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09-19-2022 05:42 PM
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I decided to try my hand at writing a horn arrangement for this to go with the guitar, thought it might sound cool. (I've been getting into this whole idea after doing Boplicity a while back, and studying the Birth of the Cool scores). Also I recently discovered a free plugin called SINE Player Big Band which has good horn samples, which looked like it might be good enough to do the job. So I wrote a chart in Finale, exported the midi files to Reaper, and plugged in the big band sounds. Seemed to work quite well!
The head arrangement was based on whatever I could pick out from the Jimmy Knepper arrangement on that Mingus Dynasty version. The rest of the arrangement is mine. (Piano, bass and drums are from BIAB). I decided to solo on both the 'head' changes and the original 'soloing' changes. (You can see me looking at the chart for the head changes, I nearly got lost there!)
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Originally Posted by grahambop
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Thanks!
Yeah this plugin opens up a whole new can of worms/possibilities. Mind you it did take a lot of googling and tweaking to get it working properly in Reaper, and to find the best parameters to use.
I have to say the arranging thing is a great way to pass the time - took me about 3 days to write the charts!
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Actually this tune was my gateway from rock into jazz, I heard the Jeff Beck version and I liked the tune so much I ‘took the plunge’ and bought the Mingus Ah Hum album. Took me a while to get into all the other tunes on the album, but after that there was no looking back. (I did already know a bit about Mingus, simply because he got a big obituary in the Melody Maker paper which I read - he seemed to have a certain popularity in rock circles, what with the Joni Mitchell album etc.)
That was 40 years ago...
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Nice, Graham, obviously a lot of work and you really made something tuneful out of those changes. Not so easy.
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Just discovered this nice version. The singer uses Joni’s vocalese lyrics which span over the solo changes as well. There is a great Rhodes solo (that Nord keyboard sounds really amazing), too. I found out that the keyboarder whom I had not known died at 22 in 2012 and this was obviously his last concert.
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Very cool, Graham. Goodbye Porkpie Hat was also one of my first jazz tunes, also via Jeff Beck.
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My son saved up and blew some of his wages on one of those Nord stage pianos, costly but they sound really great!
I remember hearing Joni’s live version on the radio once, I really liked it. Apparently they filmed it too. Good band with Brecker and Jaco.
Her lyrics are neat too, I like the ‘put them in an underdog position’ which is a reference to Mingus’ book ‘Beneath the Underdog’.
Reminds me that guitarist Henry Robinett used to post here sometimes, he was related to Mingus I believe.
Anyway here’s the Joni live version:
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Originally Posted by grahambop
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Bringing up the rear, as always.
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Originally Posted by grahambop
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This video from the official Montreux channel shows Mingus seems to have used the head changes in later years for soloing (w/ Benny Bailey and Gerry Mulligan).
And a French radio program that always features different versions of the same song.
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Revisit.
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I recorded this version today. I have always liked this song but have never had the chance to play it on guitar.
Very tricky to navigate.
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Originally Posted by Question
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Originally Posted by Question
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Thanks! (Sorry, I am a bit slow to respond sometimes)
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