Your number one jazz song recommendation...?

Megii · February 2015

Jalapeno said:

Latin stuff is good, doesn't let you get lazy as it flips between maj/min 251 and chromatic walkdowns and what have you.

The Girl From Ipanema - is a good one - you can't bluff it with blues licks, you have to play the changes.

I love Charlie Christian - it's a shame some of the recordings are so shonky.

Re Charlie Christian, just thought I'd use your mention of him as an excuse to post this, I just love it.

knuckleberryfinn · February 2015

Megii said:

Jalapeno said:

Latin stuff is good, doesn't let you get lazy as it flips between maj/min 251 and chromatic walkdowns and what have you.

The Girl From Ipanema - is a good one - you can't bluff it with blues licks, you have to play the changes.

I love Charlie Christian - it's a shame some of the recordings are so shonky.

Re Charlie Christian, just thought I'd use your mention of him as an excuse to post this, I just love it.

I love the way he sits on the harmonic minor for the most part playing some simple little licks, and then lets rip when it shifts to the 7th chord part. The bit from 2:37 to 2:46 is stupendous.

Jalapeno · February 2015

Those are the recordings I meant, wish they were better.

(2:00-2:05 is a great riff too - dipping into diminished (?) and back out)

Megii · February 2015

Jalapeno said:

Those are the recordings I meant, wish they were better.

(2:00-2:05 is a great riff too - dipping into diminished (?) and back out)

As I understand it, it was just down to an enthusiast with an early reel to reel tape recorder, so I guess we have to thankful he was there to make the recording at all - although I do know what you mean. I really wish there was more of this sort of informal jam playing of CC preserved as well.

To be honest, I've never got round to analyzing what CC was playing - it's just the wonderful sound of the whole thing that grabs me really - the great timing, and sense of drama about it all. And as @knuckleberryfinn says, he goes off on an adventure every time the middle 8 comes around, and there's a kind of tension that builds as we wait for those moments - a kind of tension and release I suppose.

GuyBoden · February 2015

I get bored with the usual Major and Minor functional Jazz harmony.

So, here's a Kenny Wheeler classic (RIP 18 September 2014).

shaunm · February 2015

I think that the two most important jazz albums for me were "kind of blue" and "love supreme". I think it's all there at that point. Classic licks, great feel and timing abiet it's not guitar based but it's esential listening in my view.

BigLicks67 · March 2015

I like Bill Evans, Miles Davis, Mulligan & Baker.

But for guitar my favourite by a long way is Kenny Burrell.

So - Midnight Blue.

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