The Magnificent Goldberg Posted November 14, 2009 Report Share Posted November 14, 2009 Stereojack pointed out that the solos on the crucial versions of these tunes became part of the tunes and were played by everyone who played the tune (at least as a starting point). Are there any others? I can't think of any, offhand, but I expect I'll say, "oh yes", when you remind me MG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7/4 Posted November 14, 2009 Report Share Posted November 14, 2009 Freebird. . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
captainwrong Posted November 14, 2009 Report Share Posted November 14, 2009 April In Paris. Also, not quite the direction you're going, but we saw "This Is It" the other night and the guitar solo in Beat It has become part of the song. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Magnificent Goldberg Posted November 14, 2009 Author Report Share Posted November 14, 2009 Freebird. . ? Don't know that one. MG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7/4 Posted November 14, 2009 Report Share Posted November 14, 2009 Freebird. ? Don't know that one. MG Freebird. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Magnificent Goldberg Posted November 14, 2009 Author Report Share Posted November 14, 2009 Freebird. ? Don't know that one. MG Freebird. Thank you - no wonder I didn't know it. MG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted November 14, 2009 Report Share Posted November 14, 2009 Parker's Mood. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillF Posted November 14, 2009 Report Share Posted November 14, 2009 "High Society" (Armand Picou's clarinet solo). (Also a favorite quote of Bird's) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
medjuck Posted November 14, 2009 Report Share Posted November 14, 2009 Ray Nance's A Train solo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
medjuck Posted November 14, 2009 Report Share Posted November 14, 2009 Who originally did After Hours? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Free For All Posted November 14, 2009 Report Share Posted November 14, 2009 Bobby Hackett's String of Pearls solo The two-tenors-trading solo on In the Mood Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Magnificent Goldberg Posted November 14, 2009 Author Report Share Posted November 14, 2009 Who originally did After Hours? Erskine Hawkins Orchestra, with the solo by Avery Parrish, the composer. in June 1940. MG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DukeCity Posted November 14, 2009 Report Share Posted November 14, 2009 Ben Webster's "Cottontail" solo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7/4 Posted November 14, 2009 Report Share Posted November 14, 2009 Freebird. ? Don't know that one. MG Freebird. Thank you - no wonder I didn't know it. MG It's right up there with Honky Tonk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danasgoodstuff Posted November 15, 2009 Report Share Posted November 15, 2009 Green Onions Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Magnificent Goldberg Posted November 15, 2009 Author Report Share Posted November 15, 2009 Green Onions Not sure about that - I think I have several versions that are quite a bit different - Kankawa's is one, from the album BIII, I think. I seem to remember that Henry Mancini's is different, too. And I have another big band version, that I can't remember just at present. Hm, Milt Buckner's, too. I'll have to check. I've thought of another - "The Pink Panther theme". MG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Magnificent Goldberg Posted November 15, 2009 Author Report Share Posted November 15, 2009 Green Onions Not sure about that - I think I have several versions that are quite a bit different - Kankawa's is one, from the album BIII, I think. I seem to remember that Henry Mancini's is different, too. And I have another big band version, that I can't remember just at present. Hm, Milt Buckner's, too. I'll have to check. MG Well, I've checked a few versions now. I was wrong about Kankawa's version - it feels different because of heavy wah wah guitar from Hiram Bullock in the intro, but it isn't. I found only two versions where they don't play Booker T's solo as part of the tune; both involve Milt Buckner. One's from his own album "Green onions" (Black & Blue); the other's from Eddie Chamblee's album "Twenty years after" (Black & Blue). In both versions, Milt does his "Green onions, make your belly stick right out" thing. And when he solos, he doesn't play the Booker T solo. And nor does Eddie Chamblee, on his version. So I reckon you're right about that, with two exceptions. MG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danasgoodstuff Posted November 21, 2009 Report Share Posted November 21, 2009 I was actually thinking of people quoting Steve Cropper, at least to start their quitar bits; that and the experience of reading the sheet music in a fake book and not seeing what I thought of as the melody, but that's been a while and I'd have to check it to be sure, might just have been that fake book... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harold_Z Posted November 21, 2009 Report Share Posted November 21, 2009 King Oliver's solo on "Dippermouth Blues." Aside from the times when "Dippermouth" was the tune at hand very often (especially swing era) musicians would use it as a stock up blues line. Benny Goodman used it often and almost every one of the jams that ends the Eddie Condon Town Hall concerts goes out with a phrase from this solo. Sam Butera's "Just a Gigolo" solo with Louis Prima. To a large extent George Brunis' "Tin Roof Blues" solo is very often quoted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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