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Depends... absolutes don't apply to every musician, and great drummers are rare. I've worked with maybe 10 or 11 great drummers tops - but the rest, "so many drummers, so little time".

Sweet Lorraine - there's a tune you don't hear played these days. Nice job on that, Mr. Horne. Well, thanks to the expertise/guidance/encouragement of my forum friends Linwood, Piano4U, gangsu, and some non-forum friends, I took the plunge and got a new iMac, external hard drive and Digital Performer. I've had DP installed for maybe a week, and finally got a first test recording. (Jumped in with a machette and figured out just enough to record without using a manual yet.) I'm slowly becoming technologically current. An old friend and great piano player sent me a recording of this excellent song, written by a drummer friend of his. To think a drummer chose to write a ballad! (Who said drummers aren't musicians?) I played this more flamboyantly than I would in real life to explore some recording possibilities with DP. Edit: From this point I described the tune and posted it, but I just decided this may not be the right tune for "the room" - so I removed it. Anyone who wants to hear it is welcome to PM me for the link.

That's correct moj, you win the free salad, with dressing of your choice. Sorry, not quite the Hawaiian vacation prize Lucas won, but with this fantastic economy we're in and all....

Unlike myself, at least you had an excuse, and glad you liked the tune anyway. :grin: The song is "Una Muy Bonita". I hope I played the melody right - resurrected by memory from years ago. Sue, Ornette's alive, but I've never met him. I met Charlie Haden and Don Cherry who played with him. Thanks for listening - Ornette played it much more lyrically. The last trumpet line on the solo is what I 'believe' were the first notes of Ornette's solo on the tune. Maybe someone with the record could confirm that.

Reharmalodic anyone? http://stashbox.org/577103/Una%20Muy%20Bonita%20.mov An old Ornette tune, so I drew on that style. All split bass played simultaneously with right hand solo and head. The rest was added afterwards, including some drums overtop the crummy drum track. Free solo, keeping the form of the tune. No excuse for this experiment - I just felt like doing it. Maybe someone will enjoy it. And there's a "Name That Tune" quote in the solo. Reharm on last A at end of track.

"Whisper Not". I recognized that one in 3 bars. Good tune, good recording.

Thanks, I appreciate it, Piano4U. That's probably the only time I'll play that tune, unless I go back and stretch more on it. Lucas, thanks for posting that tune. I could hear the whole step/3rd's in the beginning, but the recording speed wavers, at least on my computer. (At first, I thought the speed changes were part of the reharm ) Sounded like it was nice, but I couldn't quite hear it.

That sounds like it was cool, Lucas. On the "left hand chord" thread, Jazz+ posted a clip of Keith Jarrett solo piano on this song. It was nice, if straightforward. I've actually never played this song on a gig, but I thought it could use some different chords or minimal reharm. I did this right after I heard the Jarrett clip, so there's a slight nod to his style on this, as it filtered through. http://stashbox.org/567086/Rainbow.mov

Good ears, Lucas. The Amaj7 was a big clue. Dave, I too am glad you're getting this recording thing happening. I think you'll have a blast with it, and it'll be productive too. Carlo, I think it's hilarious (and understandable) about that epic confusion! Joy Spring's progression in F and from the same time period made me think of "Waltz For Debbie." The head definitely skirts all around the original song, but the solo form and chords are very close to the original - just a few substitutions. I did a quick combination of the two tunes here (partial Bill Evans style), so maybe it makes a little better sense. (another red herring quote at the end) http://stashbox.org/561344/Deb%27s%20Last%20Dance.mov

Lucas, just for participating and being a good sport, you still win your free trip to Hawaii, or a Fazioli, your choice. (I guessed "Joy Spring" too - Dave didn't say I was wrong, so I'll take the Fazioli.) My tune was based on Bill Evans' "Waltz For Debbie", but in 4/4. So there's no waltz or Debbie in it. Just the form of the tune, and most of the original chords. I played it once on a PBS special with a good horn section, and it worked.

haha, well, it's probably not fair, like Dave said. Plus it's a tune most of the world's population hasn't heard. And it's the first time we've tried this. Outside of that, well... if you don't figure it out, I'll post the answer soon. Clue: the top of the last A section, the melody is quoted slightly rhythmically in reharmonized chords.

The "Nice Work" quote was a red herring, Lucas. That's not the tune. But thanks for trying - unlimited guesses available.

Hey, whatcha' mean "no fair"? - the blowing changes gave it away, just like on yours. At least you recognized it. You win a free catalog of "New ways to spend money: ultimate microphones of the future."

Cool "Beatrice." That tune's a joy to play - I might spring for a version myself soon. Speaking of "Name That Tune", I did this real quick (sloppy) "Name That Tune, No.2". It's open to anyone who can name it - it shouldn't be that hard. In the 90's, I wrote a new melody on this song for horns. I couldn't really pull it off here without horns. The original melody is quoted in a displaced fashion somewhere within the new melody. Some chords are reharmonized. http://stashbox.org/560383/Name%20That%20Tune%20%28STAW%29.mov

Mark, the few of us participating have managed to keep this thread going for a long time. Just drop a tune in here sometime. It doesn't have to be perfection, and the more input, the better - love to hear it. "Beatrice" wouldn't play for me on the download site, Dave. I like that tune too, so I'd like to hear it. I always 'heard' that song as a slower medium tempo. But I played it on a quartet concert with Joe Henderson once, and to everyone's surprise, he started playing it at lightning speed. Fastest version I ever heard, but it still worked great. I have a rough recording of that somewhere I'll try to find. Very nice recording of the piano on "name that tune" - your best recording yet - the piano sounds good. You'll be able to eliminate any hiss with Logic, and remove the hiss from this recording by bringing down the upper EQ. Your playing on this was very fluid and musical, nice groove, etc. Yes, I can name that tune, but I won't.

Welcome, Lucas. Sounds good, the little I heard from your site. There are a few jazz and classical players here. Check out the Reharm Room sometime.

Hope you're feeling better, Dave. By now, you should be. I know that must have been awful.

Solal is killer. I know you enjoyed that. I saw him with Paul Motian and Gary Peacock. His playing is encyclopedic of so many styles, yet still always fresh and energetic. Tatum's chops, and sometimes his solos sound Paul Bley like to me. A lot going on.

BB, I liked that! Between yours and that last one I did, the thread direction may be changing towards open playing, with more left hand counter lines than chords. It also fits with Dave's suggestion to play without a clear melody verse. Now I'm imagining other familiar tunes/perfect victims. Not reharmed or destroyed; maybe restroyed.

Yeah, nice, Linwood.

No... YOU have a great ear. I wasn't aware of some of those. But damn, it's hard to play through a million 2 5's without some familiar melody coming out of you. Thanks.

Yeah, sorry, it's way obscure - I learned it off an old Evans record years ago - never heard it played since. For comparison, I just now played it (only the head) the way I remember the original to sound. It was a medium slow swing. Here: original song groove:http://stashbox.org/537153/Unless%20It%27s%20U-orig.%20groove.mov Hopefully my take will make more sense now: http://stashbox.org/536075/Unless%20It%27s%20You.mov And yeah, sure, I'll try Name That Tune. ("name that reharm in 3 voicings." )

Thanks, Jazzwee and zephonic. And hadn't even realized I quoted that, but I did quote "Con Alma" somewhere.

Really nice to hear another take on "Dolphin Dance", Dave. I must've missed it earlier. Good feel and lines going on in there. I thought I'd try a dark, obscure Bill Evans' song "Unless It's You." I played it years ago, but never played it quite like this. A billion chord excursion through the cycle of 5ths, so reharm is out of the question. Rough in spots, but it was a challenge. I started out with a vague concept in my head, and just improvised all of it, trying to hang on. I realized it was too fast (it almost killed me) so it ends as a ballad. Probably no one could really like this. For a novelty- "This Is Your Brain On Chords": http://stashbox.org/536075/Unless%20It%27s%20You.mov

Thank you all. I'm done! +1