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Taking Des's advice and diving in. Here is my submission. I was also enjoying listening to a version by Sonny Stitt Featuring Bobby Timmons (they play it in Eb). He plays what sounds to me like a...

Nice take Michael!! I love your tone and even if you are learning the language you seem relaxed in your playing. Nice work!

I have been listening to a version I found by Donald Byrd. I think the...

Des, Nice Parker licks. I loved hearing you play those. nice work!

Here is my take:

https://soundcloud.com/user-782659534/yardbird-suite-71518-1118-am

Thanks, Larry

Nice one Pete.! Did I hear a small Perdido snippet at around one minute?

David, great version. I'm always struck by the Jethro sound in your playing. You sound great!

I took a Gypsy Jazz...

I love this tune. Here is my submission. Happy Spring!

https://soundcloud.com/user-782659534/body-and-soul

Thanks, Larry

Here is my submission. This was a tough one. I thought I could learn through osmosis and listening to all of the great recordings out there but it did not seem to work. I had to put in some practice...

Nice!

Nice Dave, you and the Collings both sound good!

Here is my contribution. I agree with David and Alex. I like the horn keys too. I played it in Bb since I had also been playing around with Charles Mingus's Prayer Passive Resistance lately. I added...

I love the Superbass version of Mack the Knife (Instrumental) I have never been fond of the vocal versions either. With Ray Brown, Christian McBride, and John Clayton it seems more like a vehicle for...

Nice Tom! I love the Hackensack take. I also listened to a few others you had posted. I dig the solo All Blues and Nardis, pretty amazing chord melody. I would love to hear your version of Search for...

Here is a take I recorded. I successfully threw in a lick from Don's Tune #3 on Soundslice: Crafting jazzier solo lines on mandolin (https://www.soundslice.com/courses/247/).
I tried to throw in a...

Here is the Basie version:

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It lead me to another Basie/ Charlie Christian track, leading back to Crisscross's contribution.

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Here is a take I put together with the backing track. It's a great tune. I had to go back and listen to the Count Basie and the Kansas City Seven version. I have always loved how Basie plays on this...