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Jonathan,
Any update on the folio?
thanks
Brion
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01-25-2019 10:19 PM
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I haven't made much headway on the folio, honestly, because January ended up being a much busier month than I'd intended.
Our big band gig required me to write 7 big band arrangements from scratch, and that took a bunch of time.
Here's my latest porch practice session. While it's not "polar-vortex" cold here in Los Angeles, it was below 50 degrees F, so I only lasted three tunes, "Sunday", "As Long As I Live" and "Penthouse Serenade".
By the way, if you're interested in hearing those arrangements, here's all of them, being played for a dance contest:
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Originally Posted by campusfive
Hey Jonathan!
Big fan of your Allan Reuss studies and chord melody playing! Much to learn from your clips. Also, I'm a fellow lindy hopper and balboa enthusiast. Seeing this CalBal vid make me miss the days of traveling to see the California swing dance scene. Saw your orchestra at Bal Rendezvous in San Diego! And I have this vague recollection of you doing an impromptu guitar jam with Steve Garrett between the event classes. Us lucky onlookers were very impressed.
--Ed
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The porch practice session is missing for me. I just see blank space.
BTW, who's your vibist?
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Originally Posted by sgosnell
Facebook
The vibraphone player we use here in Los Angeles is Craig Fundyga.
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Ah, Facebook. I have Facebook completely blocked in my browser, that must be why I'm not seeing anything. I do a lot of things, but Facebook is not one of them. I'll have to check Craig out.
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Jonathan, have you ever considered creating a Patreon page? I know a lot of us would love to support your music, especially if you were to give mini-lessons and thoughts about how you work out your arrangements. I know your time is limited with the amount of musical and career work plus normal life stuff, but maybe you could just charge a fixed amount for when you post as opposed to trying to a fixed amount of things each month.
PS - I cannot wait until you find the time to release your arrangements from the solo album. They are amazing.
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Jonathan
Please don't give up on the folio idea. I'm sure I'm not the only one who would like to purchase a copy.
I am enjoying "Pick It and Play It" very much.
Though a real publication complete with that nice artwork would be nice digital downloads of individual songs might be an easier way to go?
Georgia on My Mind would be my first request
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Hi Jonathan,
Would you consider putting your solo album on Spotify like you have with the Campus Five albums?
Cheers!!
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It's already there Mambazo, but consider buying it on Bandcamp, it's helps Jonathan keep his incredible work.
Jonathan Stout on Spotify
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Originally Posted by clebergf
I'll of course support on bandcamp. It was more for convenience
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Any updates on the folio?
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I am very late to the party. Somehow the release escaped me. Now I’ve had it on rotation for the whole day yesterday and I must say that “Pick it and Play it” is just magnificent. Acoustic swing guitar at its very best, musically delightful and culturally very important. I am also very much looking forward to Jon’s folio, if and when he’ll find the time.
Added bonuses: in reading Jonathan’s post (JAZZLIVES Review for "Pick It and Play It" — Jonathan Stout and his Campus Five featuring Hilary Alexander ) and the excellent “Jazztimes” review of the record, I discovered about Frank Victor, and about another spectacular swing record: Kennan McKenzie’s “Forged in Rhythm”. For those of you who haven’t listened to it, do so. It’s a collection of great swing originals (a rarity in itself), the band smokes and Jonathan on guitar, in particular, offers another stellar performance.
Both records – Pick it and Play it and Forged in Rhythm - are available on Spotify, but as @clebergf suggested I’m off to Bandcamp to support these wonderful musicians and the work they’re doing to keep swing music alive and relevant.
I’m off to spread the word in other fora…
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Hey all, I had a lovely 35+ minute porch practice session the other day, and I figured I'd share it here.
It starts off with a bit of Rodgers and Hart's "Manhattan", and then I introduce the tunes from there.
Enjoy
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Originally Posted by campusfive
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For some reason I cannot see this video in Safari on my iPad.
And checking now on my PC (Firefox) I still can't see it. The message is blank where the video would normally display.
Jonathan's other recently-posted videos display fine on both devices.Last edited by pcjazz; 02-11-2020 at 01:37 PM. Reason: Added info
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Works ok on my iPad in safari. It appears to be a link to a Facebook video, maybe that has something to do with it.
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Works on my Android phone in Chrome.
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Works fine on my chromebook. And that's a really lovely sounding guitar.
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Jonathan...do you still have plans to put out a book/folio for your Pick it and Play it album?
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Hello all,
I've not made much progress on a folio because the rights to the songs I didn't write would be pretty expensive, and likely eat up the cost of doing a book. I'm not giving up, but....
For now, I've released PDF sheet music with TAB for the two tunes I composed and arranged for the album, "Pickin' for Charlie" and "Charlie's Lullabye" available on bandcamp.
Bandcamp doesn't have a download delivery system for a non-audio file, so buy it and I'll email it to you.
Both tunes just $5.00 (USD). No shipping or anything.
"Pickin' for Charlie" / "Charlie's Lullabye" Sheet Music/Tab (PDF only) | Jonathan Stout
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Quick gearhead question: Did you actually use the National for the Roy Smeck tune? The tone reminded me of a YouTube clip in which you used the National.
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Originally Posted by campusfive
I also want to come out on the porch in shirt in February!
Great playing as usually! THank you!
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It's southern California. It seldom gets very cold there. People down here on the Gulf Coast have been wearing shorts and flip-flops much of the time. It's like a uniform.
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Here's a new tune I wrote and arranged as a bit of theme for staying #safeathome and it's called "All Cooped Up".
What's more, I've already got the tune transcribed and the PDF sheet music/tab up in my bandcamp store:
"All Cooped Up" Sheet Music/Tab (PDF only) | Jonathan Stout
And I'm still doing (mostly) daily solo porch-casts at Jonathan Stout, Swing Guitar - Home | Facebook (usually around 3-4pm PDT, or whenever my kid takes his nap). I leave them up afterward if you can't watch live.
Oh and I've been doing a couple lessons a week, so hit me up if you want to do one. I've been using zoom, and I've gotten great audio quality, and the ability to set up a second camera. Cheers, all!
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