A-TRANE PRÄSENTIERT DAY1:
Riccardo Del Fra
«BROADWAY LETTERS»
FEAT: Peter Weniger-Christian Von der Goltz

Riccardo Del Fra
«BROADWAY LETTERS»
FEAT: Peter Weniger-Christian Von der GoltzRiccardo Del Fra reveals his love for the Great American Songbook, accompanied by 3 exceptional guests: Christian Von Der Goltz on piano and Peter Weniger on Saxophone with a special guest Bill Petry on trumpet only on Thursday.
From Broadway to Hollywood, from Manhattan to Paris: Songs have a history and stories that continue to inspire composers, arrangers and improvisers.

Who was Gail Russell? What’s the connection between the film “The Uninvited” and the ballad “Stella by Starlight”?

Despite its immediate popularity, the song “Body and Soul” was banned from the radio for almost a year, due to its suggestive lyrics of an obvious sexual nature. But was this the only reason for its great success?

Who was Vernon Duke, the composer of “I Can’t Get Started”, “Autumn in New York” and “April in Paris”? What was his relationship with Russian composer Sergei Prokofiev?

What allusion does Cole Porter make when he quotes Plymouth Rock in the lyrics of “Anything Goes”? Was this allusion taken up by Malcolm X during a speech on black nationalism?

Who was Salvatore Antonio Guaragna, composer of over 800 songs, many of which have become indispensable standards?

In the mid-1920s, George Gershwin stayed in Paris. What kind of relation he had with Nadia Boulanger and Maurice Ravel?
What’s the story of the popular song by the Gershwin brothers „The Man I Love„?

Which musical Cole Porter wrote, inspired by a four-and-a-half months „around the world“ luxury cruise on the Franconia, with family, friends, and assistants?

«The particularity of this project is based on the fascinating and not always known stories that are behind the songs from Broadway and Hollywood and their composers. I will be happy to present them on the mike to the A-Trane audience and to play them with my friends musicians from Berlin. All the concerts I made with this project were successful, the public loves to discover all the stories behind those beautiful songs.»
Riccardo Del Fra

Peter Weniger – Saxophone
Christian Von der Goltz – Piano
Riccardo Del Fra – Double Bass