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Originally Posted by mr. beaumont;[URL="tel:1111465"
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04-04-2021 09:20 AM
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Were you just side stepping?
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Originally Posted by Peter C
I LOVE it because it sounds so different. I would never think to play this tune that way. Then again, T-Bone Walker sounds pretty jazzy and so does early BB King so...
I'd never think to turn Billy Butler or a famous bluesy vocalese to fine tune my jazz blues playing--gotta keep broadening my horizon.
I think Peter C's take is gonna get HEP on here to post his take of Unit 7.
"Paging Mr. Hep"
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John A's tone was silky and nice feel.
Ragman's approach worked especially well for this tune, I thought.
Ronstuff, nice take, always interesting.
Jeff, swinging as usual.
Thanks PickingMyEars. I actually have reservations about my take
Frank Vignola and Jimmy Bruno I think play different chords in the swing blues turnaround in their duet. The ones in the YT backing track were somewhat awkward to negotiate (for me). Frankly, not a fan if they are correct.
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Originally Posted by ragman1
Often in bar 6 of a jazz blues theres either a iv or a #IVdim, so I'm just suggesting that here, even though it isn't there. I think I'm playing like an F7b9 lick actually.
Sometimes I feel like the crux of jazz is to play lines for chords that aren't there and to blow through chords that are without addressing them.
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Originally Posted by mr. beaumont
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A7/Abmaj7/G7 (YT backing track) < chromatic line (3rds) could work here resolving to Cmaj7, but I didn't have time to explore it properly. It's the (abrupt) return to C7 from the Cmaj7 that had me scratching my head, trying to make the thing cohesive. Ultimately I just "blew" through those chords, in both senses of the word
PS regarding blues, all the chords are there, surely?Last edited by Peter C; 04-04-2021 at 03:20 PM.
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OK, so I took another crack at it with the Aebersold backing track (which I chopped down, because I don't want to play a seven-minute solo, and you don't want to hear me do that). Honestly, it's too fast for me and IMHO for the tune itself (and it speeds up as it goes along), so some of what I played here is kind of slurred and garbled, but it was a good workout. I was practicing it even faster in iReal a few days ago, and I can keep up at 220 +, but honestly, I don't like to. I'm a really a slower and medium tempo kind of guy especially, on blues. Next time my turn comes around, I'll call something less frenetic.
PeterC: Another good one. To be brutally honest, I think the backing track is a little fast for what you were trying to do there, and those sort of jump-blues riffs would be cleaner and better sounding on a slower track. But the concept is right-on -- play in your style and make the tune yours.
Hopefully some more people will post their versions.
John
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I thought my time was dragging until the last chorus. Maybe I'll redo it.Last edited by rpjazzguitar; 04-04-2021 at 04:50 PM.
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Originally Posted by rpjazzguitar
John
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John A, that second take was smokin'! If I heard that on a stream I'd definitely check out who was playing it. Nice hair on the tone, too. The "band" is another matter
Yeah, everything's a rush for me, so I just grab whatever backing there's available. I'm a jazz-influenced prog-rocker with Brit blues beginnings, so I can't help but "do my own thing". LOL. I would also record differently because the phone picks up all the acoustic plinking. Anyway....
rpjazzguitar, all the right notes!
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I usually record a bunch of takes and pick the best one, but tonight I just have to settle for the final take. I don't think this was my best of the evening, but it'll have to do for now. Still feeling my way through the form at this tempo—I hope to post another take later in the week, because I think I can get this under my fingers better with more practice.
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Originally Posted by John A.
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Originally Posted by John A.
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Originally Posted by John A.
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Originally Posted by John A.
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Originally Posted by rpjazzguitar
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Originally Posted by lawson-stone
John
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Originally Posted by John A.
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Originally Posted by lawson-stone
Yes, I suppose so, and it also forces you to really listen to and adjust your own time (or should anyway). And thanks for the kind words.
John
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Originally Posted by John A.;[URL="tel:1111682"
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Originally Posted by John A.
I slowed down the Aebersold backing by 20% - still too fast for me but let's see if I can get away with this:
ETA: I think I haven't mentioned that I enjoyed everybody's contributions very much!
And: may be heresy but I prefer the versions by Cannonball Adderley as well...
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Originally Posted by TOMMO
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Originally Posted by lawson-stone
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Originally Posted by TOMMO
John
KA PAF info please
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