JGO Virtual 'Bluez' Jam (Round 1) - Blue Monk in minor

[Bobby Timmons]

Quite right.

You ruffian.

Just points in the melody where lowering the third makes it less chromatic and less dissonant. Just makes it a little less weird.

It's not exactly a travesty if everything isn't extremely crunchy all the time, I hear you guys play smooth stuff. And if it is, then arrange it however you want to have as much dissonance as you want. What am I, your babysitter?

The whole step right at the beginning, then the spot in m3-4 where what would be 5 #2 3, becomes 5 2 b3.

Yeah but I go up to the minor major 7 in bar 6. :P

[pamosmusic]

What am I, your babysitter?

O Captain, my Captain

[ragman1]

Edit: No rag, I didn't choose it to 'find a minor blues to play' what are you talking about. I actually just thought it sounds good and was a cool idea.

Yes, I know, but it seems to have run into trouble :-)

[Bobby Timmons]

^ Lol!

[nevershouldhavesoldit]

Hmmm - bluesy? fusion? No backing tracks out there, so I made one. Let's give it a try...

[Bobby Timmons]

^ Yeeah!

[Bobby Timmons]

Combo version. With no drums because that's how I roll.

[pamosmusic]

Ehhhh

[Bobby Timmons]

^ Lol why ehh?

[pamosmusic]

^ Lol why ehh?

dunno … just didn’t quite settle into it

*shrugs*

[Ahz]

My first try devolved into blues-dad minor pentatonic tomfoolery after I kicked on the OD and invoked the spirit of Dickey Betts...fun, but not "JAZZ". Not sorry

[ragman1]

You CAN do it in major (we have permission)

C7 - F7 - C7 - C7alt
F7 - F#o - F7 - %
G7 - % - C7 - %

The minor one's a bit weird, of course, you've got to modify the tune, but he likes it (I think)

Cm7 - Fm7 - Cm7 - C7alt
Fm7 - F#o - Fm7 - %
G7 - % - Cm7 - %

[ragman1]

Actually, I don't think the melody and feel for the tune is improved by making it minor. Bobby, the OP, has made a very good job of the solos, nice and rhythmic a la Monk, but that's because he's good at minor blues, not because the melody part in minor is anything special - in my view, anyway. It probably would have happened whatever the melody!

[Bobby Timmons]

Bobby, the OP, has made a very good job of the solos, nice and rhythmic a la Monk.

Thx rag.

I don't think the melody and feel for the tune is improved by making it minor.

I think it sounds really cool because it changes it in a unique way. Makes it gloomy and dirgey. My premise was never that it sounds better than the original. But if you guys don't like it for some weird reason then I'm done discussing it.

[ragman1]

I've just talked to you over on the Jam site.

Actually, I don't mind gloomy much, I can handle it. But I'm not good at making it edgy :-)

[Bobby Timmons]

Gotta know how to make it spikey.

[John A.]

I actually kind of like the idea, though I think it really needs a fairly different treatment from trying to be Monk-ish. Anyway, here's my crack at it.

[alpop]

I actually kind of like the idea, though I think it really needs a fairly different treatment from trying to be Monk-ish. Anyway, here's my crack at it.

That's great! Sounds like a Tom Waits song minus Tom.

[John A.]

That's great! Sounds like a Tom Waits song minus Tom.

Yeah, I tried to get Tom for the session but he flaked out and I had to to do it minus him.

[Bobby Timmons]

Does anyone want to call the next one?

[ragman1]

I thought you said Misterioso?

[Bobby Timmons]

Ya ok