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Yeah, Lawson, you absolutely belong here. Everybody does.
And you should call a tune, and call one you know. Nobody goes to a jam and calls tunes they've never played before!
Regarding ears and charts, I definitely don't think you have to figure out whole songs by ear...I think you get a chart, do some listening...maybe look for where your ear and chart disagree. And like I said, I think that's a good thing to have discussions about here. I think it's absolutely crucial (and a privilege you don't get at a real jam) to listen to as many versions of a tune as you can find when learning it.
In the end, it's jazz. There's not one way to play any tune. That's the beauty of it!
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04-15-2021 02:04 PM
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I would say the ‘old’ real books are a pretty good place to look first for these tunes, whatever faults they have, they will probably have all the tunes in them, and people having been using them for ages.
I got my copies from here, they have all 3 volumes as pdfs and an index of the tunes:
Partitions gratuites. Real Book - Volume 1, 2, 3(C, Eb, Bb)
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And keep in mind, regarding those old real books with "wrong" changes...you will encounter folks who play the songs that way!
The legal sixth edition and the "New Real Book" are really must haves, and they're both pretty good in the accuracy department, particularly the "new."
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In any case, it’s worth grabbing the old real books as a fallback option. I have the ‘legal’ 6th edition (all 3 volumes) and Unit 7 wasn’t in them. Neither was a Mingus tune I was interested in recently. But both tunes were in the old RB’s.
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Originally Posted by grahambop
It's like buying Queen's greatest hits and then realizing...
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Originally Posted by grahambop;[URL="tel:1114600"
I hear these Tritone double stops descending at the beginning of the melody, would you mind explaining where that’s coming from, I’d love to get some of that into my chord melody.
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Originally Posted by grahambop
Sometimes we really do just need some inspiration.
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Originally Posted by Triple_Jazz
I once tried to work out some of her voicings on this tune, I guess I remembered a few bits and these chords were part of it. Basically they are rootless Eb7 to D7, then rootless Db7 to C7 (i.e. just the 7th and the 3rd). So simple but so effective. I would never have come up with that by myself.
Check out her version on youtube, it’s really great.
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Originally Posted by lawson-stone
I was definitely thinking about Emily Remler’s version when I started tackling this tune, hopefully I got some inspiration from her!
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Originally Posted by grahambop
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Graham, somehow I missed yours. Perfect capper to the week. Great swinging laid back playing, and great tone too.
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Thanks, Ron and Jeff.
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Originally Posted by grahambop
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Top notch phrasing - so laid back and relaxed. Excellent grahambop!
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Thanks guys. I want to do Tune Up quite fast, don’t want to get too relaxed on that one!
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In the spirit of rough, early attempts, I did this as soon as I felt I knew the melody (mostly) and changes (mostly). On the spur of the moment, I cut the piano out of the backing track and shot for the "Jim Hall" vibe.
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Originally Posted by lawson-stone
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Originally Posted by wzpgsr
On my trips to Israel sometimes I like to be the last one in the line on a hike. That way I know nobody has been left behind!
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Originally Posted by lawson-stone
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Originally Posted by TOMMO
Used Henriksen or Mambo amp
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