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Location: Chicago | Jeff, Joe and I always get smiles of recognition with "Take Five" and "Song for My Father"; What are some other universal JAZZ standards that EVERYONE would know and dig ... other that the real afficionado? |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | "I've Got Rhythm"
"That's All"
"Orange Colored Sky"
"Summertime"
"Night And Day" |
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | good ones Jeffy!
I bet you guys could work up a killer version of "Wonderful World" by Louie. |
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Location: Hot Springs, S.D. | Misty. One Note Samba. Chattanooga Choo Choo. Spring Can Really Hang You Up The Most. Fly Me To The Moon. My Funny Valentine. Girl From Ipanema. Moon River. Over The Rainbow. Harbor Lights.
You can "jazz" almost anything. I do a jazz version of "Crazy" that people seem to like. As a matter of fact, Willie wrote a lot of jazz. "All of Me" comes to mind. And with Christmas coming...you can jazz almost any Christmas song. Fron, well, "The Christmas Song" AKA Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire, to White Christmas, Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas, even Silent Night. My favorite is, believe it or not, Santa Clause is Coming to Town. I always hated that song, so one day I decided to try to make it pretty. I believe it is my very best arrangement of all the songs I have ever arranged. |
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Location: Atlanta, GA. | Misty
Don't Get Around Much Anymore
Summertime
Satin Doll - great bass riff! |
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Location: Atlanta, GA. | Speaking of Satin Doll ...
One of the best renditions I've heard from a solo performer.
I'm sure the "O" he's playing has nuttin' to do with it! |
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| Buy an Ella songbook and you'll have enough tunes to last several lifetimes. |
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Location: Chicago | Great suggestions... I have all sorts of song books, but notice more and more that the GENERAL public is out of touch. So the challenge is to find tunes with some recognition factor, not just standard status.... The Vince Guaraldi Peanuts idea seems very much on track here: a Bill-Evans style bop gem that everyone knows and loves.... |
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Location: Yucaipa, California | "Breezin" George Benson :cool:
Breezin |
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Location: PDX | Second (or third) My Funny Valentine, Summertime, and Somewhere Over the Rainbow.
I'd add:
As Time Goes By
Send in the Clowns
Nature Boy
Blue Moon
It Had to be You
To name a few.
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Ain't Misbehavin'
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Location: Tucson, AZ | ...both Beatles and Herb Alpert fans will recognize the tune A TASTE OF HONEY |
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Location: Round Rock, TX | God Bless the Child
Makin' Whoopee
I Wanna Be Like You
They Can't Take That Away from Me
One More for the Road
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another POPULAR jazz tune?