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Our standard for Oct 2017 will be St. Louis Blues - by W.C. Handy (1914).
Background:
Jazz Standards Songs and Instrumentals (St Louis Blues)
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09-30-2017 12:47 PM
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Ah, yes. To tango or not to tango, that's the question :-)
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Originally Posted by ragman1
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First section finished, little improv and I need to work with the rest of the song.
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My interpretation of this standard (unknown until now for me), I like the rhythm changes between blues and that spanish tinge that I do not understand yet. Greetings and thanks.
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Originally Posted by chismes
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I quite like this by Bill Frisell.
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Originally Posted by ragman1
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Originally Posted by ragman1
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Originally Posted by ragman1
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I found this in my circumlocutions. A wonderfully suave and handsome Louis Armstrong with a great clarinettist and trombonist, conducted by an equally youthful and energetic Leonard Bernstein.
And there, in the front row, Mr. W.C. Handy himself wiping tears from his eyes as his dreams of success are realised. Unmissable.
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I’ve always thought of this as a gimmicky novelty tune. But after listening to a bunch of recordings, Billie Holiday’s seems the most inspiring. She dispenses with the Habanero interlude and just sings it from the heart. I’ll see if I can come up with something.
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Originally Posted by KirkP
Looking forward to your version :-)
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Here’s W.C. Handy playing his tune on Ed Sullivan in 1949 at a slow tempo.
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Yes, I've seen it. Did you notice that C to Cm in bar 5? And they do the tango rhythm. It's probably what makes it, that and the upbeat last two verses after the minor section.
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Originally Posted by ragman1
The most fun version I’ve heard is Art Tatum’s — especially the second half.
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Yes, I like the way the music starts before the record starts turning - BUT it finishes when the record stops... it's a mystery! I hear what you say about the Cm (or m6) - me too - but I'm thinking it was unusual for a blues of that type at that time. Could be wrong.
And, yes, it is fun :-)
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This will be my only input for October (very busy right now) I was aiming the version at a jazzy, bluesey version. It is 3 choruses with an 8 bar intro and a standard ending. I'm having some problems with an enemy of mine (Arthur Itus). Hopefully, next month will be better.
Howie
https://app.box.com/s/h4b43jkr5goq90m6pm8jw1ab0w9xjng2
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Hmm ... More than 2 weeks late, but here's my take:
http://www.noiseinthebasement.com/mp...Blues%2001.mp3
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Nice, M-ster, as usual. Interesting double-stops going on in the last verse. Got the feet tapping
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Damn, M-ster, good stuff. Is that a tele in the middle position, perchance?
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Originally Posted by Jehu
Apparently I over-processed it, if it no longer sounds like an archtop?
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Ha, way off! I thought I could here a bit of high end twang in there that said "tele", but I guess that must be coming from somewhere else.
Either way, sounds great and great playing as always.
Chief Xian aTunde Adjuah (Christian Scott)
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