The core was there for this week’s version of the workshop:
Serdar (guitar), Ray (bass), Steve M (alto), Steve H (alto), Jack D (trumpet),
Annie (vocals), Carl (trombone) and Jim D (alto and clarinet).
Ray got us rolling with I
Remember You (II-179). Steve M. called for the little-heard Irving Berlin
tune, This Year’s Kisses (II-399),
with its 6/6/8/8-bar construction. Annie caled a couple of oldies but goodies, Get Out Of Town (II-148), and Georgia On My Mind (II-145). Jim D. shook
out his book and came up with Doxy
(II-111). Annie took another vocal, this time to work on the tricky but lovely I Get Along Without You Very Well (II-174). Jack D. stuck with the standards and Autumn In New York (I-38). Time to
change the tempo, so Annie called Put On
A Happy Face (III-328). Carl didn’t feel like playing In A MellowTone, so he chose Rose
Room (III-340) instead. Another vocal moment had Annie bringing it back to
the ballad with Never Let Me Go (III-299).
Jack and Jim had to pull up stakes at this point. Yours truly was feeling a bit
Nat King Cole-ish with L-O-V-E
(III-252). Annie, feeling a bit contrary, said This Can’t Be Love (III-402). Still, she continued in a very bluesy
tone, They Say It’s Wonderful
(III-400). Unfortunately, Ray had to stop at this point. Serdar nonetheless opted
for a favorite, All The Things You Are
(I-22). Annie took another swing with All
of You as your scribe packed up to head out, and they were playing Steve
M’s call, Body and Soul as I danced
out.
Participant Picks
Billie Holiday, This Year’s Kisses
Ballad of the Sad Young Men
Roberta Flack
Keith Jarrett
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