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#1
02-25-2010, 11:53 AM
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 Favorite Blues (Tunes)? As in, "If you were calling all the blues tunes at a jam session, which would you call?" If you had to list ten (or a dozen) what would they be? Today, mine are (in no special order): Monk's "Blue Monk" and "Straight, No Chaser" Sonny's "Tenor Madness" Bird's "KC Blues" and "Billie's Bounce" Duke's "Things Ain't What They Used To Be" Jimmy Smith's "Back at the Chicken Shack" Coltrane's "Mr. PC," "Blue Trane" and "Freight Trane" (< the only "Bird blues" I regularly play)
__________________ "I can not overemphasize how important it is to sing what you play or play what you are singing. You do not have to be a singer. You don't have to sing loudly, or even above your breath. Scatting, as this is sometimes called, directly improves your ability to play what you heard, which in turn sounds less like someone playing memorized patterns." Herb Ellis     |
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#2
02-25-2010, 12:39 PM
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| All Blues Freddy the Freeloader Straight no Chaser Stolen Moments Nows the Time Blues in the Night Harlem Nocturn I would also say Goodbye Pork Pie Hat which I alway hear as more of a blues tune for it's feel. The changes , though not traditional blues, could be condidered a reharmoniaztion of a standard blues in F |
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#3
02-25-2010, 01:58 PM
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| Great idea, I dig all the tunes already listed. Chick's "Bud Powell"... it's a complicated blues Mingus "Nostalgia in Times Square" C Brown's " Sandu" Shorter's " 502 Blues" H. Silver's "Barbara" J. Henderson's "Isotope" J. H. "The Kicker" J.H. "Mamacita" There's a ton of great latin blues Gigi Gryce's "Minority" Hank Mobleys " This I Dig Of You" I guess that's ten...this should be top 100 Thanks Reg |
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#4
02-25-2010, 02:04 PM
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| Another Favorite Blues tunes I like those already listed. I'd add "Swedish Pastry," composed by Barney Kessel. #11 in the melody -- one of my favorite sounds. I often use this tune in lessons, as an example of the Lydianb7 sound. Bill Evans did a nice version of this tune. Steve
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#5
02-25-2010, 04:01 PM
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| Blue-zak I start solo gigs with Blue Monk, and often twist a couple of his other things into the resulting mash (e.g. Well You Needn't & I Mean You); it seems to be a good way to kick things off, maybe because I love to play Monk's tunes. Some other more 'bluesy' pieces I play a lot: * Third Floor Richard (Lloyd) * Sister Sadie (Silver) * Freddie Freeloader, All Blues (Miles) * Hora Decubitus, Jump Monk (Mingus) * Miles Beyond (McLaughlin) * Sweet Shuffle (Coryell) * Green Onions, HipHugHer (Washington) If it's a less jazz-oriented crowd I might start with SRV (Lenny, Riviera Paradise) or even old Zeppelin. It all comes from the same place, no?  |
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#6
02-25-2010, 08:52 PM
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| Blue Train Chitlins Con Carne The Girls Next Door Freddie Freeloader Blue Monk Footprints Sweet Georgia Bright Watermelon Man Stolen Moments West Coast Blues |
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#7
02-25-2010, 09:01 PM
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| goodbye pork pie hat has gotta hit the list. |
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02-26-2010, 05:08 AM
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| errr...freight trane is by tommy flanagan... 
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#10
02-26-2010, 05:22 AM
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| besides the many delights listed above... five spot after dark benny golson birk's works diz bag's groove milt jackson blues walk clifford brown cool blues bird solar miles wish i'd get around to learning: blues on the corner mccoy tyner barbados bird pfrancing miles interplay bill evans
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#11
02-27-2010, 11:03 AM
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| I also love Parker's "Bloomdido," but I have a rough time trying to play it on the guitar! Anyone know of a fingering so that it lays out (more) play-ably?
__________________ "I can not overemphasize how important it is to sing what you play or play what you are singing. You do not have to be a singer. You don't have to sing loudly, or even above your breath. Scatting, as this is sometimes called, directly improves your ability to play what you heard, which in turn sounds less like someone playing memorized patterns." Herb Ellis |
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02-27-2010, 05:50 PM
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__________________ "It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it." -- Aristotle www.randalljazz.com |
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#14
03-02-2010, 05:48 PM
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| Parker's Mood allll day |
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03-09-2010, 12:00 PM
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| I just learned "Twisted" (-which I first heard done vocally by Joni Mitchell) and love playing it. It's also enough different from a 'typical' blues to stay fresh (-or so he thought...)
__________________ "I can not overemphasize how important it is to sing what you play or play what you are singing. You do not have to be a singer. You don't have to sing loudly, or even above your breath. Scatting, as this is sometimes called, directly improves your ability to play what you heard, which in turn sounds less like someone playing memorized patterns." Herb Ellis |
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