linwood Posted December 12, 2011 Share Posted December 12, 2011 Dave and Steve.......wonderful stuff. I really love hearing you guys play and your take on things. Thanks for posting these. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Ferris Posted December 12, 2011 Author Share Posted December 12, 2011 Dave, nice stuff. Inspired me to do a quick reharm too. Latency problems kept me from playing it in time, so you have to imagine what it might sound like... http://www.divshare.com/download/16361302-00e Thanks Linwood, Steve & Michelle, much appreciated. Wow really nice Steve. Man I loved that chord in bar 8 and especially what you were doing on beats 3& 4 of bar 9 and all of bar 10. Would love to see a transcription of that. Here's a leadsheet on my OCAYF- I hope my funky writing is readable. It's pretty straight forward , as with a lot of my stuff , the "sounds" or colors are in the voicings. But hopefully it can give someone a base to do their own thing with it. I have that Cm7/F | % | Am7 | % | thing as a turnaround to the top. I also use it as a vamp at the end. http://www.divshare.com/download/16366915-5ee https://soundcloud.com/dave-ferris https://www.youtube.com/@daveferris2709 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Davis Posted December 12, 2011 Share Posted December 12, 2011 "Have yourself a merry LC"- pretty standard In C : {: Cadd2 Am7 | Dm7 G7| Em A7+9 | Dm7 G7 | C G/B Am | 1st x | Dm7 G7 G7/F | E7 A7 | D7 G7 :] 2nd ending | Dm7 Dm/C Bm7b5 E7 | Am7 Ab7+5 | Gm7 C7 || bridge: F#m7b5 FmMaj7 | Em7 Eb dim. | Dm7 G7 | (C dim maj7 ) Cmaj7 | F#m7b5 B7 | Em /Eb /D /C# | Am9 D7 | Dm11 G13 || back to D.C. and 3rd ending 3rd ending | Dm7 Dm/C Bm7b5 E7 | Am7 Ab7+5 | Gm7 C7 | F Eb7+11 | Dm7 Dm7/G | standard turnaround....C A7| Dm7 G7 || danno-I have that arrangement of What Child, re-copied with the melody up an octave.. It was a Fred Hersch thing. I don't have the original voicings and all. I re-copied it and put in some of my own stuff. Right now my scanner isn't talking to my computer--thus the reason I'm writing all this stuff out. I'll try and get my wife to scan on her work computer when I get a chance and then send it over... I play it all the time. It is nice... Sometimes I throw in an |Abmaj7 Dbmaj7 (-5)| in bar 4 of HYAMLC. Sometimes I even warn the bass player Agree about the Fred Hersch 'Greensleeves.' Beautiful, somewhat spacey chords. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piano4U Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 Wow, lot's of great additions on here since I last checked-in! Dave - Love the "Let It Snow" reharm, very creative. Steve - "Oh Come All Ye" is very deep...I could really feel it. Tim - Nice playing on the "Jingle Bells" reharm. Here's my version of "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen". When I play this on a gig the other guys in the band have fun with it, although I'm not quite sure how the listener's handle it... [video:youtube] My YouTube Videos My Lot2Learn Jazz Piano Web Site Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Ferris Posted December 13, 2011 Author Share Posted December 13, 2011 When I play this on a gig the other guys in the band have fun with it, although I'm not quite sure how the listener's handle it... Tell 'em it's the newest Yanni version or something, they'll never know... Really nice Roger. Man you've got the McCoy thing nailed.... I have some different stuff for GRYMG too, I'll try and record it sometime this week... "Have yourself a merry LC"- pretty standard In C : {: Cadd2 Am7 | Dm7 G7| Em A7+9 | Dm7 G7 | C G/B Am | 1st x | Dm7 G7 G7/F | E7 A7 | D7 G7 :] 2nd ending | Dm7 Dm/C Bm7b5 E7 | Am7 Ab7+5 | Gm7 C7 || bridge: F#m7b5 FmMaj7 | Em7 Eb dim. | Dm7 G7 | (C dim maj7 ) Cmaj7 | F#m7b5 B7 | Em /Eb /D /C# | Am9 D7 | Dm11 G13 || back to D.C. and 3rd ending 3rd ending | Dm7 Dm/C Bm7b5 E7 | Am7 Ab7+5 | Gm7 C7 | F Eb7+11 | Dm7 Dm7/G | standard turnaround....C A7| Dm7 G7 ||. Sometimes I throw in an |Abmaj7 Dbmaj7 (-5)| in bar 4 of HYAMLC. Sometimes I even warn the bass player . I like that Mike, thanks for chiming in. https://soundcloud.com/dave-ferris https://www.youtube.com/@daveferris2709 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SK Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 Very cool McCoy style playing with your own touch, Roger, and thanks for the remarks from you, Linwood and Dave.. OK, I fixed the latency problems, so I was able to get a little deeper (quirkier) on this song this time... http://www.divshare.com/download/16377242-04f CD: http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/stevekessler Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piano4U Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 Thanks Dave and SK. Dave - looking forward to your rendition of GRYMG Steve - the OCAYF recording is once again very deep. The tensions and resolves are beautiful and unexpected. My YouTube Videos My Lot2Learn Jazz Piano Web Site Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Ferris Posted December 14, 2011 Author Share Posted December 14, 2011 OK, I fixed the latency problems, so I was able to get a little deeper (quirkier) on this song this time... http://www.divshare.com/download/16377242-04f Whoa even better ! That's really great Steve. The Bosie (?) sample sounds excellent. Good recording. I just spent a good part of the day on an arrangement of We 3 Kings of Orient Are. It's really thorny in places. I've practiced it, changed it around so much today that I can't tell if its just too out or what. I'm going to leave it, come back to it tomorrow, record it and see if I still like it. Jeez I spent a lotta hours on that today... https://soundcloud.com/dave-ferris https://www.youtube.com/@daveferris2709 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
linwood Posted December 14, 2011 Share Posted December 14, 2011 Yea, that sample sounds great. I might have to buy that one for myself for Christmas. Now, where can I buy those fingers? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SK Posted December 14, 2011 Share Posted December 14, 2011 A little bit of Winter Wonderland from a quartet gig years ago. Half the tune, from the middle of my solo to the end - I don't know what keyboard I was playing. http://www.divshare.com/download/16383484-888 Hey Linwood. I'm still pretty happy with the sample. I think it has more body in tone than the others I've heard. Thanks Dave and hey, hope you go ahead and put up your We 3 Kings, or you'll have to wait til next Christmas. Know when to hold 'em, fold 'em, etc., they're probably Aces. CD: http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/stevekessler Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piano4U Posted December 14, 2011 Share Posted December 14, 2011 Steve - I love that version of Winter Wonderland! Very nice reharm indeed. The recording sounds really nice as well for a live gig. Is that with Glenn Wilson? My YouTube Videos My Lot2Learn Jazz Piano Web Site Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SK Posted December 15, 2011 Share Posted December 15, 2011 Yeah, that's Glenn and our quartet, recorded during an 11 year house gig. The reharm makes the song playable year round - we played it on a gig last July. You can get halfway through it before everyone realizes what it is. CD: http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/stevekessler Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Davis Posted December 15, 2011 Share Posted December 15, 2011 The reharm makes the song playable year round - we played it on a gig last July. You can get halfway through it before everyone realizes what it is. Now, that's what I call bang for the buck. Well done! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SK Posted December 15, 2011 Share Posted December 15, 2011 Thanks Mike. Sometimes people ask "what was that?" We'd say "Easter Parade." CD: http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/stevekessler Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Davis Posted December 15, 2011 Share Posted December 15, 2011 If you really want to press your luck, try telling them it's 'Stars and Stripes Forever' or 'We Gather Together' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SK Posted December 15, 2011 Share Posted December 15, 2011 telling them it's 'Stars and Stripes Forever' or 'We Gather Together''summertime' CD: http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/stevekessler Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Ferris Posted December 16, 2011 Author Share Posted December 16, 2011 Steve-loved WW, those are THE changes.. The band sounds great and Glenn is really a nice Tenor player. Great solo from you, wished it would have been a tad longer you sounded so good-I wanted more. Like Roger said, excellent recording too for a live thing. Jazz is not dead in that room, at least on that night.. Well after many edits, I'm sick of messing with it. This will have to do. We 3 Kinks can't tune a guitar... ...just kidding. I dig the Kinks-well some of it.... Or for anyone from St. Louis reading this-We 3 Kings of Famous & Barr. You would've had to have grown up in St. L. in the 60s to get it. https://soundcloud.com/dave-ferris https://www.youtube.com/@daveferris2709 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SK Posted December 16, 2011 Share Posted December 16, 2011 Yeah Dave, that's my 'now favorite' alternative version of We 3 Kings. You zeroed in on some deep harmonies that remained true to the character of the tune. I liked all of it, and maybe especially from 1:38 to the end, including the Nutcracker quote. Great job. And thanks for the kind words on my rather generic solo on WW. Nothing fancy there - no musical history was made on Winter Wonderland Oh BTW, that's a bari he's playing, but he plays it high sometimes which sounds like a tenor. I posted those A section changes on the first page of the thread. CD: http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/stevekessler Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Ferris Posted December 16, 2011 Author Share Posted December 16, 2011 Thanks Steve. My apologies to Glenn.. The end part there was a bit high, I guess I don't work with bari players enough. https://soundcloud.com/dave-ferris https://www.youtube.com/@daveferris2709 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SK Posted December 16, 2011 Share Posted December 16, 2011 Dave, no apologies needed or accepted. Glenn has a unique sound, not the normal bari tone. Strangely, he just called me, on his way to a gig with The Temptations tonight - I didn't even know they were still together. CD: http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/stevekessler Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marino Posted December 17, 2011 Share Posted December 17, 2011 Some more homework done. Really high quality stuff from everybody! Roger really has the McCoy thing under his fingers. Steve, great version of WW; it's unfortunate that the song isn't more known here in Europe (well, maybe in the UK). And Dave, I really dig your later style, so concentrated and so symbiotic with the sound of the piano. As for me, here are my changes for "Greensleeves" in E minor, 6/8 time. No time to record my reharms, sorry - maybe next week. (Oh, and of course - if someone would feel like playing his own versions, I would be pleased and honored! ) "Greensleeves" | C7 B7 | Bm7 Bb7 | Am7 D7 | Abm7 Db7 | | C7 B7 | Bm7 Bb7 | Am7 Eb7 | D7 Db7 | | Cm7 F7 | F#7(#9) B7(#9) | Bb7 A7 | Ab7 Db7 | | Cm7 F7 | F#7(#9) B7(#9) | Bb7 Eb7 | D7 Db7 | These changes work well with the melody, but aren't so much fun to blow over..... so I wrote an alternate set of bluesy changes for the solos: | Em7 A7 | % | Bm7 E7 | Bbm7 Eb7 | |Am7 D7 | Gm7 C7 | Em7 A7 | ( C#m7b5 F#7 ) | | B7 | C7 | Db7 | D7 | Enjoy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piano4U Posted December 18, 2011 Share Posted December 18, 2011 Thanks Marino - I'll have to try out your Greensleeves changes. Dave - Loved the WTK version - very introspective playing and great harmonic treatment! OK, I promise this is my LAST Christmas song post for this year. Nothing really too different about this version other than the fact that I decided to check out a new Band-in-a-Box electric bass accompaniment for this track. I've heard some really killer versions of this song - especially one by Joshua Redman with an outrageous solo by Brad Mehldau - check it out on Spotify if you get a chance. [video:youtube] My YouTube Videos My Lot2Learn Jazz Piano Web Site Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marino Posted December 18, 2011 Share Posted December 18, 2011 Very good, Roger! Love the fluid and clean phrasing. Also, the latest BIAB does sound incredible. I have to get it... "Santa Claus is Coming to Town" is not very well know in Europe; first time I heard it, it was the Bill Evans version. Also to Non c'è Futuro: Adeste Fideles *is* widely know in English-speaking countries, usually under the title "O Come All Ye Faithful". In fact, it was originally an Irish popular song. I'm thinking of, um, 're-harming' that one too... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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