Re: jazz jam, keys

["Hambone Hamilton" <harpmanx@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Interesting....I've always done "Mojo" in A, though I know that the Muddy 
versions are usually in E.
Hambone


>From: "Bob Maglinte" <bbqbob917@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>Reply-To: "Bob Maglinte" <bbqbob917@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>To: "Harmonica Teacher" <HarmonicaTeacher@xxxxxxx>, <harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx>
>Subject: Re: jazz jam, keys
>Date: Wed, 17 Mar 2004 02:34:45 -0500
>
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: Harmonica Teacher
>To: harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx
>Sent: Wednesday, March 17, 2004 1:22 AM
>Subject: jazz jam, keys
>
>
>"You don't know what you don't know."
>
>I went to a jazz jam Monday night to expand my awareness from the blues,
>country, and classic rock that I am comfortable with.
>
>I prepared two songs ("Don't get around much anymore" Nat Cole,and "what a
>wonderful world" Louis Armstrong) and practiced them in the keys that I
>wanted to play, using Lee Oskar Melody Makers.
>
>I got some surprised looks when I called a tune, and was informed that "the
>right key is..."
>
>So, my Jazz-oriented friends on the list here... Is there an expectation to
>arrive and call my tunes in "the right key?" What if ten singers recorded
>the song in ten different keys?
>
>
>Robert Hale
>"the Duke Of Wail"
>Coaching By Telephone
>MailTo:HarmonicaTeacher@xxxxxxx
>Gilbert, Arizona
>
>Hi,
>Actually, I understand where they're coming from because some songs seem to
>flow better in certain keys, and there is also the factor of the more
>comfortable keys for certain instruments, as horns often like the flatted
>keys as an example of that. A tune that is often thought of as a Jazz
>standard, the Erroll Garner tune, "Misty," was originally done in E-flat,
>and I've heard this in all 12 keys, but to my ears, this tune and the key 
>of
>E-flat is a match made in Heaven, as is the blues standard, "Got My Mojo
>Working," which is usually done in E (although when I've worked with female
>vocalists, they usually don't do the more easily recognized Muddy Waters
>version, but the Ann Cole version, which actually came out first, and Ann
>did it in D).
>
>Sincerely,
>Barbeque Bob Maglinte
>Boston, MA
>http://www.barbequebob.com
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