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Jazz improvisation is based upon standards, which can be either songs or melodies. In this hour we will explore some compositions as both a songs and tunes, i.e., vocal and non-vocal versions, and hear just what a difference a lyric does or does not make in the realm of jazz improvisation.
Artist | Track | Album |
Woody Herman | Four Brothers | Thundering Herds 1945-1947 |
The Manhattan Transfer | Four Brothers | Pastiche |
Horace Silver | Home Cookin' | The Stylings of Silver |
Lambert, Hendricks & Ross | Home Cookin' | Everybody's Boppin' |
Joe Henderson | Beatrice | The State of The Tenor: Live at The Village Vanguard Volume 1 (1986) |
Alyssa Allgood | Beatrice | Out of the Blue |
Count Basie | Lester Leaps In | Lester Leaps In |
Giacomo Gates | Lester Leaps In/I've Got the Blues | Centerpiece |
Houston Person | Don Cha Go 'way Mad | Naturally |
The Jazz Passengers | Don Cha Go 'way Mad | Individually Twisted |
Oscar Brown Jr. | Afro Blue | Sin and Soul |
Mongo Santamaria | Afro Blue | Afro Roots |