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Shetland's Magical Bus/En cas d'avarie

Hey everyone!

I've been transcribing some Acadian music (from Canada) and hope to learn more during this quarantine time.
Here is one I learned last month. Thanks Tony for the cool vibes ;)

Acadian music and Québécois music (two kinds of traditional music from Canada) have a lot of Irish influence due to a massive Irish migration (1.2 million people!) in the 1800s. This tune is by a band called Vishtèn, from Prince Edward Isle.

Lionel Hampton and Oscar Peterson - s'Wonderful

This is classic Lionel Hampton. It has all his tricks and signature moves. That is Ray Brown on bass and Buddy Rich on drums, so Lionel was right at home.

It's from the mid 1950's so it shows the influence that some of the more modern players like Milt Jackson were already starting to have on his playing. Mostly, his subdivisions are close to a triplet feel, but he does vary it and sometimes play straight eighths and other times, a dotted eighth/sixteenth feel.