1:21 I say top 2 voices, I mean top three
2: 15 I say Bbmaj 9. I mean Bb-9(man 7)
I say confirmation. I mean Blues for Alice.
I say Ab-7 where I mean Bb-7
So many great versions of this song. One of my favorite versions is by the late jazz harmonica player Toots Thielemans and pianist Kenny Werner. It was very sad hearing of Toots' passing last week. There was no one like him and it's such a huge loss. Toots and Kenny recorded this song on their duo recording. I also saw a video last week of Toots and Kenny playing this song in a concert. Toots playing the melody so beautifully on harmonica and Kenny backing him up on piano and synth with sensitivity and lots of harmonic color and variation.
Hey everyone,
Here's a bonus for our 7 weeks of bebop, Blues For Alice. I thought this would be a good one because of the different changes. Good luck!
Behn
This Horace Sliver tune is a great tune for modal study. It moves through some contrasting and somewhat awkward keys. When improvising it is important to make smooth connections as you move from key to key.
I've included the arrangement of the head. You can substitute the flute with pretty much any other instrument.
My lesson is once again an epic etude made up of a few parts. Do the parts that are of interest to you.
Everyone:
As always, memorize the tune and the chords.
Here's a "jam session"! version of Groovin' High with a long intro. I like the roughness and experimental quality of the take. We didn't discuss the transition from the intro to the head, or much else. (Maybe it sounds like that!)
Ok Tricotism: Here are your assignments :-)
Beginners:
Intermediate and advanced
Tears In Heaven by Eric Clapton - a beautiful and emotional song which is one of my favorite tracks from Eric's Unplugged recording. (a really great recording). It was a challenge but also fun working on this song with the mainly diatonic and triadic harmony. Any wrong note sticks out like a sore thumb.