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Originally Posted by TOMMO
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09-07-2021 12:29 PM
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Originally Posted by ragman1
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Originally Posted by wzpgsr
And Graham, great stuff. I love those crunchy chords...open strings can be fantastic things in flat keys. A really well put together solo in general.
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Originally Posted by Peterson
I actually like it sped up a bit. It's a fun tune, this makes it even "brighter."
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Originally Posted by TOMMO
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Originally Posted by ragman1
And now back to the scheduled program...
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Originally Posted by TOMMO
In my school years, English was little tolerated.
Hence, sometimes I make mistakes in the English language and I have to study all the time.
Fortunately, there is a " jazz language"that I have mastered quite well, I suppose.
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And now back to the scheduled program...
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Originally Posted by TOMMO;[URL="tel:1145210"
btw, I alvais rheed yer phostz in dis zort of vhay fur zum vhreazon
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Originally Posted by Triple_Jazz
btw, I alvais rheed yer phostz in dis zort of vhay fur zum vhreazon[/QUOTE]
Vot?
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I think he meant for some reason read I your posts always like this
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Crazy busy again this week (in a good way with 3 jam sessions and a gig, + day job), so no time to record something, but am listening to what you guys are up to. Lots of good stuff.
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Wanted to squeeze one more in at a faster tempo. I didn’t have time to apply the bad chorus wart remover, so apologies for the length.
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Actually, this is really the corniest progression, totally typical of a million swing-era tunes. It can so easily become a swing number, or a Western swing tune, or even a country number, and so on.
I think the greatest challenge isn't just getting round it - it's almost beginners' stuff - it's making it sound like a jazz tune - which I found quite difficult but you do pretty well.
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Originally Posted by ragman1
Ah, here it is:
Let’s Cool One The squarest Monk tune. Although he didn’t say so, I remain convinced he is making fun of the West Coast cool school with a supremely un-syncopated melody.
Thelonious Sphere Monk Centennial: Primary and Secondary Documents | DO THE M@TH
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Originally Posted by wzpgsr
Alright - it's almost time for the change of the guard so here's one more from me. Tried a slightly different approach this time. Listening to some versions I realized that it's quite often played at a slower tempo so I chose a slower backing track and came up with this:
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Originally Posted by wzpgsr
(Apologies for wearing my ‘jazz pedant’ hat here!)
But Iverson may be right, it’s true the tune is very ‘straight’ by Monk’s standards.
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Great take of Adam Rogers:
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Originally Posted by wzpgsr
Never mind, he couldn't swing* and they couldn't write brilliant tunes. So good luck to 'em :-)
* not true
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"Let's Cool One" from the swimming pool...:-) two choruses:
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Ethan Iverson is not so keen (in the article quoted above) on Monk’s live albums with Johnny Griffin, but I think they are great! Griffin was completely unfazed by Monk and just blew the hell out of the tunes. And Monk seemed to enjoy it. Hear what Griffin does with our tune here, especially at the 4-minute mark where he tells Monk to lay out (and Monk obeys him!) and then plays some amazing lines by himself. You can still hear the structure of the tune perfectly while he does it.
Also it’s interesting how Monk’s solo which follows Griffin’s is essentially just the melody, ‘deconstructed’ a bit.
I don’t care what Iverson thinks, I love hearing these guys playing together! I have the whole session (they released 2 albums) on CD.
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Originally Posted by grahambop;[URL="tel:1145523"
i also think your right about the cool jazz chronology. I remember reading (in a jazz history book, not the Internet) that “Let’s Cool One” referred to coming up with a new jam on the spot. This would explain the simplicity. I can’t remember who it was he was writing the tune with but he said those words to a person and it stuck as the title.
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Originally Posted by grahambop
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Originally Posted by wzpgsr
I saw him once at Ronnie Scotts and it was one of the best gigs I have ever seen, he was absolutely on fire. But he is also a great ballad player, he has it all.
His biography is an interesting read, I love how he managed to end up living in a chateau in France!
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Fellow Griffaholics may like to know that I have a Johnny Griffin concert on my youtube channel (Brecon Jazz Festival 1992).
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