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Just heard it. Not sure what he's doing there and that rhythm totally confuses me. Busy now but I'll revisit it.
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03-28-2022 02:13 PM
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I think on the Doug Raney version the rhythm section are playing around a lot with emphasising/superimposing 2 beats per bar against the expected 3 beats. I think there’s a name for this in cuban/latin music (= tresillo perhaps?).
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This is a nice version with interesting blowing changes
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The more modern versions, the less minor blues.
Am I wrong?
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Originally Posted by kris
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Originally Posted by wzpgsr
I used for solos some modal chord changes.
I don't even remember what I came up with.
I will try to recall it - the guitar key was E-minor.
Thank you for your interest.
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Given the kinds of thoughts expressed so far in this one, I couldn't resist the sage counsel of Bob Marley to stir it up. I just laid down a single take each on bass, keys, and guitar (for a reason you'll understand in 5 more sentences) to honor the admonitions below from the sticky "rules" thread at the top of the Improvisation subforum:
- "This is about improvisation. Don't post a transcription. Don't work out a whole solo. Don't spend all week making a solo guitar arrangement. Just put down your phone and do a take. Keep it fresh."
- "...the general rule is 'Don't be a dick.' "
I hope and pray that Will Smith is neither a lurker on this forum nor as much of a purist as those who've already criticized others for not following "the form". I am flagrantly guilty of not following the form on this one, and I'm proud of it. To avoid tweaking those who expressed a dislike of quotes in improvisation in another thread on that subject, I did not quote Favorite Things despite an intense desire to do so.
For those who can restrain themselves, here's a brief snippet of Afro Blue in 5/4:
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Originally Posted by kris
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Originally Posted by grahambop
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Originally Posted by ragman1
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Makin’ up for being tardy last time. I left the minor blues out.
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Here are two very interesting and fresh versions of Afro-Blue.I love the G.Burton version of chord changes.
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Originally Posted by wzpgsr
(I've deleted mine. Just listened to it again. It was probably the worst thing I've played for a very long time. It was truly dreadful, not even bad amateur. So it's gone. I'll have to have another look at it. I'm not sure what to do with it, to be honest. Sorry, talking about myself...)
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Originally Posted by ragman1
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Here's a quick take as a folksy jazzy waltz played on my tele x2:
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I couldn't find a way of doing a proper 3:4 latin version, so I did a sort of Coltrane-inspired take, with a bit of 6:8 latin style sneaked in from the Drumgenius app, which I incorporated in the theme. I didn't really want to do the minor blues changes, so I did a sort of modal thing with a couple of changes added (a bit like what McCoy Tyner does in his solo on the Coltrane version). I did it in C minor because I liked the sound of it better on the guitar.
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Grahambop,
Very cool jazz playing with beautiful jazz lines.An amazing feeling.
Best
Kris
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Thanks kris. I’m still on a bit of a high after seeing Alessio Menconi a few days ago, maybe that inspired me!
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Originally Posted by grahambop
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Nice work, chaps. I've done it again too, nothing special but it's better than the first one. I've tried the modal version this time (before I saw anybody else's). What I can't get is the backing. I don't know how they're doing it and I've looked about everywhere so far. Of course it's a mixture of sounds but there's got to be a basic clave.
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Originally Posted by kris
Both of these are gems... incredible playing from Gary Burton although Julian's solo lacked its usual "vibe"' ......and amazing,amazing ,amazing singing by Gregory Porter on the Harold. M. version, I must say this is a really nice band. WOW!
Thank you for posting
Ray
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Originally Posted by grahambop
Thx
Ray
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My favourite version is still the one I heard first - I got this record when I was at university. Brings back memories of chilling out, having my mind blown listening to this, I had never heard anything like it.
Still blows my mind 40 years later!
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