Don Fagerquist's trumpet solo over the chord changes to "Say It With Music", from the recording Dave Pell Octet Plays Irving Berlin.
Monday, April 2, 2012
Don Fagerquist - "Let's Have Another Cup Of Coffee"
Don Fagerquist's trumpet solo over the chord changes to "Let's Have Another Cup Of Coffee", from the recording Dave Pell Octet Plays Irving Berlin.
Don Fagerquist - "I'm Putting All My Eggs In One Basket"
Don Fagerquist's trumpet solo over the chord changes to "I'm Putting All My Eggs In One Basket", from the recording Dave Pell Octet Plays Irving Berlin.
Don Fagerquist - "I Used To Be Color Blind"
Don Fagerquist's trumpet solo over the chord changes to "I Used To Be Color Blind", from the recording Dave Pell Octet Plays Irving Berlin.
Don Fagerquist - "Love And The Weather"
Don Fagerquist's trumpet solo over the chord changes to "Love And The Weather", from the recording Dave Pell Octet Plays Irving Berlin.
Don Fagerquist - "I'm Glad There Is You"
Don Fagerquist's trumpet solo over the chord changes to "I'm Glad There Is You", from the Helen Carr compilation The Complete Bethlehem Collection.
Wednesday, March 28, 2012
Don Fagerquist - "He Ain't Got Rhythm"
Don Fagerquist's trumpet solo over the chord changes to "He Ain't Got Rhythm", from the recording Dave Pell Octet Plays Irving Berlin.
Don Fagerquist - "Have You Met Miss Jones"
Don Fagerquist's trumpet solo over the second half of the form of "Have You Met Miss Jones", from the album Dave Pell Octet Plays Rodgers and Hart.
Don Fagerquist - "Jumpin' At The Woodside"
Monday, March 19, 2012
Louis Armstrong - "Cornet Chop Suey"
Louis Armstrong's lead line on "Cornet Chop Suey", from the original 1926 recording by Louis Armstrongs and his Hot Five (notated in concert pitch).
Here's the original recording:
There's some dispute on the key of this original recording, to the point that some notable jazz musicians have recorded the piece in concert Eb, and others in concert F. For an exhaustive discussion, and compelling argument for F concert, check out the following page:
cornet chop suey - what is the correct key?
Here's a contemporary recording by jazz master Wynton Marsalis (in F concert - embedding unfortunately disabled):