I've done The Summer Wind as Swing, Bossa, Rhumba, Slow, Fast, Big Band, you name it, depending on how I feel.
DonM

It must be fairly widespread as my G70 has had this feature for years in cover tools.

"JUST THE WAY YOU ARE" or "SUMMER WIND" - Bossa ... (with 'Mellow Accordion' voice using 'Block Chord' for a solo in SW)

Clapton's "WONDERFUL TONIGHT" - reggae

"THE WAY YOU LOOK TONIGHT" - bossa

"BROWN EYED GIRL" - Samba Rock

"Rt. 66" - boogie shuffle

just a few ...

So I guess the point has been made that you can do anyone in any style and thats the whole point of playing an arranger KB..

Great stuff, Tony, and excellent suggestions...I have never tried these tunes using those styles.

That is the beauty of such a thread as this...we all learn from each other's experience.

Ian

Try any of these suggestions in a nice Waltz to test your timing abilities.......most work really well also in 3/4.

Most standards sound nice as bossa novas. Some bossas sound nice as swing. Ipanema,wave, quiet nights,meditation sound cool as swing. My wife likes to sing Ipanema in a salsa.

I've heard really nice big band swing arrangements of Beatles tunes. Also I have a CD called "A Tropical Tribute to the Beatles" It's all salsa arrangements of the Beatles.

In Mexico I heard a Mariachi group do Beatles tunes. A good song trancends styles.

Also lately I have heard some of the typical "Great American Song Book" standards done by country artists in a country style. I don't know if this has been done for a long time but it sounds fresh to me.

Montunoman: Checkout this definitive classic 1978 album by Willie Nelson: Stardust.

Yes Scott, that's one of the tunes I was refering to. I been hearing alot of this kind of thing on an local college radio station. I guess country artists have been playing standards for awhile but it's new to me.