kudzurunner
4269 posts
Sep 21, 2013
4:14 PM
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Heard this song on Sirius/XM "Watercolors," the smooth jazz station, this afternoon, and loved it. I can see the Blues Doctors covering this. The repeated main riff falls perfectly onto the harp:
The key thing is: When a blues player takes on and adapts a contemporary jazz tune like this (and I mean "contemporary jazz"; it's in the groove-heavy side of the jazz spectrum), it's not going to sound like the original. But it's going to sound good--and new.
This is David Sanborn on sax, Bob James on keys, and Steve Gadd on drums.
Last Edited by kudzurunner on Sep 21, 2013 4:14 PM
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Barley Nectar
51 posts
Sep 21, 2013
7:56 PM
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OK, got something cool going on this. How do I get this on the web. i have a Zoom H2 that I can sometimes figure how to work. Do I just set it in front of my speakers and play along while it records? Then I need to make a sound file and put it on Sound Cloud. Then get it on here somehow. I'm pretty much clueless. Probably take me half a day to figure this out???
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didjcripey
626 posts
Sep 22, 2013
1:06 AM
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Catchy riff. I can see why you like it.
Wish our band did stuff a bit more like this, and less of the sledgehammer thrash blues that we do.
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Scoltx
100 posts
Sep 22, 2013
8:55 AM
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I've always liked that kind of jazz, David Sanborn, Lee Ritenaur, Mike Stern, John Scofield etc. Never really linked them to harp playing, but I can see it here. There must be some backing/ jam tracks in this vein.
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