February 2017 - Yesterdays

**M-ster** · 01-31-2017, 09:36 AM

Our standard for Feb 2017 will be another Jerome Kern classic, Yesterdays (1933).

Some history:
Jazz Standards Songs and Instrumentals (Yesterdays)

**ragman1** · 01-31-2017, 10:01 AM

Thanks. A very interesting tune...

**grahambop** · 01-31-2017, 12:45 PM

Excellent, in that case I can jump in straightaway with one I did a few years ago!

**mr. beaumont** · 01-31-2017, 12:50 PM

Originally Posted by grahambop

Excellent, in that case I can jump in straightaway with one I did a few years ago!

Sounds great.

Shoot, I think this is the first time I've ever seen you!

Great tune this month...life got in the way of learning last month's tune, this one I know, so I'll be sure to get in this month. Should be some great posts coming up...can't wait to see what some of y'all come up with.

**grahambop** · 01-31-2017, 12:57 PM

Originally Posted by mr. beaumont

Sounds great.

Shoot, I think this is the first time I've ever seen you!

Great tune this month...life got in the way of learning last month's tune, this one I know, so I'll be sure to get in this month. Should be some great posts coming up...can't wait to see what some of y'all come up with.

haha, thanks...hair's gone a bit greyer since then!

**mr. beaumont** · 01-31-2017, 12:59 PM

Originally Posted by grahambop

haha, thanks...hair's gone a bit greyer since then!

Boy do I know about that. For me, all it took was having kids.

**Doublea A** · 01-31-2017, 01:07 PM

Originally Posted by M-ster

Our standard for Feb 2017 will be another Jerome Kern classic, Yesterdays (1933).

Some history:
Jazz Standards Songs and Instrumentals (Yesterdays)

Thanks. I will start working on it today.

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**tonesofpgh** · 01-31-2017, 01:13 PM

Wes' version with his organ trio has always been one of my favorite jazz tunes and one of the first I learned.

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**ragman1** · 01-31-2017, 03:26 PM

Originally Posted by grahambop

Excellent, in that case I can jump in straightaway with one I did a few years ago!

Nice playing. You'll never do it like that again :-)

heh heh

**grahambop** · 01-31-2017, 04:03 PM

Originally Posted by ragman1

Nice playing. You'll never do it like that again :-)

heh heh

Thanks! Actually I'm tempted to do it again at medium tempo with organ trio backing, I love that version by Wes!

**ragman1** · 01-31-2017, 05:40 PM

Don't get like me and do eleven different versions

Yes, I like the Wes one too.

You know, I think that one's so good you ought to release it as a single. Lovely stuff, really. Pleasure to listen to.

(Just looked at your site. That was 7 years ago and your last one was a year ago. Have you stopped doing them?)

**grahambop** · 01-31-2017, 06:12 PM

Originally Posted by ragman1

Don't get like me and do eleven different versions

Yes, I like the Wes one too.

You know, I think that one's so good you ought to release it as a single. Lovely stuff, really. Pleasure to listen to.

(Just looked at your site. That was 7 years ago and your last one was a year ago. Have you stopped doing them?)

Thanks!

I find doing videos is a bit of an effort, I haven't really got the ideal setup for it (I'm not happy unless the audio is good quality). There's loads more stuff on my soundcloud site simply because audio-only is so much easier to do.

**christianm77** · 01-31-2017, 08:39 PM

One of my favourites. I'll post something when I get a chance.

**christianm77** · 01-31-2017, 09:08 PM

If you don't mind a bit of verite and non studio recording quality, here is a version we played last night on a gig, with a Gypsy Jazz twinge.

Dropbox - yesterdays - 01_02_2017, 01.04.m4a

**christianm77** · 01-31-2017, 09:13 PM

Originally Posted by grahambop

Excellent, in that case I can jump in straightaway with one I did a few years ago!

Love it...cool reharm...

**ragman1** · 02-01-2017, 01:17 AM

Originally Posted by christianm77

If you don't mind a bit of verite and non studio recording quality, here is a version we played last night on a gig, with a Gypsy Jazz twinge.

Dropbox - yesterdays - 01_02_2017, 01.04.m4a

Nicely played, Christian. Ah yes, the sound of gigs, I remember it well. Don't miss it at all :-)

**voxss** · 02-01-2017, 05:13 PM

brilliant thought i was listening to WES..wheres the backing track from

**pkirk** · 02-02-2017, 08:54 AM

Originally Posted by christianm77

If you don't mind a bit of verite and non studio recording quality, here is a version we played last night on a gig, with a Gypsy Jazz twinge.

Dropbox - yesterdays - 01_02_2017, 01.04.m4a

That was real nice.

**gggomez** · 02-02-2017, 05:32 PM

Fantastic another achievable song for beginners. So wrapped I got the head down of Loverman and can even improve through the changes. Unfortunately I started only at the end of the month, might even get something up this month. Thanks for the selections, get your symbols ready to throw at me and maybe invest in some cotton buds for the ears.

**mr. beaumont** · 02-02-2017, 08:50 PM

Here's a quick take. Lots more I need to dig into this tune...haven't played it in ages...why? It's so good. Need to stop forgetting good tunes.

**Hatim** · 02-03-2017, 10:43 AM

Skipped January, but here is my first noodling around on Yesterdays.
Much too long noodling though, but anyways... On the first backingtrack I found on Youtube.

Hans

**mr. beaumont** · 02-03-2017, 01:40 PM

I don't doubt you hear "noodling" (we are all our own worst critic) but I noticed a lot of nice lines, breathing space, and in pocket playing.

**pkirk** · 02-03-2017, 04:55 PM

My entry from a rehearsal this morning:

Apologies for its length (9min), but it took us a while to get locked in. (I think the out head is the best part

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I've been working on my electric tone/sound, so I'd appreciate any comment about how the guitar sounds: it's one of those areas that I struggle with. Any other comments/criticisms welcome.

**pkirk** · 02-03-2017, 05:09 PM

Originally Posted by mr. beaumont

Here's a quick take. Lots more I need to dig into this tune...haven't played it in ages...why? It's so good. Need to stop forgetting good tunes.

Loved the chord solo at the end.

**mr. beaumont** · 02-03-2017, 05:14 PM

Whoa, pkirk, I'd buy a whole album of that approach in a heartbeat...I had no idea what to expect with that intro...and then it grooves, it swings. Dang.

Tone sounds like Kenny Burrell playing a tele. Which is very good in my opinion.