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| A Different Shade of Blue |
As a follow up to the Giant Steps thread here is a tune written a few years ago in which I use the same harmonic concept (3 major chords and their dominants separated by major thirds). Including a short intro and coda the form is quite simple: one cycle in G, modulate to B and then Eb. Each cycle takes four bars so coupled with a blues/ballard line we get a 12 bar Different Shade of Blue. Joe
ps. Corrected 7/12/1 |
| Blues 61 |
| Guitar and bass play same line. Pianist kept pretty busy, otherwise a laid back kind of old time line in 12/8. |
| Debbie Called |
| I think these changes a little different from the usual. At least I've never seem them used this way. Great vibe solo (guest artist, anonymous for now, not me). Joe |
| East |
| An experiment created using Lars Kinderman's the Music in the Numbers program. |
| Just Fiends |
| This is an experiment, a study of two note chords on a progression similar to Just Friends. |
| Kathy, My Love |
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| Last Winter's Waltz |
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| Nancy's Blues |
| This is an instrumental version of the melody I wrote for a poem written by my daughter, Nancy. It divided easily into a three chorus bebop/blues form. The title of the song is "Baby You Know What I Want (I Just Don't Want It From You)". In this version the vibes play the lyric melody exactly as written while the trombone fills in and solos. A Voyetra sequencer program was used to create the midi file. The trombone part was improvised directly into the sequencer on a Casio midi guitar. The rhythm section parts were generated by the Band-In-A-Box program and edited to fit. |
| No.5 Schoolhouse Lane |
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| One For A Rainy Day |
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| One For Elizabeth Kathryn (An Old Fashioned Waltz) |
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| One For Frank Dupre |
| This is a study in counterpoint and simultaneous solos. The chord progression is similar to the bebop blues form called Bird changes. After the theme was written into the sequencer and a rhythm part generated and adapted, a long improvised solo was played using a midi guitar. After a lot of editing to remove glitches, etc. the second half of the solo was cut and pasted under the first half. The 'top' line is voiced as a vibraphone, the 'bottom' voiced as a trombone so the timbres would help separate the voices. |
| One For Monk |
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| One For Sergio P. |
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| Study in F minor (for Chuck Wayne) |
Inspired by Bernard's recent submissions to get off my duff and add something to the site here is guitar piece written a couple of years back, worked up in a Voyetra sequencer and with an added 2 chorus solo comp section courtesy of Band-In-A-Box. Here are the changes if anyone wants to solo.
// Fm6 / Dm7b5 / Gm7b5 / C7b9b13 / Fm6 / Dm7b5 / Gm7b5 / C7b9b13 /
/ Fm6 / F7 / Bbm7 / Eb7 / Abmaj7 / Db7 / Gm7b5 / C7b9b13 /
/ Fmaj7 / F6 / Fm7 / Bb7 / Ebmaj7 / Eb6 / D7b9 / D7b9 /
/ Gm7b5 / Gm7b5 / C7b9 / C7b9 / Fm6 / Fm6 / Db7 / Db7 // |
| Torch Song |
| Reaching for the classic torch song sound. Could use a good set of lyrics. Anyone? |
| Unwritten Melody |
This is a bit different for me. After I wrote the chord seqences and form I enterd them into Band-In-A-Box and selected a rhythm style. The changes sounded good alone without a set melody. I then found a solo style and instrument that produced a result I liked. I passed the whole thing through my sequencer program (Voyetra Midi Orchestrator) for editing and here is the result.
I would appreciate hearing any comments (positive or negative).
Thanks,
Joe
12/01/02 - Small revisions made. Probably more to come. This is a W.I.P.
12/04/02 - More revisions, form (with added solo line), bass line, some voicings. Probably last revision, although may do some more work on keyboard and guitar voicings if I get ambitious. |
| We Know Where You're Hiding |
| Wide open 16 bar format. Simple tune with plenty of room for blowing. Guest vibist had a ball, or at least I did listening. Vibes originally played same 4 note voicings as piano but the sound was too heavy so I cut it to two notes instead. So piano voicings on theme could be played by vibes or guitar (I wrote it for guitar). Joe |
| West |
| An experiment created using Lars Kinderman's the Music in the Numbers program. |