Guitar - Intermediate
SKU: MB.31060M
Perfect binding. Jazz.
Book and online audio.
180 pages. Mel Bay
Publications, Inc
#31060M. Published by Mel
Bay Publications, Inc
(MB.31060M).
ISBN
9781513468051. 8.75x11.75
inches.
As aspiring
fingerpicking guitarists
started expanding their
horizons from folk,
blues, and ragtime in the
1970s, it was only
logical to look towards
early jazz tunes as a
vast source for new
possibilities. For one
thing, they could follow
the same evolutionary
path from ragtime to jazz
that had been taken by
pianists such as Jelly
Roll Morton and Harlem
stride players like James
P. Johnson and Fats
Waller. These musicians
all composed in a variety
of styles, but their most
ambitious piano solos
expanded on the classic
ragtime format developed
by the likes of Scott
Joplin, James Scott, and
Joseph Lamb, using
several strains that
usually changed keys at
least once. Morton, the
self-proclaimed inventor
of jazz, would record
versions of tunes like
King Porter
Stomp and The
Original Jelly Roll
Blues that are
similar to straight
ragtime performances, and
others where there is
lots of room left for
embellishment and jazz
improvisation.
The present
collection is a bonanza
for guitarists who want
to tackle advanced
arrangements along the
lines of ragtime but
featuring jazz age
harmonies from the
playing of Jelly Roll
Morton, Louis Armstrong,
Bix Beiderbecke, WC
Handy, the Original
Dixieland Jazz Band and
other early jazz legends.
The 32 arrangements
included are by a wide
assortment of guitarists
including Ernie Hawkins,
Pat Donohue, Lasse
Johansson, Duck Baker,
Ton Van Bergeyk, Sandy
Shalk, Steve McWilliam,
and Dorian Henry.
Titles
include: Oh, You
Beautiful Doll,
I’ve Got The
Blues, High Society, St.
Louis Blues, Davenport
Blues, Poor Butterfly,
Dixie Jass Band One-Step,
Memphis Blues, Big Foot
Ham, Grandpa’s
Spells, The Original
Jelly Roll Blues,
Midnight Mama, Milenberg
Joys, Fizz Water, Back
Home in Indiana, Sweet
Georgia Brown, Red Wing
(An Indian Intermezzo),
There’ll Be Some
Changes Made, Way Down
Yonder In New Orleans,
Charleston, Where The
Morning Glories Grow,
Limehouse Blues, Susie
(of the Islands), I Need
Some Pettin’,
Weather Bird, Cornet Chop
Suey, Kansas City Stomps,
King Porter Stomp,
Jubilee Stomp, Take It
Easy, If I Had You,
Moonlight
Serenade
