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Summertime: One Song, Many Routes

A whole hour compares versions of Summertime across soul, folk, blues, vocal harmony, jazz and acoustic string music.

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RNR Summertime
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Roots And Roads

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Sam Cook · Summertime

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  1. 1
    Summertime · Sam Cook

    Why it was chosen Dominik's favorite song

  2. 2
    Summertime · Ada Moore

    Why it was chosen To set the listener on this particular journey through music

  3. 3
    Summertime · Pete Seeger

    Why it was chosen To go into a completely different genre and different take on the song

  4. 4
    Summertime · Delta Souls
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    Why it was chosen To provide a way of singing and playing that was much more bluesy and rocky

  5. 5
    Summertime · Great Nashville Sing-Out
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    Why it was chosen To provide a different vocal take

  6. 6
    Summertime · Black Mama Dharma Band

    Why it was chosen To see what slight Eastern influences can do with the American blues based jazz standard

  7. 7
    Summertime · Dion Warwick

    Why it was chosen To bring it back to more of a mainstream take

  8. 8
    Summertime · Jackie Naylor

    Why it was chosen To play a jazz version as none of the previous styles played were jazz, despite it being a jazz standard

  9. 9
    Summertime · Miles Davis

    Why it was chosen One of Dominik's favorite covers

  10. 10
    Summertime · Dave Rolf
  11. 11
    Summertime · Tres Hombres

    Why it was chosen To 'funk it up'

  12. 12
    Summertime · Foggy Mountain Rockers

    Why it was chosen To include the country hillbilly style of summertime

  13. 13
    Summertime · David Grisman, Jerry Garcia, And Tony Rice