| A Dozen Of My Favorite Tunes |
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| Friday, 05 March 2010 09:02 | |
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Here are a dozen of my favorite recordings. These are from different times and places, some of which I have forgotten the details! When My Dreamboat Comes Home Old Waterloo has always been my favorite band. I don't remember when or where this was recorded, but it may have been at one of the Wimberly Jazz Festivals. Larmon Maddox and Barry Irwin both play some interesting solos on this track. Download Embed Embed this video on your site Amapola One of my favorite tunes! For a couple of years, Tom Duplissey and I played for the Main Street Grill in Round Rock. We played outside, standing on the street corner. This was one of the tunes we played. I love the simplicity of this arrangement. It begins with a wonderful "floating" feel in the guitar. Then a modulation and a very simple swing ending. Download Embed Embed this video on your site While We Danced At The Mardi Gras This tune features Tom Griffith on keyboard. Again, a very simple arrangement but nice and clean. Download Embed Embed this video on your site Bury Me On Basin Street Han Aleghan and I recorded this in his studio in north Austin. Nothing fancy - just a nice melody that you do not hear very often. Download Embed Embed this video on your site Rosetta This is another tune that Hans and I recorded in his studio. It's from a CD, "Private Stock", that we would sell at gigs. Download Embed Embed this video on your site How Come You Do Me Like You Do I like this song's lyrics. They remind me of someone I know! Download Embed Embed this video on your site It Never Entered My Mind A nice ballad that you do not hear too often. Download Embed Embed this video on your site My Romance A few years ago there was a group called "Singers Unlimited" that would meet each Wednesday night at the Steak & Ale on Anderson Lane. Tom Griffith, Bob Alexius and I would play a few tunes and then each singer would come up and we would accompany them. Kind of like a karoke bar but with a live combo. It was great fun! Sadly the S&A went out of business and that was the end of it. We always played two or three warm up songs before bringing the singers up. This is one of them. Download Embed Embed this video on your site Petite Fleur A very simple arrangement of Bechet's timeless tune. Download Embed Embed this video on your site Sugar This is a slower version of Sugar. Most bands play it too fast for my taste. This is exactly the tempo and feel that I like for this tune. Download Embed Embed this video on your site I Want A Sunday Kind Of Love Another ballad that I like to sing. Tom Griffith plays some awfully nice piano licks on this one. Download Embed Embed this video on your site You Took Advantage Of Me Here Tom, Bob, and I are back at the Steak & Ale. Download Embed Embed this video on your site Well, that's it - an even dozen of my favorites. I hope you have enjoyed hearing them. Jim |
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