{"id":1539,"date":"2017-07-21T09:00:09","date_gmt":"2017-07-21T08:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/douglascowie.com\/?p=1539"},"modified":"2017-07-19T16:09:11","modified_gmt":"2017-07-19T15:09:11","slug":"song-of-the-week-when-its-sleepy-time-down-south-by-billie-holliday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.douglascowie.net\/?p=1539","title":{"rendered":"Song of the Week: &#8220;When It&#8217;s Sleepy Time Down South&#8221; by Billie Holliday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Each Friday I pick a song\u2013new, old, borrowed, blue\u2013that\u2019s been on my mind and in my ears, and write a short post about it.<\/p>\n<p>This is &#8220;When It&#8217;s Sleepy Time Down South&#8221; by Billie Holliday:<\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/DxxIg8XXw5I\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>This song&#8211;albeit not this version&#8211;has been in my head more than any other for the past few weeks, because I&#8217;ve been learning to play it, and trying to play it well.\u00a0 An interesting thing about playing music: the technical challenges of playing fast are very different from the technical and musical challenges of playing slowly.\u00a0 Playing &#8220;When It&#8217;s Sleepy Time Down South&#8221; forces a very different type of concentration that I&#8217;ve found both interesting and extremely helpful to my tone, breathing, and rhythm in particular.\u00a0 Anyway, this version of the song by Billie Holliday is just weary, as was, one suspects, the woman herself.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/VNQptuPKsiI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Here&#8217;s another version by Louis Armstrong<\/a>.\u00a0 The version I&#8217;ve been learning and playing along with is an homage to Louis Armstrong, as performed by the Cuban trumpeter Arturo Sandoval.<\/p>\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_toolbar\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top: 5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\"\/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services_t=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Google Plus\",\"Pinterest\",\"Linkedin\",\"Tumblr\",\"StumbleUpon\",\"Digg\",\"Reddit\",\"Bebo\",\"Delicious\");var hupso_background_t=\"#EAF4FF\";var hupso_border_t=\"#66CCFF\";var hupso_toolbar_size_t=\"medium\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_twitter_via=\"DouglasCowie\";var hupso_url_t=\"\";var hupso_title_t=\"Song%20of%20the%20Week%3A%20%22When%20It%27s%20Sleepy%20Time%20Down%20South%22%20by%20Billie%20Holliday\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share_toolbar.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Each Friday I pick a song\u2013new, old, borrowed, blue\u2013that\u2019s been on my mind and in my ears, and write a short post about it. 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