Re: [Harp-L] Jazz standards on the Diatonic: I got it Bad

[Winslow Yerxa <winslowyerxa@xxxxxxxxx>]

Don't get around much anymore - Good one, Dan!

Another good one - a slinky, suggestive ballad this time - is "I got it
bad and that ain't good". 

The melody lies beautifully in second position with liberal and sensual
use of bends in the first three holes, and only one overblow, near the
end of the chorus. Listen to Johnny Hodges' fluid alto on the original
mid-1930s recording for inspiration .

Also check out the Ivie Anderson vocal on that track with the original,
uncensored lyric: "and when the week is over / and Friday rolls around
/ My man and I we gin some / and pray some / and . . sin some" - much
better than the published lyric about crying one's heart out and no
mention of a partner.

Winslow

--- Dan Axt <dapperdan@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Don't forget "Don't Get Around Much Anymore".  Dan Axt
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Winslow Yerxa" <winslowyerxa@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: <harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, February 13, 2007 2:15 PM
> Subject: Re: [Harp-L] Jazz standards on the Diatonic
> 
> 
> > Well, from the Ellington songbook, you could include:
> >
> > Mood Indigo (first theme, second position requires an overblow)
> >
> > The Mooche (third position w/o an OBs)
> >
> > Creole Love call (both melody and countermelody)
> >
> > East St.Louis Toodle-oo (third position)
> >
> > Black & Tan Fantasy
> >
> > C-Jam Blues (nearly any position)
> >
> > Things Ain't what they Used to Be
> >
> > It Don't Mean a Thing (if it ain't got that swing)
> >
> > For further explorations, you could go by bandleader (Basie,
> Goodman,
> > Cab Calloway, Lunceford, etc.) and/or by composer (Gershwin, Cole
> > Porter, etc.) and also bring into more recent times with people
> like
> > Michel Legrand, Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter, Miles Davis, etc.
> >
> > Winslow
> >
> > --- James <wasabileo@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> >> I starting compiling a list of jazz tunes (standards) you can play
> on
> >> the diatonic. I recognize that this list is limited by the
> technique
> >> of the player and many of you can overblow quite proficiency hence
> >> many more doors are open to you.
> >>
> >> Here it goes:
> >> Autumn Leaves
> >> Lullaby of Birdland
> >> Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White
> >> Hers four to start with
> >> Can you include Chitins Con Carne?
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