Name: How Deep is the Ocean by Les Lankhorst
Duration: 3 min 38 s
Description: This is Les Lankhorst performing "How Deep is the Ocean" at a Benefit Concert at Kansas State University. It's a gorgeous rendition of the Irving Berlin song from 1932. Les is accompanied by Dean Kranzler on drums, Andrew Book on bass, and Bill Wingfield on grand piano.

Marcus Collins of Emmy award winning vocal group The Texas Tenors presents his first solo CD. Inspired by music from all genres, Marcus has assembled musicians, songwriters and engineers from all over the world to create this collection of music from pop to country.

Brand New Life

Wrecking Ball

Humble & Kind

Here's is brand new take on the classic Beatles tune, "Blackbird" by Les Lankhorst and accompanied solely by the incredible Derek Stein on Cello. The song is mixed, mastered and produced by Chris Collier, Los Angles, CA.

Love and Lullabies

Blackbird

Les goes all the way to England and the classic (almost cultish) family film Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang for a hauntingly gorgeous rendition of the lullaby "Hushabye Mountain" For this, he chooses to bring in some wonderful, young talent in the form of 18 year old newcomer Miranda Taylor. With Lankhorst's smooth, smoky baritone voice juxtaposed with Taylor's lilting, wistful timbre, the song takes us all away to the fantasy land of Hushaby Mountain. The guitar solo in the break, by the exquisitely soulful Jack Pantazis, turns us around and almost takes us to the world of James Bond. It leaves us to wonder if this is an obvious nod by Pantazis to the writer of Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang, Ian Fleming, famed for his James Bond mega-franchise.

Hushabye Mountain

A French adaptation of the bossa nova song "Contas pelo chão" by Brazilian songwriter/composer Alan Sommer.

Il est assis au bord de la mer
Des vagues reflètent la lumière
Elles viennent de ma vie imaginaire

Des perles jetées par terre
Quelqu’un les a laissées tomber
Ou peut être c’est quelqu'un qui un jour arrivera
Et moi, la solitaire
Je les assemble par terre 

Encore un jour la plus belle poésie
Se trouve bien perdue et ainsi
Tourne une page d’un chapitre de ma vie
Et vole mon destin vite comme la pluie
Cette histoire, raconte-moi la fin

Il est assis au bord de la mer
Des vagues reflètent la lumière
Elles viennent de ma vie imaginaire

Des perles jetées par terre
Quelqu’un les a laissées tomber
Ou peut être c’est quelqu'un qui un jour arrivera
Et moi, la solitaire
Je les assemble par terre 

Encore un jour la plus belle poésie
Se trouve bien perdue et ainsi
Tourne une page d’un chapitre de ma vie
Et vole mon destin vite comme la pluie
Cette histoire, raconte-moi la fin

Encore un jour la plus belle poésie
Se trouve bien perdue et ainsi
Tourne une page d’un chapitre de ma vie
Et vole mon destin vite comme la pluie
Cette histoire, raconte-moi la fin
Amour

Des perles par terre

Des perles par terre (feat. Jillian Calkins)

Les Lankhorst's traditional and hauntingly beautiful version of "Moonlight in Vermont" is one of the highlights of his 2017 album - "Love and Lullabies". Produced and mixed by Jeremy Diffey out of Australia, this track will stick with you and ease all those troubles of the day away...

Moonlight in Vermont

This is Les Lankhorst performing "How Deep is the Ocean" at a Benefit Concert at Kansas State University. It's a gorgeous rendition of the Irving Berlin song from 1932. Les is accompanied by Dean Kranzler on drums, Andrew Book on bass, and Bill Wingfield on grand piano.

KSU Beach Museum Benefit LIVE

How Deep is the Ocean

Here's Les Lankhorst and Josh Hanlon (piano) doing an original version of the 1944 Bing Crosby classic "Don't Fence Me In". This version is inspired by the Harry Connick Jr. version. 

Produced and recorded at Lankhorst Productions, mixed and mastered by Chris Collier at CMC21 Productions, Las Vegas, July 2020

Don't Fence Me In

Sneak Peek at Marcus Collins of The Texas Tenors' first solo album!  This cover of Rascal Flatts' "I Won't Let Go" is a song for our times.  Although separated by this pandemic, we won't let go of our relationships with each other and the many things that bring us together.  I am so lucky and blessed to have amazing friends and family.. my tenors extended family, all of you, JC and John to make it through the storm!  "We're gonna make it"

I Won't Let Go

Jazz/Swing Singer & Producer. Classics done with class.

How Deep is the Ocean

Les Lankhorst

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