July 2020 - If I Had You

[M-ster]

Our standard for Jul 2020 will be If I Had You (James Campbell, Reginald Connelly, Ted Shapiro, 1928).

Background:
Jazz Standards Songs and Instrumentals (If I Had You)

[ragman1]

[KirkP]

I love this tune. I used to accompany a friend on clarinet on it before he passed away. The Duke Robillard version that the OP links to is really nice.

Here’s my attempt on solo guitar. I’ve been doing a lot more gardening than practicing lately, so it’s rough. I’ll try to work on finger mechanics and clean it up.

[clebergf]

I recorded this almost two years ago. I'm thinking about record it again and see if have any progress.

[Duffy Pratt]

Here’s my recording from last September. I might also polish it off and maybe rework it a bit. As said above, may be a good gauge of progress.

[hohoho]

[ragman1]

Mr Ho! You've done it again! Terrific!

[dogletnoir]

It's been awhile since i last logged in here, but there's a strange synchronicity in that i was just playing
'If I Had You' a couple of days ago, and here it is as this month's standard...
and so, off to the shed i will head, since there are still a few days left in the month!!!
In any case, here's a quick 'baseline' recording, playing the melody and changes from memory, and
without the benefit of my 2nd cup of am coffee:

Hopefully it will get a little better...

[clebergf]

This is from a private lesson with Frank Vignola at Truefire.

He records a video and then I record one to send to him and so on, the process goes on.