Pleasant Valley Sunday - GH3K - The Monkees (Goffin-King)
I was not playing music for a while, and now that I'm back, I'm fixing some of my old charts. This is a song that I charted a while back that I discovered didn't work, so I've repaired it.
[Figured out a way to solve this, hence this...
Mr Clean - SM - Weldon Irvine
Composer was misidentified as Freddie Hubbard when actual composer is Weldon Irvine.
To get the half time feel, I cut the number of barres in half, and for the accented hit on the Db/F chord change (not even included on the Real Book playlist), I used the old 3/8...
Song For My Father - SM - Horace Silver
This version Sher Music version is complete with intro, repeated head, and coda, unlike the somewhat generic Jazz 1350 playlist version.
I'll Get By -- SM - Fred Alhert
Composer was ID'd on Jazz 1350 playlist version as "Turk - Alhert" when only Fred Alhert should be credited as he wrote the music.
There seemed to be some chord placement problems with this one specifically because this tune has 14 barre A and B sections...
Didn't see a chart for this one, so just transcribed this from a Hal Leonard fake book and kept it uncluttered.
Windows of the World, The - Bacharach, David
This is a photocopy from an unknown fake book I had in one of my jazz sheet music binders. I just wanted to try this version before going on to the one in the 1350 list.
Nice Work If You Can Get It - GH3K - George Gershwin
This is a chart derived from a photocopy of a piece of sheet music an old girlfriend singer passed along to me, to which I subsequently penciled in substitution chords I had worked out for her. Sounds a little more interesting than the 1350 standard version to my ears anyway. [Note: the mM7...
Here’s an attempt at creating a lush backing track for John Barry’s memorable and poignant melody.
Theme From Midnight Cowboy — GH3K - John Barry
Here's a video of me performing the tune with irp and three guitars: https://youtu.be/NsJmY2Gclmc