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Topic: 30's/40's jazz standards |
Nate LaPointe
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Los Angeles, California, USA
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Posted 15 Jun 2005 7:03 pm |
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I have a gig tomorrow on guitar where the client has requested songs of the 30's and 40's. I figure I should have a few tunes ready, tunes by Cole Porter, Rogers/Hart, Jerome Kern, Jobim, Irving Berlin, Johnny Mercer, etc. come to mind. Does anyone have any tune suggestions?
Thanks!
Nate
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Dave Grafe
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Hudson River Valley NY
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Posted 15 Jun 2005 9:52 pm
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| Louis Jordan wrote and recorded tons of great stuff for Decca - Choo Cho Ch' Boogie, Ain't Nobody But Us Chickens, Caldonia, Don't Let the Sun Catch You Crying, Saturday Night Fish Fry, Jack You Dead, Beware, Is You Is or Is You Ain't My Baby, the list goes on and on. Most all of it is available on reissue CD's from your local retailer. [This message was edited by Dave Grafe on 15 June 2005 at 10:55 PM.] |
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Billy Wilson
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El Cerrito, California, USA
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Posted 15 Jun 2005 10:24 pm
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I've got a similar gig and here are some of the tunes I'm bringing to it.
I'm Through With Love
Until the Real Thing Comes Along
What Can I Say Dear After I Say I'm Sorry
Stars Fell on Alabama
September in the Rain
Sunday
Talk of the Town
I'll Take Manhattan |
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Gene Jones
From:
Oklahoma City, OK USA, (deceased)
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Posted 16 Jun 2005 5:59 am
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An observation....
Surprisingly, most of the songs listed in the above posts were prominent on western-swing dance playlists of the 1950's.....along with Bob Wills arrangements.
Many of the horn players, drummers, bass, piano and guitarists who comprised the western swing groups of the 1950's were refugees from the demise of the big-band era of the 1940's whose popularity had diminished. They were mixing jazz and Wills arrangements. "Asleep At The Wheel" mirrows the style of that era.
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John Poston
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Albuquerque, NM, USA
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Posted 16 Jun 2005 7:54 am
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I would recommend 'stealing' the entire set list from page 2 of Al Marcus's website, an incredible guy. http://www.cmedic.net/~almarcus/
All great songs and you know they work with steel 
A couple of my personal favorites are Moonglow, Mood Indigo and Sophisticated Lady. I also like some of the 'newer' Mancini/Mercer tunes which wouldn't have been in the set those days. |
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