I know not everyone is into solo piano stuff. But here's me doing some Christmas tunes. My idea is to do a youtube channel of every jazz standard rendered as solo piano.
I know not everyone is into solo piano stuff. But here's me doing some Christmas tunes. My idea is to do a youtube channel of every jazz standard rendered as solo piano.
Nice. And I liked your rendition of "Stars Fell on Alabama," a long time favorite.
Trivia: I read an article about Ezra Pound who wrote the line "a star fell in North Carolina" in his The Cantos. The critic believed Pound had misremembered the song title. Of course, Pound forgot nothing and was recalling a meteor strike in NC, not misremembering "Stars Fell on Alabama."
as i'm sure it was for many, my initial exposure to jazz was 'kind of blue'.
if you use that as a starting point (as i did way back when) and start researching the discography of each musician to see what else they've done and whom else they've played with, either before or after, you'll quickly find you are three degrees of separation from the bulk of jazz history.
edit to add a link to the full Somethin' Else album.
great tune, but it's so much more about Wynton Kelly, Jimmy Cobb, & Paul Chambers than Stan Getz. if Getz didn't even play it would still be a fantastic song.