Sunday, May 24, 2009

Solo Flight

I found the original on Youtube, unfortunately with very poor quality but it'll have to do.

Here's the original:


And me as Charlie:
Solo Flight

Thursday, May 21, 2009

Take It or Leave It

Composition of the week:





And for those who can't read / play, a recording:
Take It or Leave It

Thursday, May 14, 2009

Benny's Buggle

Latest solo. I'm playing along with Charlie Christian.

Here it is:
Benny's Buggle

Tuesday, May 12, 2009

Honey

Composition of the week,
here it is:



And a complimentary recording:
Honey

Friday, May 8, 2009

Hello Charlie

Leaving Basie and Lester Young, we are now moving to the 1940, into the wonderful world of Charlie Christian.

So here's a short, sweet solo on Six Appeal. The sound of my electric guitar is pretty decent in the alto register but rather thin in the soprano.

Enough talk, here I go pretending to be Charlie.
Six Appeal

LH Arrangements - Solar

Going through a new phase again. Man are we going through this stuff quickly.

Anyway, for the next 12 weeks, I will write LH arrangements of jazz standards.

The first one, chosen completely randomly, is Solar.
Here are the arrangements:



And a complimentary recording:
Solar

Keep Your Coat On

Composition of the week:





And for those who can't read / play:
Keep Your Coat On

Thursday, May 7, 2009

Last but not least

One last Prez, but wow! what solo!

The next master I'll study will be a guitarist. Can you guess who?

For now, here:
Oh Lady be Good

Sunday, May 3, 2009

Bad Apple

Composition of the week.






and for those who can't read of play:
Bad Apple