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I really like Wes Montgomery, does anyone know of a good song of his for a beginner jazz musician, I've played for 20 years, but no jazz until now.
Thanks,
Josh
atlas-stands
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05-12-2011 10:12 PM
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Sundown is a blues that's pretty easy. Nice turnaround and the solo section is doable by anyone with some experience.
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There's a transcription floating around of "I've grown accustomed to her face" which gives you a really nice look at Wes' chordal style...beautiful and perfect in every way, but also very playable.
For a more "up" tune, "Four on Six" comes to mind as not being too difficult.
What are your plans? Looking for sheet music or going to pick it up by ear? Are you going to try to learn the solos or just pick up the head and chords and basic structure?
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Satin Doll? The head and the changes aren't too hard, but lots to explore with.
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Originally Posted by mr. beaumont
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I was going to start transcribing Polka Dots And Moonbeams pretty soon - sounds fairly straightforward and I can always drop the octaves if it's too difficult. Plus, it's so damn pretty.
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this is a tune by the montgomery brothers that I don't think is well known, that I really like
snowfall (it was used for some pictures someone posted on youtube)
but, I don't think it's easy to learn.
great tune though
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Originally Posted by MortenFaerestrand
Then again, I'm of the school of thought that "So What" is a difficult place to start, but it seems a lot of teachers like that one...
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Bumpin is a slow blues and a great tune.
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All of them are hard to play up to tempo for me. I know ten songs. Four on Six is not hard to play, but up to tempo it is, at least for me. I can play them all really well at about 80-90% speed. I've slowed them down with audio software and put them on my i-Pod. Sundown is probably the easiest and Besame Mucho the hardest. His octave playing in general is the the hardest IMO. I sometimes feel he speed up the recordings, but I know he didn't because they are all in concert A.
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"Tear It Down" has been a favorite of mine lately.
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"Jingles" is another good one. Lots of space to play on that.
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Sundown, Tear it down and The Thumb are easy blues tunes with a nice lead/chord accent heads...
Here's Rich Severson teaching "Tear it Down"...
WES MONTGOMERY'S "TEAR IT DOWN" HEAD (Demo)
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Originally Posted by Flyin' Brian
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Thanks for all the leads everyone, this will keep me busy for a while
One quick question, do any jazz players use finger picks, the kind that you slip on? I know blues players do a lot.
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Originally Posted by FatJeff
Chim Chim Cheree on has an amazing solo in it, also on the same record. Actually that whole record is damned good.
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movin wes....wives and lovers...bumpin on sunset...california dreamin...
goin out of my head...the shadow of your smile...
these IMO are somewhat easy compared to some of them...
time on the instrument...pierre
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Originally Posted by joshatatlasstands
Last edited by fumblefingers; 05-14-2011 at 12:41 AM.
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Thanks for all the songs, I can't wait to pick up the guitar now
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In my opinion, have structured practice time and work on a narrow issue. Make sure you come out of the practice session with some measureable progress. Then have some noodling time where you can lay down a rhythm track and improvise over.
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Originally Posted by bachplay6
Thanks for all the suggested songs, I'll chew on them for a while and then ask for more.
Josh
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The first Wes tune I fell in love with.... Bumpin On Sunset. It is a laid back octave groove. I first heard it played by a house band at a club I used to hang it. They would play it to calm things down, but still a nice groove people would dance to.
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Originally Posted by docbop
Sounds like exactly the style of song I'm looking for. I'm very grateful for the suggestion.
Josh
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Jingles...
I pretty much play any Wes tune... one of my childhood hero's . If you want video of any, let me know, even if I don't, most of his tunes I can read through easy enough ... I have his feel, I totally dig it... even 50 years later...RegLast edited by Reg; 05-27-2011 at 02:24 AM.
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Reg, very cool of you to offer the video! Thank you! I will take you up on it if I run across a snag. I've played for years, just new to the Jazz thing, I pick up on things fairly well, hopefully I won't need to hold too many hands in the beginning processes. Wes Montgomery's octaves are very similar to old school power chords, so I intend to use that as a intro into my scale practice and my understanding of how 9ths and 7ths work,
thanks again!
It's interesting being a beginner all over again at something so familiar
Josh
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