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Jon Hall
Dec-27-2004, 9:04am
I've just discovered the Delmore Brothers. Their recordings are a treasure trove of great old time/blues songs.

I would like to learn a little jazzier version of Blues SAFM than just majors with dominant 7th's. Does anyone have any suggestions?

Happy New Year

Jon

Ted Eschliman
Dec-27-2004, 9:52am
Perhaps this would help:
Blues 501: Advanced Patterns (http://members.aol.com/teesch/Blues501.html)

Peter Hackman
Jan-14-2005, 4:48am
That's a nice catalog of alternate blues changes,
althogh I
question an em7 right after the F (flatted fifth works, though). The only variation missing is Doanld Byrd's
Blue Changes which were also the harmonic base for
T Thileman's Bluesette.

However, sometimes complexity destroys feeling.
This particular tune (in the version I know of)
derives its haunting quality
from its simplicity - the rockabilly figure in the
guitar, Wade Raney's harmonica. If you want
to be hip, start hip from the bottom up.
don't add hipness to
earthiness.

One reason I dropped Flinner-Grier-Phillips' latest
efforts in the wastebasket was the way they
dressed up some Monroe originals, with cute
descending bass-lines, and what else. Pointless.
They should have incorporated these ideas in some originals, instead.

I'm reminded of Miles Davis' comment to one of the pieces
on Sketches of Spain: If I try to bop this piece I will
wind up sounding like a hip cornball.

plunkett5
Jan-16-2005, 11:45pm
My favorite Miles quote is what he said to Thelonious Monk after Monk played some typically strange backing chords during Miles' solo, "Just drop out when I solo next time...don't play at all."