Iris Ornig Plays The Songbook Of Burt Bacharach at Deer Head Inn

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....

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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.

For her newest project, Iris Ornig honors Burt Bacharach and Hal David with her own spin on their classic compositions. By putting the songs through a creative jazz filter, she brings new life to the music while capturing the moods and stories of each one. Iris’s love of the Bacharach/David songbook is expressed in every new twist of her inventive musical reinterpretations.

The band consists of Dave Smith on trumpet & Flugelhorn, Jeremy Powell on tenor, Billy Test on piano, Iris Ornig on bass/arrangements and Jesse Simpson on drums.

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