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ok, i know we all have our favorites, but are there some you just hate or don't care for too much. tell us what jazz songs or tunes you don't like.

just curious. :)

jv'

by jazzvirtuoso on 09/12/2005, 15:34

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misty.

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by CynBad on 09/12/2005, 15:57

and "watermelon man"

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by CynBad on 09/12/2005, 15:57

hmm i like misty, but watermelom man is yucky, blah... i never was a herbie hanock fan either. here's a list cynbad tell me what you think of these songs:

copy this list and put an x by the ones you dislike and leave the others blank:

1. all the things you are -

2. when i fall in love -

3. autumn leaves

4. fly me to the moon

5. summertime

6. someone to watch over me

7. my funny valentine

8. april in paris x

9. night and day

10. you go to my head
11. have you met miss jones x

12. girl from impanema

13. misty

14. softly as in a morning sunrise

15. just friends

16. embraceable you

17. stella by starlight

18. i'll remember april

19. body and soul

20. what is this thing called love

21. lush life

22. i got rhythm

23. yesterdays

24. my foolish heart

25. in a sentimental mood

26. stardust

27. this masquerade

28. somwhere over the rainbow

29. lush life

30. spring can really hang you up the most

31. satin doll

32. these foolish things

33. the touch of lips

34. prelude to a kiss

35. woodyn you

36, heres' that rainy day

37. a night in tusnia

38. your getting to be a habbit with me

39. someday my prince will come

40. shadow of your smile

41. lulla

41. old folks'

42. i've got you under my skin

43. never let me go

44. i thought about you

45. cry me a river

46. i dont stand a ghost of a chance with you

47. dream a little dream of me

48. you go to my head

49. peel me a grape

50. georgia (on my mind)

jv'

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by jazzvirtuoso on 09/12/2005, 17:17

i hate with a passion 'blue monk', it sound so basic sounding.

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by jazz jasper on 09/12/2005, 17:45

hey, some of them already have x's. do you want me to take your x's out first? lol

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by CynBad on 09/12/2005, 17:52

and where did you get that list?

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by CynBad on 09/12/2005, 17:54

fly me to the moon

can't get much cheesier than that.

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by CynBad on 09/12/2005, 17:55

take five. it seems that anyone who went to college during the late fifties-early sixties believes that this is the ultimate jazz tune. unfortunately, these people frequent most of the dining rooms and yacht clubs where i'm playing jazz disquised as dinner music. i must have played it a zillion times. i also agree with misty.

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by pphilip on 09/12/2005, 18:16

i think take five is dinner music disguised as jazz.

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by CynBad on 09/12/2005, 18:17

sorry bout the repetion

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by pphilip on 09/12/2005, 18:18

repetition

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by pphilip on 09/12/2005, 18:19

i've had a bad day.

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by pphilip on 09/12/2005, 18:20

yes, takes the x's out- i used them to denote the songs i didn't like. :)

i wrote that list myself, feel free to add to it if you like. for some reason i like fly me to the moon. i like diana kralls version along with oscar peterson's.

jv'

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by jazzvirtuoso on 09/12/2005, 18:50

copy this list and put an x by the ones you dislike and leave the others blank:

1. all the things you are -

2. when i fall in love -

3. autumn leaves

4. fly me to the moon x

5. summertime

6. someone to watch over me

7. my funny valentine

8. april in paris x

9. night and day

10. you go to my head
11. have you met miss jones
12. girl from impanema

13. misty x

14. softly as in a morning sunrise

15. just friends

16. embraceable you

17. stella by starlight

18. i'll remember april

19. body and soul

20. what is this thing called love

21. lush life

22. i got rhythm

23. yesterdays

24. my foolish heart

25. in a sentimental mood

26. stardust

27. this masquerade  x

28. somwhere over the rainbow

29. lush life

30. spring can really hang you up the most

31. satin doll  x

32. these foolish things

33. the touch of lips

34. prelude to a kiss

35. woodyn you   ?

36, heres' that rainy day

37. a night in tusnia

38. your getting to be a habbit with me  ?

39. someday my prince will come

40. shadow of your smile

41. lulla  ?

41. old folks'

42. i've got you under my skin

43. never let me go  ?
44. i thought about you

45. cry me a river

46. i dont stand a ghost of a chance with you

47. dream a little dream of me  x

48. you go to my head

49. peel me a grape  x

50. georgia (on my mind)

now, some of these i don't think i know  ?

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by CynBad on 09/12/2005, 19:20

yeah i guess blue monk can get kind of tedious night after night. i like, in walked bud and 'round midnight. in fact, everytime i watch monk on dvd i seem to be able to play better.

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by pphilip on 09/12/2005, 19:39

i hate "cry me a river" !

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by groyann on 09/13/2005, 02:25

i�m sorry but i just can�t think of any tune i hate...an arrangement i can dislike but not a tune...

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by gsandberg on 09/13/2005, 02:35

i don't hate anything if it's played interestingly!

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by SolArt on 09/13/2005, 06:36

one tune i absolutely hate is 'my little suede shoes' by charlie parker.
i'm not that keen on 'i got rhythm' either.

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by johnq on 09/13/2005, 08:11

i think tunes we hate often end up hating more because we never put our passion into them. for example, i really like 'take 5' and like to make interesting arrangements with it. perhaps the definition of a bad tune, though, is one that requires interesting arrangements to make it sound good?

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by marksdg on 09/13/2005, 08:58

there's only one i can't stand and is all the things you are. boring melody. it's only redeeming factor is that it's a good excercise for practicing you ii-v-i progressions! :-)

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by LarryC on 09/13/2005, 11:20

larryc, you should check out pat metheny's live recording of all the things you are.

i agree you can take almost any tune and make something interesting out of it. however, life is short. too short to play stuff you don't like.

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by CynBad on 09/13/2005, 11:32

speaking of all all the things you are, andy levarne does a nice complete reharm of it, i mean its the best renditions of it, i've heard to date. also bud powell plays it nicely, so doe keith jaret!

jv'

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by jazzvirtuoso on 09/13/2005, 12:40

"easter parade" is my pet peeve. only oscar peterson can make it
half way edible.
i think some songs have been overplayed (satin doll), and others
just keep getting better (all the things you are).

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by jmkarns on 09/15/2005, 16:58

i have to defend take five. the bridge is sick. just because non-musicians request it a lot doesnt make it a bad tune.

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by chrismarx85 on 09/15/2005, 20:36

my way. i guess sometimes you just have to hold your nose as you play and get it over with.

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by JHMurray on 09/15/2005, 21:36

"as time goes by" was a standard that didn't do anything for me until i heard billie holiday sing it - now i can play it with feeling and meaning!

can't get too excited about "tenderly".

bro'

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by Brotherdavies on 09/16/2005, 08:10

many times i have heard the pianist say we have a request for moon river or some other worn out pop-tune.and i cringe in anticipation of hearing something im not gonna like but so many times the players make it work beautifully. california here i come by the great bill evans swings but he made everything swing even ballads. he plays tenderly in an up waltz tempo that will knock your socks on and off.thats why i love jazz the onliest music.

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by on 09/16/2005, 09:21

have you guys ever heard tito puente play take five off of his mambo diablo cd?????
check it out. great trumpet solo and piano groove.

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by pnowanabe on 09/16/2005, 13:16

i love jazz, but i hate all the standards for the most part. can't stand playing them. they are just overplayed. that's jazz's problem for the most part, is that everybody is stuck in bebop playing the same tired songs that were tired 30 years ago! most schools are still teaching bebop for god's sake! as jazz lovers, we need to seriously move on. the list you posted should be banned from performance!

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by on 09/16/2005, 20:50

the reason i like to play the standards is because a lot of them are really good! the melodies and changes are beautiful! i don't think anyone should not play a music that feels good just because it is old. now, if you feel stuck playing that kind of stuff, well, you should probably find a way to incorporate some new ideas into your playing. for instance, if you are tired of playing "all of you", check out what herbie did on it, transcribe it, and then reevaluate the tune! while that recording is becoming what is called old now, it's still very hip. herbie, in the 70s, was harmonically beyond what most musicians are playing today. while brad is a very valid study, so is james p. johnson! james p. playing "liza" or "cryin' for the carolines", gah.........does that not feel good?! here's one that feels good.......the oscar peterson trio playing "c jam blues". this is some swinging stuff, and if you are avoiding this, you are really missing out. on the other side, if you are avoiding brad mehldau, you are missing out, as well! you know, maybe if more newer "standards" had the kind of melodies that cole porter wrote, we'd be playing them more often. on that note, one tune i don't really like so much is my funny valentine. i don't really know, it just never hit me hard, although, herbie destroys that tune.

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by on 09/17/2005, 02:13

ok, sorry...........brain fart. i meant to say herbie in the 60s! and, just to think, herbie, one of the most innovative jazz musicians, plays standards!

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by on 09/17/2005, 02:16

man, i love my funny valentine, i esp like the vocal treatment chak chan spins on it.

i don't think i've heard herbie's take on it, what album is that off of?

jv'

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by jazzvirtuoso on 09/17/2005, 16:12

ok, i know we all have our favorites, but are there some you just hate or don't care for too much. tell us what jazz songs or tunes you don't like.

just curious. :)

jv'

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