Impressive Rendition of a Thelonius Monk Classic:

Scott - KEWL! It's an interesting song and he did a great job - S910 did too! Thanks!

Randy

WEIRD! I thought it said "Jazz buff says you needn't play on S910." Like, he was slamming you, haha.

Bill - Yep, strange name! I would like to hear the history on the naming of this tune.

Oh - what the hey! I Google'd it!

WIKI says: "...inspired by a protegé of Monk's, the jazz singer Charlie Beamon; Monk wrote a song and told Beamon he was going to name it after him, to which Beamon replied "Well, you needn't"."

And there you go! KEWL!

Randy

Well, that version is a bit elevatoresque for my taste, but the fellow certainly has nice chops and licks. Well You Needn't is a fun tune to play. Another tune that is kind of similar is A Night In Tunisia.

Scott, I'm not sure if the focus of your post is the music or the instrument. Presuming it is the music, here is my little group performing A Night In Tunisa on a local TV show.

I'm glad to see this post. Dave is one of my favorites here. This is a great example of the differences between arranger play and real interaction between people "playing" off of each other.

Night in Tunisia is a great tune to illustrate the difference because of the abrupt tempo change...one of the classic tempo changes in contemporary music.

The arranger is a good example of excellent musicianship AND the differences mentioned above.

Sadly, today, economics, personality conflicts, available jobs, etc. make totally live group play impractical, sometimes, and, frankly, a Pain in the A** other times.


But, "ain't it GREAT"?


Good work, Dave!


Russ

This video was sponsored by Yamaha USA. As this is an 'arranger' forum, I posted it to show what one can (elevator-ish or not) do with a jazz tune in auto accomp mode. Certainly no comparison (not even close) to playin' with top flight live jazz cats, as you did so well. I really enjoyed your keyboard performance with the JazzItUp! band, especially your soloing! Second to that, its still really fun & rewarding to emulate a jazz combo on the arranger minus the 3am late hour smoke & booze. Dave, your kb's vocal scat samples sounded great but I wasn't won over by the sound of the piano sample . . . overly brittle and harsh to my ears. Which Roland piano patch did you use? btw: I still fondly remember the times we met at Namm when you were a GEM rep. Enjoyed watching you play back then, but man, it's a treat to see you 'let loose' and really shine playing with your JazzItUp! band group.

I like it...I like it a lot!

Thanks for the great find.

Ian

Now, imagine that, after he played the head the first time, he could hit a button, and the LH chord input was taken over by the Chord Sequencer, and he could play solos with BOTH hands, or strip the arranger down to bass and drums and then comp alternate chords with the LH, or pick up another instrument and blow, etc., etc., etc..

His LH repeats itself basically verbatim every chorus. What a waste of what is probably a VERY good LH...

Personally, at this tempo, I think I would have preferred perhaps a Latin, or Latin Jazz approach, as most jazzers are used to hearing that one at bebop speeds when swung. Impressive guitar chops, though, don't get me wrong. And nice to hear something other than a lollipop!

Diki - good call! One of the things I want to do (when I get some free time!) is to put together some bass and drum tracks using my BIAB "Real Tracks" jazz sets, then import them as MP3's onto the board. Then I should be able to link the Mp3's to registrations, which would make it easier to save each song's setups.