Soul Stream Posted October 12, 2006 Report Posted October 12, 2006 Yesterdays.... Laura.... Old Folks.... Quote
Rooster_Ties Posted October 12, 2006 Report Posted October 12, 2006 Beatrice Black Narcissus plus any and all the Radiohead and Björk tunes currently making the rounds these days. Quote
Jim Alfredson Posted October 12, 2006 Report Posted October 12, 2006 Jitterbug Waltz Just heard that tonight in Philly as performed by Bootsie Barnes! Quote
Peter Johnson Posted October 12, 2006 Report Posted October 12, 2006 Ceora! (well, if it's not a standard, it should be!) Quote
Bright Moments Posted October 12, 2006 Report Posted October 12, 2006 willow weep for me strange fruit Quote
Brad Posted October 12, 2006 Report Posted October 12, 2006 Autumn Leaves All the Things You Are On the other hand too much of a good thing can be too much. Quote
The Magnificent Goldberg Posted October 12, 2006 Report Posted October 12, 2006 Way back home Chitlins con carne Cold duck time Listen here Back at the chicken shack Freedom jazz dance Soft winds One o'clock jump Lester leaps in Blue & sentimental Red top Save your love for me Since I fell for you Sweet slumber What's goin' on Superstition Killer Joe Jive samba Work song Sack o' woe Mercy, mercy, mercy Sister Sadie Song for my father Dis here Dat dere Moanin' Watermelon man All day long Christo redentor Sermonette Honky tonk One mint julep Night train Soul serenade AFTER HOURS Harlem nocturne Ain't misbehavin' C Jam blues That'll do for now MG Quote
Hot Ptah Posted October 12, 2006 Report Posted October 12, 2006 Skylark In a Sentimental Mood Stablemates It Never Entered My Mind Someone to Watch Over Me Quote
mikeweil Posted October 12, 2006 Report Posted October 12, 2006 Out Of This World Blues In The Night Key Largo If You Could See Me Now Quote
alocispepraluger102 Posted October 12, 2006 Report Posted October 12, 2006 (edited) wee small hours of the morning it never entered my mind lilac wine peace piece single petal of a rose no me quitte pas here's that rainy day Edited October 12, 2006 by alocispepraluger102 Quote
JohnS Posted October 19, 2006 Report Posted October 19, 2006 For starters On Green Dolphin Street My Ship There Will Never Be Another You Quote
Matthew Posted October 19, 2006 Report Posted October 19, 2006 Stolen Moments. Love this tune and all the various covers.... Quote
clifford_thornton Posted October 19, 2006 Report Posted October 19, 2006 "What's New" "Everything Happens to Me" (don't it?) and I'll second "Laura" Ayler doing "Summertime" is pretty unbelievable as well - that's the version of the song for me! Quote
danasgoodstuff Posted October 20, 2006 Report Posted October 20, 2006 If I get tired of hearing new versions, it ain't really a standard to me.. but then I can listen to Smokestack Lightening variations for ever so I geuss I'm just easy to please... Quote
GA Russell Posted October 21, 2006 Report Posted October 21, 2006 Most of my favorites have been mentioned... Stablemates Tenderly Nancy with the Laughing Face Since I Fell for You Donna Lee Empty Faces Anybody else remember seeing Pete Barbuti play Tenderly on the broom? Quote
Rabshakeh Posted August 31, 2021 Report Posted August 31, 2021 There's been a recent, and predictably tedious, flare up on social media of the old question of whether standards are good or bad over the past fortnight. This latest came out of a blog / Twitter post by Ethan Iverson to the effect that jazz standards should be the core curriculum for jazz education, which was then attacked by Phil Freeman of the Burning Ambulance blog and record label. The usual dull stuff, with the usual predetermined sides. However, it did make me think of the question of whether, leaving aside the issue of whether jazz standards are nice or whether they are Satan, there are any standards that I actually really enjoy hearing to the extent that I am actually interested to hear how an artist tackles them. I think, for me it is really just two tunes: "Just Friends", which I note does not even make it into the above list, but which has quite a dramatic shift in the tune early on that can be tackled in a number of ways, and which seems to me to be one of the most adventurous platforms for improvisation of any of the standards (although I am not musician, so have no authority in that respect); and "Angel Eyes", which gives performers the option of whether to include the Sinatra refrain, and in any case allows for some very smokey playing. There are plenty of other standards that I enjoy hearing: "Beatrice", "Autumn Rain", "Lover man", and half of the Monks, Carla Bleys and Damerons, but I'm not sure I'd be sad if they were never recorded again, given the wealth of recordings already available. Quote
Dan Gould Posted August 31, 2021 Report Posted August 31, 2021 Receiving more Percy France recordings from the Smithsonian, and from a time when his set lists had "They Can't Take That Away From Me" which I definitely do not tire of, now or back when I heard it by Ella/Louis/OP. Quote
The Magnificent Goldberg Posted August 31, 2021 Report Posted August 31, 2021 'Just friends' is a wonderfully strange song. The tune wants to be a burner, but the words want it to be a slow sad song. I think this gives performers inspiration. Etta Jones was the one who brought me to notice this. MG What I should have mentioned fifteen years ago is I'm just a lucky so and so MG Quote
jcam_44 Posted August 31, 2021 Report Posted August 31, 2021 My favorite standard though lesser known is Never Let Me Go. Quote
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