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March 13, 2019
I came across these gems of recordings of duos between Art Hodes (piano) and the legendary George “Pops” Foster (bass). I wanted to dig into it, so I transcribed Pops’ bass part.
March 8, 2019
I thought this intro and outro from this song had a great sound to it including a surprise key change at the end.
March 8, 2019
These recordings featuring Billie Holiday with Teddy Wilson’s bands are some of my favorites. This creepy song has a nice Memories of You vibe to it. It’s also exciting for me to hear the legendary Milt Hinton, Al Casey (of Fats Waller’s band) and Cozy Cole in a rhythm section together. I couldn’t find sheet […]
March 8, 2019
The Teddy Wilson recordings featuring Billie Holiday is some of the my favorite music. It’s moody, has the nice Swing era 2 balladic two-feel, and it’s just the real thing. A gorgeous recording. Personnel in the recording: Jonah Jones (trumpet) Johnny Hodges (alto) Harry Carney (clarinet,bari) Teddy Wilson (piano) Lawrence Lucie (guitar) John Kirby (bass) […]