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Iris Ornig Plays The Songbook Of Burt Bacharach at Deer Head Inn
Courtesy of Ornig | Posted on October 30, 2017
Where
Deer Head Inn
5 Main Street
Delaware Water Gap, PA
Map
570-424-2000
When
Fri, December 8, 2017
7:00 pm
At Door
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Musicians
About
Burt Bacharach and Hal David’s musical collaboration made pop history in the twentieth century. The unique sounds of their music as shaped by performers like Dionne Warwick, Dusty Springfield, and The Carpenters, made them pop music icons for over thirty years.
Bacharach was a huge influence on Iris Ornig. His pop stylings and her modern jazz compositions share many of the same characteristics – unexpected harmonic structures, syncopated rhythmic patterns, unusual phrasing, and odd, changing meters. Yet at the same time, the strong, simple melodies of their tunes have a popular appeal that draws in the listener....