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#113745 - 02/24/03 09:30 AM
Re: Please List your FAVORITE Top SONGS here !
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Registered: 12/01/99
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Originally posted by The Pro: I take an old song that I have played too many times and rearrange it totally, in many cases giving it a more "modern" flavor by allowing more space in the arrangement, adding soft vocal pads, and/or giving it a slight Jobim/Latin flavor. This has proved very successful, and now the older songs I used to loathe to play I love - most noteably, As Time Goes By, Someone To Watch Over Me, Laura, I've Got You Under My Skin, Fly Me To The Moon, The Way You Look Tonight, Can't Help Falling In Love With You, Lullaby of Birdland, Don't Get Around Much Anymore, etc. The reaction from the audience has been totally positive, which surprised me because standards that used to be slow like Someone To Watch Over Me are now more uptempo but people dance to them the same as they always have. It's very refreshing for both the audience and myself, and lately I've been playing 5-7 nights a week so keeping myself from getting bored is very important. The Pro: I concur with EVERYTHING you're saying here. The beauty of the arranger keyboard is the ease of which we are able to experiment with and apply new updated styles to those worn tunes we get requested to play night after night, year after year.
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#113746 - 02/24/03 09:55 AM
Re: Please List your FAVORITE Top SONGS here !
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Originally posted by Tom Cavanaugh: Scott, Having played in a Big Band for the last 30 years, I think your list looks a lot like ours. I got started in performing the older Pop standards (big band & jazz/pop classics) when Harry Connick Jr hit the scene back in the late 80s. I'm particularly psyched that Norah Jones has garnered a grammys sweep with her album 'Come Away With Me' which includes several terrific classic pop standards: The 'Nearness of You', and 'Cold Cold Heart'. She's not only young (23) & goodlooking, but she's actually a terrific singer and keyboardist as well. Poor Side of Town is a classic Johnny Rivers tune which always receives a great response from my audiences. I use the Yamaha style: '60's Guitar Pop' with the vocal harmonizer on the chorus. I do "Something Stupid" because it's just THAT, and doesn't try to be anything else. My audiences like it because they like everything Frankie. Originally posted by Tom Cavanaugh: Scott, Do you do "Something"? Yep, I have done a LOT of things, including this classic Beatles tune. Scott
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#113752 - 02/24/03 11:27 AM
Re: Please List your FAVORITE Top SONGS here !
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Originally posted by ChicoBrasil: Scott.Do you want play this songs? I can make the parts in Encore notator,save as PDF(Adobe) file and send to you. Pls,just say yes. Chico Hi Chico, Yes, I am always interested in exploring new songs to add to my repetoire. Thanks to Mathias (José), I now have the chart to Luiza (great chord changes). Embarassingly, I hadn't realized that I do already play Chega de Saudade (No More Blues), and Aquarela do Brasil (Brazil) but only recognized them by their English title. Chico, I would though be very grateful to receive from you, the music PDF (leadsheet/chords) to: Se todos fossem iguais a você. Champagne La puerta Nosotros El dia en que me quieras Senza fine Many thanks. Scott btw: My current favorite Jobim tunes included in my performance repetoire are as follows. I look forward to learning more. Girl from Ipanema Corcovado Wave Meditation Desifinado How Insensitive One Note Samba Once I Loved
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