Recent content by Yukio

This is what I came up with and I find it easier to play at tempo. I wanted seven repeats of the AABB form, but writing 7x at the end of the B section only repeats that B section seven times. How might I fix this? Saturday Night Fish Fry 1 - Louis Jordan, Ellis Lawrence Walsh

Here is a YouTube link to the source material. I can’t vouch for the sound quality though. It sounds very compressed. https://youtu.be/4a339XcgHes?si=PxM7YfeHHyAB3cF6 Look for the CD The Chronological Count Basie and his Orchestra 1936-1938 on the Classics label (catalog number Classics...

I don’t know what Julie London did with the tune, but to my mind, Jimmy Rushing singing with the Basie Orchestra in 1936 is the gold standard for the song. This is what I came up with for a chart: Evenin' ( Count Basie Feat- Jimmy Rushing 1936) - Mitchell Parish-Harry White

This is my take on the Chick Webb, featuring Ella Fitzgerald version. For simplicity, I omitted the opening instrumental chorus in F-minor as well as the modulation into D-minor. This chart starts with Ella’s vocal section and goes through the rest of the recording, including the vocal cadenza...