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Body and Soul
a favorite but haven’t played it in a minute
The piano player asked to play Body and Soul and you can hear me say “alright walking ballad and short solos” at the beginning and then it went for 7.5 minutes.
It was rainy and only a few people came out to play so I feel like it’s fine.Last edited by pamosmusic; 09-27-2024 at 11:27 PM.
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09-27-2024 10:48 PM
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sounds good. I also played with a piano tonight. We did Blue Moon as a ballad.
Body and Soul is another staple I need to learn.
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Thank ya sir. An all time beautiful tune. Doesn’t get called much, I guess just because ballads don’t get called much.
I also feel like it has All the Things syndrome where no one calls it because it gets called all the time ………. but like ……….. now no one calls it, so can I play it again?
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One of those where musicians get bored of it but people like it. We get the biggest response from Autumn Leaves of all the tunes. Some
people like Topsy or Serenede to a Cuckoo until they realize it’s not The Pink Panther Theme.
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Originally Posted by AllanAllen
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We played Pent Up House once to good reception then I took it off the setlist
forever. I don’t remember why.
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So, you hit E natural at the end of bar 7, but Benny Goodman and Coleman Hawkins hit F. The real book has E nat like you.
So, why you playing it wrong bro? I’m not supposed to correct you. I stink.
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That red part. I noticed it was off from Benny Goodman, then I thought I’d see what you did, then I thought maybe Real Book was based off Coleman Hawkins.
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Originally Posted by AllanAllen
Surprised you didn't catch the A natural in bar 3. That one I stole from Trane.
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I thought bar 3 was embellishment.
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A banger.
That part of the melody is kind of the only part of the A section he plays the same way every time and it's always with an A natural.
Definitely my favorite Body and Soul. McCoy's part helps too.
And to settle the question ... I went back and listened to the melodies of a few of my favorites and none of them play that E at the end of the A section. So I am comfortable confirming that I didn't get that E from anywhere respectable.
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So you weren't just giving the finger to the elderly stride pianist who ignored what you said and sped up till they were nearly dancing on the tables?
Coltrane altered the backing so the A nat fit. In fact he altered the whole thing.
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Originally Posted by ragman1
Coltrane altered the backing so the A nat fit. In fact he altered the whole thing.
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Originally Posted by pamosmusic
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Originally Posted by pamosmusic
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Originally Posted by AllanAllen
I mean it's almost like it's jazz ...
I hear E bent up to an F on the Benny btw. Hawk plays F, but then he's improvising a lot on the melody.
I suppose it's song sheet time. I suspect the E was a blue note that got incorporated into the melody over time.
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Originally Posted by pamosmusic
But I'm pretty basic tbh. I lose a lot of repertoire from under my fingers if I don't play a trio gig for a while, for example. Can be frustrating,
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Well AKSHUALLY time (original key C, down a half step)
So Benny and we were wrong (and the Real Book was right for once haha.)
This sheet from 1930
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Originally Posted by pamosmusic
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Originally Posted by Christian Miller
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Originally Posted by ragman1
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Originally Posted by Tal_175
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Originally Posted by pamosmusic
Actually, if the chord in Ebm is Gb7 (as on the RB sheet above) then the nat A is just a #9, which ought to be fine. But it didn't sound so good at that point. That's all, it's not a catastrophe
Re. differing styles, the piano was playing it as a standard ballad but perhaps you were playing it with a much more cool modern sound. I think that was the point on that.
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nice playing pamo.
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Originally Posted by Christian Miller
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