As I write this, a beautiful Easter has dawned, it is now a
cool and wet Monday—which, given the lack of moisture this winter, is much
needed—and baseball begins. All is right with the world.
A good turnout on Saturday: Sam (bass and trumpet), Gene
(drums), Wes (tenor), Steve M (alto), Greg, (guitar), Jim D (bari sax), Jack D
(trumpet), Carl (trombone), Annie (vocals), and your scribe (alto).
As I arrived, Sam, Greg, Steve M, Wes and Jack were on the
first tune, My Romance. By the time I
got my horn out, Sam had brought out West
Coast Blues (I 436). Jack D called for the lovely You Are Too Beautiful (I 455). Jim had arrived, and got his bari
set up in time to play Wes’ pick, Cousin
Mary (II-93). I pulled up one that brought to mind the ocean for a lot of
people present, Avalon (II-25).
Jim came with one in mind, Gerry Mulligan’s Out Back of the Barn (II-304). Steve M decided on an alternating
Latin/Swing version of I’ll Remember
April (I-197).
We’ve been working on Four
Brothers recently, and tried out a new arrangement, which seemed to show
promise. While figuring this out, Carl and Annie arrived. Annie asked for On A Slow Boat To China (III 306),
followed by My Foolish Heart (I-286).
We forced Carl to take a turn, and he chose Blue
Monk ((I 52). Back to Annie, we
covered two more: Can’t Help Loving” Dat
Man (I 68) and We’ll Be Together
Again (I 434). Greg, following his habit of calling whatever is on the
opposite page, got us to try Well You
Needn’t (I 435). Annie wanted Hoagy Carmishael’s Skylark (III 356), then followed Greg’s lead, went to the next page
and A Sleepin’ Bee (III 357). After
an instrumental, Birk’s Works (II
48), we returned to romance as we began, this time I’ll Take Romance (III 180).
Participant Picks
A lot of people had interesting ideas this time out for your
listening pleasure.
Sam: JJ Johnson and Kai Winding, Blue Monk
Annie: Aretha Franklin, Skylark
Jim: Gerry Mulligan, Out
Back of the Barn
Wes: Charlie Parker, Au
Privave
Greg: Doris Day w/ Les Brown, We’ll Be Together Again
Gene: Thelonious Monk, Monk’s
Dream
Jack: Chet Baker, Almost
Blue
Steve H: Phil Woods, A
Sleepin’ Bee
And because I promised Annie I would: Ernie and Hoots (and
many celebrities), Put Down The Ducky
--SJH
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