I was humbled by Steve Shapiro's practice tape of April In Paris. (great job steve)
So I'm going to up his April in Paris with 3 versions of It's You Or No One.
Let's see this wonderboy top that one. Nobody practices harder than me! grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr :-)
Here's another one guys... A better recording, too. I was working on a thing with this tune to do the first time thru kind of rubato, with the motor off. Then I kick on the vibrato, and go into a weird meter (mostly 5/4 ish) feel.. the challenge for me when playing solo is to try and keep it interesting. Also, I love Ella's version of this tune. Totally different feel (& key). Pure swing. I actually like it so much I wanted to stay far away from that!
:-)
Reminding me how white I am! Listen to the bass and drums. So locked in, me thinks.
Tony,
You inspired me to listen to some of the stuff tucked away on my iPod recorder... Kind of finding my way through this tune at first, but found a few moments I liked. Gotta keep working on it!
Steve
To help me learn Days of Wine and Roses, I have been practicing on piano, as well as vibes. This weekend I was hoping to create a piano backing track and did some recording. Kept getting interrupted, as you will hear. LOL.
I am not satisfied with the quality of recording the piano. It sounds distant. I am using good mics (tried AKG C 1000 S, and the AMT 404) and a good Mackie mixer. Can't get it right. Any tips would be appreciated.
Barry
Perfect interpretation, and they have many others tangos on YouTube. The real tango's feeling.
Fair warning -- this is a major geek-out. I'll forgive anyone who doesn't want to slog through it, and I don't expect many comments.
But, I'll go ahead. As often comes up in comments to posts here, this is a freakin' fantastic site. Most recently this comment has come up in response to the video of David playing "Giant Steps", but the awesomeness has many dimensions, including the contributions of the star players, the working pros, the students and the people just trying to make the best music they can.
