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@nigeld asked me to host the Ballad of the Month thread for November and I have chosen a lovely and melancholy song from a 1940 musical - "It Never Entered my Mind". The lyrics by Lorenz Hart are moving and go perfectly with the tune by Richard Rodgers.
There have been some excellent jazz recordings, for example this one by Miles Davis with tasty piano by Red Garland:
There are many fine vocal recordings of it, for instance this by my favourite current singer, Ian Shaw, with a fine tenor solo by Iain Ballamy:
The lead sheets and backing tracks I have made so far can be downloaded from here. There are two versions of the jazz ballad backing in Concert F, one at 70bpm with three choruses and the other at 60bpm with two choruses, both backings can be used with the same lead sheets (Bb and Eb versions provided). The final bar has a diamond shown, which basically means just go wild improvising over the last chord.
Another recording is by George Shearing who combines It Never Entered My Mind as a waltz with Erik Satie's "Gymnopedie No. 1". I took that as inspiration for another backing track as a jazz waltz in Concert C, with the Gymnopedie tune appearing at various points (shown on the lead sheets) and played by the vibraphone.
Of course you can use other backing tracks and there are good ones from Jamey Aebersold (Vol. 131) and Hal Leonard (Vol. 46).
I'm looking forward to hearing the recordings people make during the month (and beyond). Will anyone try a vocal ?
Rhys
There have been some excellent jazz recordings, for example this one by Miles Davis with tasty piano by Red Garland:
There are many fine vocal recordings of it, for instance this by my favourite current singer, Ian Shaw, with a fine tenor solo by Iain Ballamy:
The lead sheets and backing tracks I have made so far can be downloaded from here. There are two versions of the jazz ballad backing in Concert F, one at 70bpm with three choruses and the other at 60bpm with two choruses, both backings can be used with the same lead sheets (Bb and Eb versions provided). The final bar has a diamond shown, which basically means just go wild improvising over the last chord.
Another recording is by George Shearing who combines It Never Entered My Mind as a waltz with Erik Satie's "Gymnopedie No. 1". I took that as inspiration for another backing track as a jazz waltz in Concert C, with the Gymnopedie tune appearing at various points (shown on the lead sheets) and played by the vibraphone.
Of course you can use other backing tracks and there are good ones from Jamey Aebersold (Vol. 131) and Hal Leonard (Vol. 46).
I'm looking forward to hearing the recordings people make during the month (and beyond). Will anyone try a vocal ?
Rhys
