looking for comping for Sugar

guitarplayer007 · #1 08-09-2010, 10:02 AM

Anyone have any comping ideas for Sugar by Stanley Turentine?
Thx
Ken

patskywriter · #2 08-09-2010, 10:45 AM

that is a really nice tune for doing the walking-bassline thing! plus, it's bluesy, so the horn player, or whoever you're accompanying, will almost always sound good as long as you give them good support with nice chords and a steady beat.

guitarplayer007 · #3 08-09-2010, 11:40 AM

Yes thats why i want to find different ways of comping

patskywriter · #4 08-09-2010, 11:52 AM

what are you doing now? are you currently doing walking basslines? and are you playing with a vocalist, one other instrumentalist, or whole band?

guitarplayer007 · #5 08-09-2010, 12:49 PM

Playing with Sax ,drums and Bass

randalljazz · #6 08-09-2010, 02:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by guitarplayer007

Playing with Sax ,drums and Bass

then play 3- or 4- note chords on the upper strings. charleston rhythm is a good place to start.

check the keyboard player here:

YouTube - ‪Stanley Turrentine - Sugar (LIVE 1990)‬&lrm;

guitarplayer007 · #7 08-09-2010, 02:21 PM

bradduerr · #8 08-09-2010, 09:46 PM

Here is comping for Sugar done by Guitar College:

SUGAR (demo)

guitarplayer007 · #9 08-10-2010, 08:01 AM

Thanks
Ken

bob32069 · #10 08-12-2010, 10:16 PM

he has a simpler version at the following link under "Beginning Jazz Chords"

JAZZ LESSONS

i downloaded this one, along with the other 5 tunes on the page and they are well worth the $

FatJeff · #11 08-21-2010, 11:32 AM

Wow...I cannot believe I've been into jazz now for almost two years, and I just yesterday discovered this song!!! Thanks for the links to Rich's comping chords, Bob - I love his lessons, so I downloaded it straightaway. I think his comping is more hip than GB's on the original recording!

bob32069 · #12 08-21-2010, 01:29 PM

Jeff -

I agree. I think Rich is a genius. I wish I had discovered his videos 3 years ago when I started to learn jazz guitar. I'd probably be twice as good as I am this point in time (which come to think of it, isn't very good at all

).

Randall-

Thanks for posting that youtube video link. I really enjoyed it. What's really cool is that in July I attended Jamey Aebersold's Jazz Workshop and the combo I was in played Sugar as our final performance. I had never heard of the song before that. Dave Stryker, the guitar player in the video, was one of the instructors at the workshop so it was amazing to see him in this video actually playing that song with Stanley Turrentine all those years ago. So only 1 degree of separation between me and Mr. Turrentine!