Watch this week for changes in time or venue.
The Early Segment got started this week with the two Jacks (trumpet), the two Steves (one alto, one piano and soprano), Wes (tenor) and Sam (bass and trumpet). We worked on Charlie Parker's
Au Privave, then moved on to other concentrated work on our list, most notably
Pent Up House. They are starting to sound like something.
Next week early segment: Wave (I-31). Here's a version by Paul Desmond.
Shortly before three, we moved to the Mostly Vocal segment. Dick got that running with
A Night in Tunisia, shifting back and forth between Latin and swing. We followed that with another favorite of his,
Fly Me To The Moon. Annie (vocal), Carl (trombone) and Vic (vocal) had settled in by then. Somewhere in here we did
Avalon with Vic. Annie wanted to work from her own music on
Let The Good Times Roll. Sam then pulled out his trumpet and called an instrumental version of
Stardust, (I-367) doing an unaccompanied verse before we joined on the chorus. Dick next sang one that's been getting a lot of attention by us recently,
Dindi (II-105). We moved to the harmonically complex (and thus difficult to sing
Detour Ahead (I-105) for Annie, which she naturally carried off with aplomb. Victor wanted to consider making
Sugar Blues into a new genre, and demonstrated
a capella; we promised to look in Book IV so some of us would have it the following week. Dick looked to sing the excellent
My One and Only Love (I-288), and he did so excellently. Annie looked to make us cry with
Old Man From The Old Country (I-308). Dick requested
There Will Never Be Another You (I-407). We finished up with Annie's version of
Watch What Happens (II-413), where she discovered that she likes it as a Latin tune better than a swing.
Participant Picks
Sugar Blues (Clyde
McCoy)
(Old Man from) the Old
Country
Shirley Horn
Nat Adderley and the Big Sax Section
Enjoy!
--SJH
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