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Bob Elliott
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9/3/2016 3:58:10 PM
The Privilege of Playing 'People'
That's how I feel stumbling through the chord changes as I'm learning this for Mom's coming 80th. It's just a privilege to be guided through such brilliant chord changes, melodic flow.
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Raandy
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9/7/2016 5:17:52 PM
I've found that to be a douchey song.
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Bob Elliott
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9/8/2016 9:57:25 AM
What, you're not a person who needs people?
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Bob Elliott
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9/8/2016 11:01:25 AM
Or should I say, not a 'People' person?
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Bob Elliott
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9/8/2016 11:03:51 AM
I have it all charted out now, and I'm able to play through it, and my conclusion is I've never written anything that good, but I hope I will.
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Steve White
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9/8/2016 11:05:07 AM
Myself?
I think it's a really cool song. I never tried to sing it and probably never will but yes, cool song.
Steve
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Shoe City Sound
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9/8/2016 12:10:32 PM
Never looked at the sheet music for that - isn't it a lot of jazz chords?
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Bob Elliott
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9/8/2016 2:51:31 PM
Yeah, a lot of jazz chords such that one leads perfectly into the other cradling the great melody all along.
When Dad turned 80 a couple years back I learned about a dozen of his favorite standards to make him a CD, and that changed everything for me musically. I realized the sort of sounds I'd always been after could really only be reached with those types of chords and a little understanding of how they work. That's why Stevie Wonder has the sound he has, that's why Bacharach has the sound he has. They are more modern examples of pop using the tricky chordology.
I like lots of simpler music, but I think the sound I've always wanted to get out of myself requires this type of musicianship.
Well, now Mom is turning 80 so I'm learning a dozen more. They're beautifully put together. Very satisfying, but it's nothing like when I learn a rock or folk or country thing. I learn those pretty fast. One of these can take more than a day to chart out and learn. Can take many days to be able to play by memory.
But it's changing my writing. We used a lot of this stuff on the O'Brien album.
I can't thing of anyone after Elliott Smith using this kind of stuff outside of jazz these days. He sure could at times.
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Shoe City Sound
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9/8/2016 5:54:21 PM
Such cool gifts for your parents!
I love jazz harmonies mixed in with any genre. When I randomly let my hands fall on the keys, it's always a jazz chord. On guitar (which I can't play worth a damn) I love Major 7th chords to death. I think the jazz harmonies just add the color to any chord progression. It's an obvious influence on the O'Brien album and gives a great edge to those tunes. Congrats to you guys on that work!
Embarrassed to say I had to Google Elliott Smith but so glad I did. Now have to go back and listen!
Here are a couple of my current favorite jazz bands: (not their latest stuff though, just tunes I really like the best)
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Shoe City Sound
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9/10/2016 8:26:01 AM
Re-read my comment .. seems like I'm lumping all jazz guitar into major 7th chords - I just have to go on record as not totally not missing the point on legit and beautiful jazz playing .... favorite guitar players are from the past - Les Paul of course, Barney Kessel , Wes Montgomery, etc
The videos I posted because I love how bands now are blending jazz on live instruments with the electronica sounds.
Just setting the record straight - if anyone is still reading :)
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Bryon Tosoff
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9/10/2016 8:50:24 AM
this is a great post, and we are still following it Dolores, I really dig the vids you posted , tremendously cool music indeed. thanks for that, their is so much out there that we will never as one ever be able to hear all the great dedicated committed and talented musicians
Now, I do teach jazz, and it is more about the rhythmic aspect coupled with the voicings and shapes of the chords and how they seamlessly are woven together to produce wonderful rainbow of sounds. some are crazy off beats and some almost to some that go, " I dont understand this " like my brother who is a country guy in the music scene, and to those of us who may not be open to the styles that push the envelop
I know their are some well qualified professional musicians and highly educated such as Dick Aven and others who could offer a lot here as well, I could go to great detail and lengths in explaining the theory harmony and the basics of jazz and the various jazz idioms. it is a huge subject. I need to get back to the task at hand i am doing., wish I could stay, but cant
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