IOTM February 2015: RSVP, no hurry

Impro of the month

aldevis

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The much feared February is here. Not to stretch the energies of our fellow cafemembers, we stayed on the same progression, but in a different key (concert G) now.
Also a melancholic February ballad feel.
Foofoofoooing on your tenors and baris can keep us warm, while a more pensive alto and soprano attitude gets us ready for March, that will be, naturally, a march.


Chris kindly wrote a melody and provided BT.
HERE
we were discussing the option of a fast swing version.
Anyone fancies it?
 
It's only recently become apparent to me that different keys have different flavours/colours. Better late than never. It feels so optimistic talking about March being just around the corner. Roll on spring.
 
I going to try and see what I can do with this. I figure I can't learn if I don't try. This take is more about seeing if I can play the melody and hear the changes. Later on I'm going to try and improve on the soloing. By the way, Chris, did I read you wrote this? I'm telling you, if you added a bridge and a few tweaks, this would rival any old standard. Well done, I must say.

https://app.box.com/s/gffad6whmibbf3pn1bsnahfwzl7v0jdy
 
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I going to try and see what I can do with this. I figure I can't learn if I don't try. This take is more about seeing if I can play the melody and hear the changes. Later on I'm going to try and improve on the soloing. By the way, Chris, did I read you wrote this? I'm telling you, if you added a bridge and a few tweaks, this would rival any old standard. Well done, I must say.

https://app.box.com/s/gffad6whmibbf3pn1bsnahfwzl7v0jdy

Sounds like a good attitude, good for you, I am sure @aldevis or @Chris will give you some good feedback 🙂

Jx
 
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I had a similar thought about a bridge while recording.
Strange it did not happen with the bossa version (Jan15)
 
I going to try and see what I can do with this. I figure I can't learn if I don't try. This take is more about seeing if I can play the melody and hear the changes. Later on I'm going to try and improve on the soloing. By the way, Chris, did I read you wrote this? I'm telling you, if you added a bridge and a few tweaks, this would rival any old standard. Well done, I must say.

https://app.box.com/s/gffad6whmibbf3pn1bsnahfwzl7v0jdy
Good 'un... lovely tone.... it never ceases to amaze me the rich range of tones between players
 
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