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I Once had a quartet that did all 80's metallica as Jazz, which was horrible mostly because we had no arranging chops or actual anything chops.
Methinks it would be fun to revisit. There's enough interesting meters and forms going on to make it fun.
Also, I have been daydreaming of doing arrangements straight ahead of Stevie Wonder tunes, really not any sort of a stretch but swung or in a ECM broken vibe I think some of that shit would really be extra hip.
I also was in a group that did Zepplin covers as Jazz reworks. Those worked as well.
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09-22-2010 07:47 AM
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It's hard not to find Instrument X playing song Y on youtube: Banjo playing Stairway to Heaven; While my bagpipes gently weep; HS band playing Free Bird...
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I simply have to call your bluff on that one BDLH - no weeping bagpipes that I could find. I did find this though:
It would be a much duller world without YouTube.
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Originally Posted by Shadow of the Sun
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Originally Posted by ohlcv
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Originally Posted by Jake Hanlon
That would most definitely sound good.
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"Like A Star" by Corinne Bailey Rae as a slow samba.
Makes my toes curl up.
Or segue Kenny Burrell's Midnight Blue into Van Morrison's Moondance. Easy enough to do, considering that THEY'RE THE SAME SONG, VAN!!Last edited by mangotango; 11-04-2010 at 08:10 AM. Reason: can't type, dagnabbit
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go to youtube and look up lenny breau playing you needed me.
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Originally Posted by mangotango
She is one of my favorite contemporary vocalists
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Anyone into Alex Skonick? He does quite a few versions of classic rock tunes like Highway Star, Detroit Rock City, Dream On. I used to have a group called The JazzHippies. We did straight ahead versions of 50's 60's, 70's stuff. Depends on how you arrange it, and your choice of songs. Not everything works IMHO.
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Metallica -Nothing Else Matters
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I would love to do some metal stuff, maybe something off Ride the Lightning or Master of Puppets by Metallica. I don't know the first thing about those tunes, musically, but it might be fun to try.
I also like "Ten Years Gone" by Led Zep, but that might be a stretch.
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Originally Posted by GodinFan
We have "In My Life," in our (self-collected) book.
"Step Right Up," by Tom Waits, certainly has the rhythm goin' on -but no melody- so would require working something out. I'm not sure how to get that across and still be a Tom Waits song?
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Paul Anka is the man....Nirvana...big band style
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Originally Posted by cosmic gumbo
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That is one badass chart the band is playing.
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Recently finished my own arrangement of So Far Away. Worked a little with Home Sweet Home/Motley Crue, and thinking of doing something with Angie/Rolling Stones.
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Interesting song by Paul Anka. Didn't Pat Boone do a similar schtick a while back, complete with black leather??
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Originally Posted by robertm2000
I dunno. Sometimes their schtick sorta goes right over my head.
Maybe if they put their tongue in their cheek right when they're doing it, before their audiences leave the seats all sticky, I might "get it."
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Yes, Pat Boone did release a cd w/ big band versions of rock songs. In A Metal Mood - No More Mr Nice Guy. Came out about 1997. I was listening to it recently; good stuff.
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The big band I'm in bought the same charts of Ozzie's "Crazy Train" that these guys are playing. Sometimes we perform it right after we do "Take the A Train".
Last edited by cosmic gumbo; 11-07-2010 at 04:39 AM.
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Far out!
Really needs Paul Anka doing the "Aye - aye - aye - aye" parts though.
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I'm always looking for newer tunes to jazz-up.The one I currently like the best is Eleanor Rigby, by the Beatles.
I do the "Ahhh look at all the lonely people" part, pretty much as written, and swing the heck out of the rest of the tune.
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Originally Posted by cosmic gumbo
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Originally Posted by Shadow of the Sun
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