Christiern Posted January 14, 2005 Report Share Posted January 14, 2005 Now, now, Chuck, let's not start that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Alfredson Posted January 14, 2005 Author Report Share Posted January 14, 2005 Got to go with the Tatum choice. I can only hear this one as 'his' tune. Art Tatum?! Does he play actually play the melody or loop around it at 400mph? Remember, I need this to learn the tune itself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soul Stream Posted January 14, 2005 Report Share Posted January 14, 2005 (edited) I suggest the Hal Leanord version for learning. Actually Jim, Jimmy Smith does a version on the Lonesome Road CD. Great version too. Edited January 14, 2005 by Soul Stream Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexander Hawkins Posted January 16, 2005 Report Share Posted January 16, 2005 QUOTE (Red @ Jan 14 2005, 06:57 AM) Got to go with the Tatum choice. I can only hear this one as 'his' tune. Art Tatum?! Does he play actually play the melody or loop around it at 400mph? Remember, I need this to learn the tune itself. Oh...Fair cop, then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soul Stream Posted January 17, 2005 Report Share Posted January 17, 2005 Up for Jim, didn't know if he saw my mention of a Jimmy Smith version on "Lonesome Road." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeos Posted February 3, 2005 Report Share Posted February 3, 2005 Wardell Gray, Hollywood/Pasadena, April 1947. Actually two versions. I prefer the live. That's it. Question settled. You're welcome. Absolutely, no contest. One of my all-time favourites. Two versions of the live recording available too, one of them with 3 minutes chopped out, originally to fit a 78 record. Most of Wardell's second solo missing, so beware. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeos Posted February 3, 2005 Report Share Posted February 3, 2005 My favorite recorded performance of "Blue Lou" is the one from Gene Norman's April 1947 Just Jazz concert. Wardell Gray, Howard McGhee, Erroll Garner, et al. Terrific performance by Gray. I used to have it on a Vogue 78, and I believe I wore it out. I can still hum the entire Wardell solo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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