Franz Bauer
25 June 2020
During the Part of the Corona-Crisis, where almost everything seemed to stand still, i decided to work on Solo-Arrangements of 2 Jazz-Standards for Vibraphone. The first one is 'It could happen to you' as a medium Swing Piece and the second is 'Somewhere over the Rainbow', which i'll upoad soon after this. It was a great challenge to find 'Solo-Arranging' Ideas, especially when it comes to developing a reliable left hand, while the right hand or both hands go out for ideas or even just the melody.
Comments
Great playing, and I like the
rogersvibes Fri, 06/26/2020 - 00:33
Great playing, and I like the arrangement a lot! The improvisations sound very Friedman-esque. The chord subs and embellishments are really nice, and I especially like the coda you played. I have been working on solo arrangements myself. Do you write them out? Looking forward to hearing more from you.
Hi Roger, thanks for your
Franz Bauer Sun, 06/28/2020 - 08:58
In reply to Great playing, and I like the by rogersvibes
Hi Roger, thanks for your comments! I didn't write these ideas out, but repeated them and played them in different keys. I wrote down some other ideas for codas or intros. This coda is a chord sequence, which Keith Jarrett uses sometimes for codas.
I like how the melody with
MunchyBear Fri, 06/26/2020 - 23:49
I like how the melody with repeated tones (1:50) is assisted by a walking LH. Voicings are nice here and a variety of LH figures throughout with varying dynamic control. I could listen to this all night!
I second what everyone else
Oliver_M37 Sat, 06/27/2020 - 10:31
I second what everyone else said! That was great both technically and musically, and had lots of intent behind it.
Outstanding!
goldwing Tue, 06/30/2020 - 22:13
You did such a wonderful job on this tune. Nice intro. Loved your left hand work. Interesting improvisation and good dynamics. This is classy stuff.
Nicely done, Franz!
Stefan Bauer Sat, 07/04/2020 - 10:46
super sound, and I like for this sample that you stay within a framework and stick to it (rather than risking to overplay). That's something I so admire in good players who know how to play within their own frame-work. A great example for that is David Samuels' playing on Gerry Niewood's "Time Piece" at a time he hadn't been playing the vibes all that long . . . reduce, but to the point!