Hey Paul and all guitarists. We were discussing the passing of the great Les Paul in our jazz class last night. Here's a really delightful youtube performance by Les Paul and Mary Ford. . .demonstrating what a terrific guitarist SHE is!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=63Df09Sodpk&feature=related
Great class last night! You folks who are interested in stretching your brains and fingers in the jazz direction are missing some great stuff.
Thanks for the heads-up Paul. Unfortunately I can't make it tonight. . .my mother has just moved in with us and we're up to our necks in major changes. . .we'll be into the augmented changes by the weekend (little jazz humor there ;-)
Hope to see you next week.
Hi Paul -- Just wanted to let you know that Dizzy Gillespie's "To Be or Not to Bop" that you told us about is back in print! In paperback, as of February 2009. I got a new copy on Amazon for $15 and just started it this evening.
How do folks feel about working on "Stardust" as our next project for the jazz workshop? I'm fairly intimidated by that one and would like some guidance for dealing with it. There are a heckuva lot of changes in it, but they don't come at you quite as fast as some tunes.
I hope it's okay for me to post this here, but I wanted to let all the dulcimer players nearby know, before Christmas is past, about this music. You can listen to songs from the EP at www.lindasack.com or www.myspace.com/lindasack. I would love to h…
Guitarists: See this discussion at Guitarists Group.
Just looking for some input. (If the link doesn't work, just go to Guitarists Group.)
Thanks,
warren.
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Here's Les Paul and Mary Ford doing "How High The Moon"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0ffdwBUL78&feature=related
Les invented multitrack recording and this song was one of the very first sound on sound multitrack releases.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=63Df09Sodpk&feature=related
Great class last night! You folks who are interested in stretching your brains and fingers in the jazz direction are missing some great stuff.
Hope to see you next week.
Patrick
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