Thank you so much for posting your comments on body and soul. Maybe you remember me asking you about it in Heist op den Berg, Belgium? In any case, it is super helpful and I very much appreciate all of your posts.
This is great stuff and a great reminder of what these songs actually are.
Obviously the real book is useful, but it just flattens out the land scape of these tunes into generic 2 5s or cycles of 7th chords or whatever. You lose all the small defining features of these tunes which is actually made so many people love them.
My dad who was born in 1926 grew up with and loved these tunes, but was not a musician. He had no trouble calling out the name of every tune one chorus in during a Lee konitz set (Lee + bass and drums) where Lee would not play the written melody to start or mostly at all. End of set Lee would tell you what the tunes were. Dad, never missed one.
Wonderful!! I have so much sheet music (some of it very old) and wrote something in the Village Voice years ago about Sophisticated Lady, Duke Ellington and the sheet music. Sadly (very sadly).... I have no piano. If you are interested in the sheet music, Ethan, DM me.
'No key' writing can have 'alto' parts making good moves under the melody line, yielding the enriching effect of voice leading. Each harmonic station contains potential secondary or 'counter' melodies, if the composer can 'hear' them.
Also, 'no key' doesn't mean 'no tonality': There can be rapidly shifting tonality/gravitational centres in a piece.
The masters -- they knew the score. Literally.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=JOgI9DulGAY&pp=ygUaVGVkZHkgd2lsc29uIGJvZHkgc25kIHNvdWw%3D
This is the first time I remember hearing anyone play the verse to "Body and Soul" on record! GREAT FIND! I love Teddy Wilson
Teddy Wilson under appreciated . Beautiful, light touch and swing. the stuff w goodman is uniformly elegant and, of course, no bass player.
Thank you so much for posting your comments on body and soul. Maybe you remember me asking you about it in Heist op den Berg, Belgium? In any case, it is super helpful and I very much appreciate all of your posts.
right on!
Turner Layton was an exquisite singer. His version of Wodehouse’s and Kern’s ‘Bill’ is worth a listen.
new to me, thanks!
This is great stuff and a great reminder of what these songs actually are.
Obviously the real book is useful, but it just flattens out the land scape of these tunes into generic 2 5s or cycles of 7th chords or whatever. You lose all the small defining features of these tunes which is actually made so many people love them.
My dad who was born in 1926 grew up with and loved these tunes, but was not a musician. He had no trouble calling out the name of every tune one chorus in during a Lee konitz set (Lee + bass and drums) where Lee would not play the written melody to start or mostly at all. End of set Lee would tell you what the tunes were. Dad, never missed one.
Thank you so much!
Wonderful!! I have so much sheet music (some of it very old) and wrote something in the Village Voice years ago about Sophisticated Lady, Duke Ellington and the sheet music. Sadly (very sadly).... I have no piano. If you are interested in the sheet music, Ethan, DM me.
Thank you! This should be on the reading list at every jazz school!
thank you!
'No key' writing can have 'alto' parts making good moves under the melody line, yielding the enriching effect of voice leading. Each harmonic station contains potential secondary or 'counter' melodies, if the composer can 'hear' them.
Also, 'no key' doesn't mean 'no tonality': There can be rapidly shifting tonality/gravitational centres in a piece.
I don't understand this comment
P. S. your numbering has been transposed since "rep part 2"
oh dear. I've always had trouble with math.