Shrdlu Posted December 22, 2021 Report Share Posted December 22, 2021 I didn't check earlier, but that video runs at the correct speed (unlike the other copies that I have heard) and is actually in Eb. I don't understand the problem with Ben's solo. The only shake I heard is on the tenor's C and it isn't hard to do that. If it were an altissimo figure, with its awkward cross-fingerings, then yes, a shake might be difficult, but Ben plays within the standard range. If I recall correctly, the highest note is the tenor's palm key D. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted December 22, 2021 Report Share Posted December 22, 2021 It's not a problem, it's a question, but as it turns out, one I'm asking due to my faulty memory/reflex placing that note in an incorrect harmonic context. It IS a tenor Bb, but it's serving as a 4th in Eb (concert), not a minor third. It's at 1:17 in the usual clip. My style was always to use that note as either a flatted 3rd or a flatted 7th, but obviously Ben Webster speaks that vernacular far more fluently than I could ever imagine doing myself. So yes - my note is correct, your key is correct, and Ben, as always, is beyond reproach. And the question of how to do it to a tenor Ab is moot, because the answer is, you don't! Too bad he got followed up by Pres, with one of the most transcendent 12 bars of the 20th Century. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Stryker Posted December 27, 2021 Report Share Posted December 27, 2021 On 11/20/2021 at 0:46 AM, Brad said: Misty is like Laura from the 40s-50s The 45 rpm single/radio edit was much shorter -- just one chorus of swinging melody, plus the tag from the out chorus. This was on a jukebox at a place in Urbana where I used to hang out in college and we played it to death. One night, we cued it up about a dozen times in a row and after after eight or nine straight plays, the manager came roaring out of the kitchen and yelled, "Enough!!!" and unplugged the jukebox. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad Posted December 27, 2021 Report Share Posted December 27, 2021 1 hour ago, Mark Stryker said: The 45 rpm single/radio edit was much shorter -- just one chorus of swinging melody, plus the tag from the out chorus. This was on a jukebox at a place in Urbana where I used to hang out in college and we played it to death. One night, we cued it up about a dozen times in a row and after after eight or nine straight plays, the manager came roaring out of the kitchen and yelled, "Enough!!!" and unplugged the jukebox. Eight or nine times is a lot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted December 27, 2021 Report Share Posted December 27, 2021 Not if it's being paid for! Unless you're in there just to play the jukebox... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Stryker Posted December 28, 2021 Report Share Posted December 28, 2021 My experience, however, tracks with this story by John Mulaney. (Much) different music but similar impact. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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