Just a note: if you are playing along with Duke, it's up a whole step from the key of the provided backing track. That is, it's in Bb concert (C for tenor/sop and G for alto/bari). I think the Sinatra version is in Ab maybe, but the Duke versions (including with Louis Armstrong) are in Bb. I might dig around for a backing track that has it in Duke's key.
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Thanks. I've been working on it a bit and should have a take ready in a couple days. I appreciate you putting out the Bb version and chart, I did also find a couple Bb backings on YouTube.
It's a funny thing how the "normal" key seems to get decided. I checked out the version you posted by Duke where he calls it a "little different" and... it's in A. So he moved the key around sometimes too, though Bb seems to be more common. I'm not sure where Ab came from, maybe I need to check the original Okey records recording. I'll never understand which one becomes the "standard" tuning. The Real Book has several Jobim tunes moved by a half step or step, for example.
Thanks! I find this song deceptively difficult. The chords themselves are not very difficult or unusual, but they realy only get you halfway there. I went back and listened to a couple versions and realized that the swing players really use the blues in there a lot, which helped me tie it together a bit.
That's really good for sight reading, I would say very nice period! I liked how you use the lower range a lot. At times it had an almost clarinet sort of tone which fits very well in this tune. I'll have to try playing it with a focus in the lower range myself now!Very quick try here - haven't played sax in about 2 weeks, so here's me attempting to play this by site reading
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