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Bohemian

by Cathy Segal Garcia

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Bohemian 06:12
Like A Bohemian 2001 CSG Thought I’d live my life out til I was 80 As a Bohemian. Never thought I’d ask for anyone’s help again (Not a man!) Oh I was strong! (A strong woman doesn’t ask for anyone’s help!) I’d get along… (A strong woman really depends only on herself!) As a Bohemian! Suddenly I was found deep in myself and lost as a kid again… Saw the things I saw, all of a sudden, in a new way again! Oh, I’d been brave! (I need more bravery now than I ever needed before) Taught to behave… (All previous rules of behavior are thrown out as of now!) As a Bohemian! I was smart… to a “T”, I could live much better than they lived. I was hip, I was cool, I could live alone! Take the lead, don’t you need Act like nothing ever could bore you Play it cool, that’s the rule You’ll survive alone Now I know that I’m here Feeling alive and being in love again. Wondering if I knew That I was lost, and now I am found again! Oh, I’d been blind Forced to unwind As a Bohemian
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Her Family 08:03
HER FAMILY (In Her Family) music by Pat Metheny, lyrics by CSG In her family I could see All the love they gave each other… Plainly living, plainly giving… Always there with an open heart. And they welcomed me, Into her family. In her family there were boys, And we often played together… Making games up; Days and dreams of Pirate’s gold, And a forest green… In our days together, Joy lived in our hearts. All the time I ever knew them, They were close together. Never had I seen a family be that way! Love came through the strangest doorways… Sorry eyes and tearstained faces. Realizing worth was in their hearts. In her family, it was said “All for one”, and “One” was Spirit. How I wish that I were there… To see their smiles and to feel their love. In my heart I still can feel her family there.
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EVERYDAY’S OWN SONG by Cathy Segal-Garcia Back on the road I go through states of repose Where stress will fall away Just livin everyday’s own song! I wake up, step out, look round…and I go! Once on my way, I just acknowledge the day And life moves on its own The flow of everyday’s own song Will move it, groove it, I will Lose the song I sang before today! `````````````````` As the day moves on, It takes an air of color as I paint the canvas free Tone and rhythm added, They stir together as they flow into changes And they change into a feeling, as they Move me along, into the day’s own true song… A joyful melody! Where I can live the day’s own song! I’ll take up my heart and move on to the song!
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Jump Back 05:06
JUMP BACK 11/2004 music CSGH, lyrics CSGH & Gary Hoffman Jump back! I can’t take it~~ You’re gettin’ too close with your cool dude thing! Jump back! I can’t fake it!~~ You’re turnin’ me on, everybody can see! Jump back! I won’t make it~~ My nerves are on edge when you’re sweet to me! Jump back! Don’t you get it~~ Can’t you see what you’re doin’ to me?! And when you move in close like that, Something takes a hold! I get a feelin’ inside of me~~ I’m about to lose control! Jump back! I can’t make it~~ My heart can’t take the strain of this! Jump back! More will break it! I’m tellin’ you baby, that’s it!
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California … I love you for all the right reasons You’re with me … through all my seasons Your mountains, your ocean, awake in me devotion! Your landscape reveals such a sweep like the tide… My heart swells … my eyes fill …. I’m right by your side. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ California … I love you for all the right reasons You’re with me … through all my seasons I’m … always loving you … like a school-girl’s fantasy Daydreaming … palm trees sway softly … I’m in ecstasy ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Your freedom … your embrace You’re wild … inside my special place My soul will always know … the splendor of it all Even when your mountains tumble and fall ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ In the heat of the light In the cool of the night When your waters run cold … when your air turns to gold I’ll remember, and say…. California … I love you for all the right reasons You’re with me … through all my seasons
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Like A River 06:16
LIKE A RIVER Shelby Flint Love, moving like a river Is both the taker and giver You came, you went away Like rain on a summer day A warm and welcome surprise To was the world from my eyes You made the meadow green Than faded like a dream Into the river Love, change is never ending Through time, we’re turning and bending You cam, you cannot stay A flame on a winter day A bright and wondrous surprise To light the world in my eyes You turned the snow to Spring Then vanished, like a dream, into the river….
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A TIMELESS PLACE (The Peacocks) by Jimmy Rowles & Norma Winstone The window….looked out onto a pattern, never ending… A flower…and trees and little pathways far descending…. To the garden far below us….the pavilions in the sunlight…. Where the peacocks proudly grace the scene… The vision….a timeless place, another way of living… You moved in so close, I really thought that you were giving… I allowed myself a moment…to believe that you could leave me… To reflect upon what might have been….. The summer sky…I saw reflected in the colour of your eyes…. But somehow i…could never peel away the layers of disguise…. I’m drowning now…I’m slowly sinking in a sea of blue and green…. Where what you are is never seen…how can anybody know you? I still hear the ringing of the church bells in the morning….. The peacocks still calling out their sad and bitter warning…. Beauty’s only an illusion….here your truth is an intrusion…. A mirage is all it’s ever been…….
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Fragile 08:53
If blood will flow when flesh and steel are one Drying in the color of the evening sun Tomorrow's rain will wash the stains away But something in our minds will always stay Perhaps this final act was meant To clinch a lifetime's argument That nothing comes from violence and nothing ever could For all those born beneath an angry star Lest we forget how fragile we are On and on the rain will fall Like tears from a star Like tears from a star On and on the rain will say How fragile we are How fragile we are How fragile we are How fragile we are How fragile we are How fragile we are
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Touch Her soft Lips and Part (William Walton, LM Pagano) I have a love --- And I’ll love him for life --- Through the rains and the storms -- And the silence at night -- I have a love --- in a nest -- in the tree of my heart Where it cautiously lives --- day to day -- And the mockingbirds sing— To the constantly changing Refrain Of the love song that lives in his heart …. They sing, “Touch her soft lips, and part!” ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Nightengale (Deborah Henson-Conant) Who will sing --- for the Nightengale? When the night is gone ------ When the daylight comes? Who will sing --- for the Nightengale? When she sleeps alone in the sun? Many’s the time --- her silken tones -- Soothed my rough ---- and weary bones --- Many’s the time --- her lullabye ---- Brought me to my rest….. But -- who will sing to the Nightengale? Her own sweet song Is silent now …….. Who will sing to the Nightengale? When she sleeps alone in the sun?
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THE IRONIC WALTZ 9/8/05 Cathy Segal-Garcia Life can be sometimes absurd… You think you’re moving ahead. Out in the blue, Wandering through… Caught in the Ironic Waltz! All of a sudden you’re there, Forced in a moment of time! Strangely afraid, Lost on your way… Caught in the Ironic Waltz! Living in the moment, Looking for the beauty, Trying hard to be above it all… All at once the thought that You are not alone, and We are all the pieces To this perfect puzzle… Brings you back home to the waltz, Balancing ying and the yang Living today, Playing the game… Caught in the Ironic Waltz!
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One Minute 06:17
ONE MINUTE Cathy Segal-Garcia 2001 It took one minute to know Our lives were intertwined. And in one minute I’d lose The life I’d leave behind. I saw a lifetime there, Deep in his eyes. Knew the time was finally here To realize. I had one minute to do Now what I thought was right. It took one minute to choose The life (man) I’d leave behind.

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Critical Jazz: “Real musical integrity. Songs that are stripped bare of the more commercialized pretentiousness of the music industry for tunes that have a unique story and artist to make sure the story is told. N.P.R jazz. The vibe of artistic integrity coupled with honest emotion for a captivating experience.”

First let me say, there are no overdubs on this recording. It was 2 days of joyous and non-judge-mental improvisation, within song structure! We hadn’t planned on recording a full project…we just wanted to document our musical relationship before Cho left Los Angeles, returning to Korea.

My former student, Joon Lee, opened an incredible jazz club in L.A. in 2009 called The Blue Whale. I’ve met many incredible musicians there, and one is pianist Yoonseung Cho...Growing up in Argentina, living and working in the States, and now in Korea. Cho and I were drawn to each other as people and musicians. Form and improvisation. We wanted a representation of that, and ended up with a wonderful duo recording!

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released March 31, 2011

Cathy Segal-Garcia, vocals
Yoonseung Cho, piano
John Leftwich, studio and engineer

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Cathy Segal Garcia Los Angeles, California

A vocalist of “real music integrity”, her deep connection to rhythm & earthy & organic voice brings a nakedness to her communication, a direct line in to one’s heart.
“The vibe of artistic integrity coupled with honest emotion for a captivating experience.”
A tireless supporter & producer of the L.A. jazz scene,
her teaching is as well known as her singing.
15 CDs to date.
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