Happy August! I'm guessing many of us (including myself) are in full SUMMER mode right now, so I chose a tune that is fun to play without too much "heavy lifting". This month's tune is another Horace Silver classic, "The Jody Grind" from the Blue Note album of the same name. It's kind of a groovy blues with some altered dominant chords thrown in for a twist. The melody is similar in that it is based on classic blues/R&B language with an angular/intervallic phrase thrown in at the "V7" chord. This tune is really fun to play no matter what level you may be at so I hope we get LOTS of contributions this month!
First things first, here is a link to the things you'll need to get started. The link below will give you lead sheets in C, Bb, and Eb as well as a Jamey Aebersold play along.
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/88ev6ww18y826i6/AAB1DWguIjtniebVCNje_q7ua?dl=0
Next, here are some videos for inspiration!
The classic Horace Silver version...
The incredible Danny Janklow with his group live...
Bari sax virtuosity from the great Ronnie Cuber...
and finally Bob Malach changing things up in this live trio version. Notice how he slows the tempo WAY down, giving the song a kind of "Miles Davis late 60's" feel ...
Ready .... set ..... GO!
First things first, here is a link to the things you'll need to get started. The link below will give you lead sheets in C, Bb, and Eb as well as a Jamey Aebersold play along.
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/88ev6ww18y826i6/AAB1DWguIjtniebVCNje_q7ua?dl=0
Next, here are some videos for inspiration!
The classic Horace Silver version...
The incredible Danny Janklow with his group live...
Bari sax virtuosity from the great Ronnie Cuber...
and finally Bob Malach changing things up in this live trio version. Notice how he slows the tempo WAY down, giving the song a kind of "Miles Davis late 60's" feel ...
Ready .... set ..... GO!