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Kay Das


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Post  Posted 23 Jun 2014 6:58 pm    
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This Hawaiian evergreen of 1938 written by Johnny Noble and Gordon Beecher (who was a vice-admiral in the US Navy)has been played or sung by many, from Bing Crosby and Dorothy Lamour to Alfred Apaka and Owana Salazar.

This is my own instrumental arrangement derived from the original score. I play all instruments: steel, rhythm, bass, sampled sax, voices (Roland E-09) etc.

Three steel guitars feature in this arrangement: West Coast (C6 tuning), Steelocaster (A6 tuning), and acoustic Charvel Jackson (open D tuning). Keys of G and E.

http://soundcloud.com/kay-das/01-song-of-old-hawaii

Enjoy!

Kay
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Wally Pfeifer

 

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Post  Posted 24 Jun 2014 8:20 am    
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Sad
I love sax. In fact,- I took sax lessons in high school.
But in this case,- "drop it". Whoa!
Wally Very Happy
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Jack Aldrich

 

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Post  Posted 24 Jun 2014 10:31 am    
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I agree with Wally! As a sax player, I really don't like synthesized sax sounds, because you can't really control the "attack" on the synth version. Other than that, nice work, as usual, Kay!
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Kay Das


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Los Angeles CA
Post  Posted 25 Jun 2014 9:14 am    
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Wally, Jack, your opinions deeply respected. The tracks I post here on SGF are demos and not the final versions. In this case I intended to convey the musical ideas across, as I am not skilled enough to write out or play the sax parts. While performing this tune live, I intend to engage (human) sax player!

Sax and steel, IMHO, are a wonderful contrasting combination yet to be discovered. Chuck Lettes and I have collaborated on a few projects in the past. Unbeknownst to many, he is also a wonderful sax player. Billy Vaughn issued an LP called "Blue Hawaii" in 1959, which you may Google up; one of my favorites for the twin sax arrangements, though the steel was not so great.

Thanks for the response!

Kay
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