Daniela Rossi plays God Bless the Child by Billie Holiday, arranged by Dusan Bogdanovic

Daniela Rossi plays God Bless the Child by Billie Holiday, arranged by Dusan Bogdanovic. Dedicated to Daniela Rossi “One of my favorite jazz ballads, God Bless The Child was written in 1939 by the famous jazz singer Billy Holiday in tandem with the songwriter-composer Arthur Herzog. I wrote an arrangement of the piece as an “exercise in stylistic expansion” for the classically-minded guitarist Daniela Rossi. Though reminiscent of the Joe Pass solo improvisations, this arrangement explores the contrapuntal treatment of the ballad, alternating the melody with written-out extra temporized passages superposed on walking-bass Lines.“ Dusan Bogdanovic. Live for the Twickenham Guitar Society, June 18th, 2022 Daniela Rossi, Guitar Guitar: Walter Verreydt Video and Audio: Michael Addlesee