DNC 2016 In Memoriam 'Somewhere' ft Frederic Yonnet, harmonica

Frédéric Yonnet recorded a special arrangement of “Somewhere (There’s a Place for Us)” for the Democratic National Convention’s Memoriam presentation which airs Wed, July 27.  The song from the Broadway musical West Side Story (1961), features Yonnet on harmonica and co-arranger Samuel Prather on keys. Yonnet’s interpretation is a contemporary departure from the original, composed by Leonard Bernstein with lyrics by Stephen Sondheim.

Remembering Daniel Inouye, George S.McGovern, Arlen Specter, Joan Adams Mondale, William Gray, Wiliam “Bill” Lynch, Evelyn Richardson, Tom Chorlton, William Coyne, Tom Foley, Cardiss Collins, Mervyn M.Dymally, Jack Germand, Frank Lautenberg, Nelson Mandela, Basil Patterson, Billy Frank, Jr., James Oberstar, Maya Angelou, Clementa Pinckney, Lawrence Guyot, Charles “Chuck” Lionel Franklin Jr., Ruby Dee, Grace Lee Boggs, Patrick Lucey, Mark Weiner, Mario Cuomo, Lois DeBerry, Geneva C.Jones, Jane Byrne, Marion Barry, Thomas Menino, Wendell Ford, Robert Lanier, Darold Lowe, Tracy Pinson, D’Army Bailey, Willie Barrow, Mame Reiley, Larry Scanlon, Alice Tregay, Vernon Watkins, William Welsh, James Wright, Amelia Boynton Robinson, Robert StraussMiguel Hernandez Agosto, , Isaac Skelton, Julian Bond, Mario Cooper, Ed Koch, Franklin McCain, Louis Stokes, Mark Takai, Don Edwards, Sandy Berger, Dale Bumpers, Grace Garcia, Evelyn Leiberman, Redding Pitt, Robin Chandler Duke, Miguel Hernandez Agosto, Cassandra Butts, Alma Brown, Cassandra Butts, Rudy Lombard, Seth Rich, Abner Mikva, Beau Biden, Muhammad Ali.

[ChuckHughesGuitar]

Very well done. I was in the other room listening and came to the TV to see who this was. Glad to find it here.

[monolith]

The music is a wonderful blend beautiful and haunting. Please put this song up for download!

[shelleypace]

Our future vice president plays the harmonica, so I had wondered about the musician here. Thought "interesting that this recording was chosen, considering the instrument's connection to Tim Kaine", and now learn it was specially recorded for the DNC's "tribute" presentation...seemed an unusual choice of instrumentation...but I thought it was lovely.