.
The lyrics begin with the line: "sometimes I go out by myself and I look across the water and I think of all the things, what you're doing and in my head I paint a picture." This line suggests that Amy feels alone and misses Valerie's company. She tries to imagine what Valerie might be doing on the other side of the water. The next lines refer to Amy's body being a mess since she came back home, implying that she might be struggling with something, such as addiction or mental health issues.
The lyrics then shift to Amy asking Valerie questions about her life, such as if she's been to jail or if she's changed her hair color. The chorus repeats twice, urging Valerie to come over and stop making a fool out of Amy. The song ends with Amy repeating Valerie's name over and over again, showing how much she misses her friend.
Line by Line Meaning
All right, it's rolling
Let’s start this song!
I'm sorry, Charlie Murphy, I was having too much fun
I'm sorry for going off on a tangent, I got a bit carried away
Well, sometimes I go out by myself
I often go out alone
And I look across the water
And across the water, I look
And I think of all the things, what you're doing
I think of what you might be doing at the moment
And in my head I paint a picture
An image is created in my mind
'Cause since I've come on home
Ever since I've been back home
Well, my body's been a mess
I've not been feeling well or healthy
And I've missed your ginger hair
I miss your red hair
And the way you like to dress
I miss your clothing style
Won't you come on over?
Come over to my place
Stop making a fool out of me
Stop making me look foolish
Why don't you come on over, Valerie?
Please come see me, Valerie
Did you have to go to jail?
Did you go to prison?
Put your house on up for sale
Did you put your house on the market?
Did you get a good lawyer?
Did you hire a good lawyer?
Hope you didn't catch a tan
I hope you didn't get a sunburn
Hope you found the right man who fixed it for you
I hope you found someone who made things better for you
Are you shopping anywhere?
Are you going shopping at any stores?
Changed the color of your hair, are you busy?
Did you change your hair color? Are you busy?
And did you have to pay that fine
Did you end up paying that fine?
That you was dodging all the time
That you had been avoiding all this while
Are you still busy?
Are you still preoccupied with various tasks?
Why don't you come on over, Valerie?
Please come see me, Valerie
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: Abigail Harding, Boyan Chowdhury, David Alan McCabe, Russell Thomas Pritchard, Sean Francis Caleb Payne
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