They were really the first to show you could write your own songs and play them yourself." He's diplomatic about it, but it's clear Barnett feels that most people should not be writing and playing their own stuff. He helpfully recaps his thoughts: "Really good songs, written by professional songwriters, played by professional musicians, sung by professional singers." So what killed off lounge as a popular musical form? "The Beatles and Bob Dylan. There were a lot of jazz musicians at the top of their form who were playing pop music recording technology had really reached a peak and a lot of great songwriters and arrangers were working in the industry." The music itself was the confluence of a couple of things. "You can pin it in time, though, as having been made from roughly 1957 through 1964. "Lounge is a difficult category to define," says Charlie Barnett, the band's guitarist, primary arranger and songwriter. The CD is an expertly produced combination of originals and standards like "That Old Black Magic" and "Girl Talk," and straddles that line between cool blue and red hot.Īnd though Chaise Lounge tends to be lumped into the local swing scene, it really is a lounge band, intent on reviving the arranged pop of the '50s and '60s (think Pink Panther, Dean Martin, bossa nova) rather than the jumpy dance music of the '40s. My impatient finger jabs the "skip" button an awful lot, but one recording has been living happily in my car the past few weeks: Chaise Lounge's debut CD, "The Early Years." Chaise Lounge is a local combo with a great name, made up of first-class jazz musicians playing swinging loungey pop. I'm always searching for the perfect tunes to provide the soundtrack while I zoom through Washington's nightscape. Given the number of miles I put on my poor car as I roam the night, driving music is essential. : Style Live: Music & Nightlife: Nightwatchīrowse the archives for past Nightwatch - Live discussions
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