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Once in a while a musician comes along with impeccable technique, deep understanding of the jazz repertoire, an innate tendency to swing and the rare ability to communicate the heart and soul of a tune to listeners. That musician is Beegie Adair.
About her music Adair says, “Falling in love with jazz is like falling in love with a person, except with jazz you never get over it.” About Beegie (say B-G) Adair, what do others say?
Jazz great Helen Merrill salutes her “inventive jazz sense, her wonderful sense of time and improvised melody.”
Christopher Louden of Jazz Times magazine says Adair is “an accomplished artist with a delicate touch.”
The Los Angeles Times calls her music “Elegant.”
Entertainment News writes, “Beegie Adair is one of the finest piano players in the world.”
Intrigued? So are thousands of jazz fans, who agree with critics about Adair’s sophisticated and listenable jazz performances, and who have made her recordings among the biggest sellers in the jazz world.
Citing George Shearing, Bill Evans, Oscar Peterson and Erroll Garner among her influences, Adair has recorded 24 CDs, ranging from Cole Porter standards to Frank Sinatra classics to romantic World War II ballads. Her 6-CD Centennial Composers Collection of tunes by Rodgers, Gershwin, Kern, Ellington, Carmichael and Berlin became an instant collectible classic when it was released in 2002.
Kentucky born and raised, Adair lives and records in Nashville – something of a surprise to people who associate the city solely with country music. In fact Nashville lives up to its “Music City” nickname by hosting a vibrant jazz scene, in which she has been a leading light for decades. A sought-after studio musician in her early days there, Adair accompanied such legendary performers as Chet Atkins, Dolly Parton and Johnny Cash – and also worked with Lucille Ball, Dinah Shore, Mama Cass Elliott and Peggy Lee.
Her guests on Improvised Thoughts, Beegie’s radio talk/music show on the local NPR affiliate, included such greats as Tony Bennett, Joe Williams, Marian McPartland, Benny Golson and Helen Merrill. She has guested on McPartland’s Piano Jazz show and has performed with Nat Adderley, Bill Watrous, Lew Tabackin, Terry Clarke, Urbie Green and Jim Ferguson, among many others.
When she’s not in the studio or appearing in clubs and concert halls around the country, Adair wears a variety of hats, from adjunct professor at Vanderbilt University to teacher and mentor at the Nashville Jazz Workshop. Recently she co-wrote and scored an innovative theatrical production, Betsy, which in April 2006 premiered off-Broadway in New York.
She has recorded eight projects for Village Square Records in Nashville; her most recent CDs are Sentimental Journey, a popular collection of World War II-era songs, and a solo piano recording, Quiet Romance.
She performs solo and with the Beegie Adair Trio, whose members include drummer Chris Brown, a veteran of the Maynard Ferguson ensemble, and bassist Roger Spencer, who has played with the Les Brown Band, Ray Conniff, the Page Cavanaugh Trio and Pete Jolly. They are, she says, “my main guys. They’re so tuned into the way I visualize music that it’s effortless to play with them.”
In clubs and concert venues from Los Angeles to New York, Beegie and her “main guys” win kudos from audiences and critics alike who appreciate her unique take on classic jazz. She fell in love with the music a long time ago, and indeed she’s never gotten over it -- a love affair the jazz world is much the better for.
Because Of You
Beegie Adair Lyrics
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Es ir sin rumbo fijo
Refugiarse como un niño
En los brazos de la soledad
Regresar sin ella es
Tan delirante,
Tan nocivo tan frustrante
Es como tener las manos
Llenas de ella
De sus risa, sus caderas
Y saber que ella no esta
Es como sentarse a deshojar estrellas
Bajo una luna nueva
A través del ventanal
Vivir sin ella es estar
Encadenado a ese cuerpo
Que yo amo, es temerle a la soledad
Vivir sin ella es rendirse a cada instante
Es caer, es levantarse y de por ella comenzar
Esto no es normal
Es querer volar
A donde ella esta
Esto no es normal
Es querer volar
A donde ella esta
La noche sin ella es
Un trago amargo
Es mirar el calendario
Es llorar, amigos es llorar
Es como tener las manos
Llenas de ella
De sus manos, sus caderas
Y saber que ella no esta
Es como sentarse a deshojar estrellas
Bajo una luna nueva
A través del ventanal
Vivir sin ella es estar
Encadenado a ese cuerpo
Que yo amo, es temerle a la soledad
Vivir sin ella es rendirse a cada instante
Es caer, es levantarse y de por ella comenzar
Vivir sin ella es estar
Encadenado a ese cuerpo
Que yo amo, es temerle a la soledad
Vivir sin ella es rendirse a cada instante
Es caer, es levantarse y de por ella comenzar
Vivir sin ella es estar
Encadenado a ese cuerpo
Yo no se lo que es vivir sin ella
Yo no se lo que es vivir
Con mi soledad que ahoga
Yo no se lo que es vivir sin ella
Yo no se lo que es vivir
Y se me hacen mas largas las horas
Sin su presencia
Yo no se lo que es vivir sin ella
Yo no se lo que es vivir
Todo me recuerda a ella
Esa canción de la radio
La foto sobre la mesa
Yo no se lo que es vivir sin ella
Yo no se lo que es vivir
Me domina la tristeza
Si no esta ella
The song "Because of You" by Beegie Adair is a poignant portrayal of the emptiness and longing that one feels when they are without their love. The lyrics speak about the pain of being separated from the one you love and the heavy burden of loneliness that comes with it. The song describes the sense of being lost and directionless when you're not with your partner, and the feeling of seeking comfort in the arms of solitude. It talks about the frustration and delirium of returning without your loved one, and the reluctance to return home without her.
The lyrics further delve into the sense of having a part of her with you at all times even when she's gone. And the painful awareness that you can't have her by your side. The lines "Es como tener las manos Llenas de ella De sus risa, sus caderas Y saber que ella no esta" translate to "It's like having your hands Full of her Laughter, her hips And knowing she's not here". These lines beautifully capture the pain of being unable to hold onto the one you love.
The song ends on a heartbreaking note with the repetition of "Yo no se lo que es vivir sin ella" that translates to "I don't know what it's like to live without her". It is a powerful portrayal of the emptiness and pain that comes with being separated from the one you love.
Line by Line Meaning
Caminar sin ella,
Es ir sin rumbo fijo
Walking without her is like aimlessly wandering around
Refugiarse como un niño
En los brazos de la soledad
Finding refuge in loneliness, like a child seeking comfort
Regresar sin ella es
Tan delirante,
Tan nocivo tan frustrante
Que a la casa no quiero llegar
Returning home without her is insane, harmful, and frustrating to the point where I don't want to go there
Es como tener las manos
Llenas de ella
De sus risa, sus caderas
Y saber que ella no esta
It's like having her with me, feeling her laugh and her curves but knowing she's not there
Es como sentarse a deshojar estrellas
Bajo una luna nueva
A través del ventanal
It's like sitting and wasting time, staring out a window at the stars and moon
Vivir sin ella es estar
Encadenado a ese cuerpo
Que yo amo, es temerle a la soledad
To live without her is to feel chained to a body I love, and to fear the loneliness that comes with it
Vivir sin ella es rendirse a cada instante
Es caer, es levantarse y de por ella comenzar
To live without her is to constantly give in, to fall and get up only to start again for her
Esto no es normal
Es querer volar
A donde ella esta
This is not normal, it's wanting to fly to wherever she is
La noche sin ella es
Un trago amargo
Es mirar el calendario
Es llorar, amigos es llorar
The night without her is a bitter pill. It's looking at the calendar and crying, friends, it's crying
Yo no se lo que es vivir sin ella
Yo no se lo que es vivir
Con mi soledad que ahoga
I don't know what it's like to live without her, to live suffocated by my own loneliness
Yo no se lo que es vivir sin ella
Yo no se lo que es vivir
Y se me hacen mas largas las horas
Sin su presencia
I don't know what it's like to live without her, and the hours seem longer without her presence
Yo no se lo que es vivir sin ella
Yo no se lo que es vivir
Todo me recuerda a ella
Esa canción de la radio
La foto sobre la mesa
I don't know what it's like to live without her because everything reminds me of her. The song on the radio, her photo on the table
Yo no se lo que es vivir sin ella
Yo no se lo que es vivir
Me domina la tristeza
Si no esta ella
I don't know what it's like to live without her because sadness overpowers me in her absence
Vivir sin ella es estar
Encadenado a ese cuerpo
To live without her is to feel chained to a body
Lyrics © Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: LUIZ BONFA, ANTONIO MARIA
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