This Friday's song is a simply way to wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. I hope you like it.

Merry Christmas,
And have a great weekend! :)

Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer

I strike again with a Miles Davis song. It's a composition written by Eddie Vinson, but is traditionally credited to Miles Davis, who first recorded and popularized it. It has become a jazz standard. It appeared on the Miles Davis album Blue Haze, released in 1956.

In fact, this is an easy song, It is structured in 3 major keys (D major, C major and Bb major). Bit I think I played it too fast. I must increase my technique in this way. learn to play faster.

Also, this is the first time that I atempt to record songs seriously with the cromathic harmonica. I'm happy with this instrument and I will upload more recordings with it.

Have a nice weekend :)

Tune Up

Cantaloupe Island is a jazz standard composed by Herbie Hancock and recorded for his 1964 album Empyrean Isles[1] during his early years as one of the members of Miles Davis' 1960s quintet. Hancock later recorded a jazz-funk fusion version of the track, as Cantalope Island, on his 1976 album Secrets. 

In this song I have played all instruments and created the drums by MIDI. This song is a good choice to enter in the world of modal jazz. There are 3 key centers: F dorian, Db mixolydian and D dorian. In fact, it only have 3 chords. Is an easy standard to play and it is funny. 

I'm improving on the chromatic harmonica. Every day I play this instrument I like it more. Furthermore, th addition of bass and piano are interesting challenges for me. Without forgetting that my main instrument is the guitar. I can say that I'm becoming a one man band xD

I hope you like it,
Have a nice weekend :)

Cantaloupe island

This is a jazz composition by Duke Ellington. He composed the piece in 1935 and recorded it with his orchestra during the same year. 

This song was one of my challenges when I started to play the harmonica. I'm very happy with this, but I think this cover is too long. It's difficult for me to play a slow tempo like this. It is a good opportunity to practice the tone with harmonica.

This song has a structure AABA, and it is in major F, in the B sections the key is Db major. The solos are a kind of variations of the lead melody. I added minor melodic scales, mixolidyan scales, dorian scales and lots of arpeggios.

I hope you liked :)

In a sentimental mood

Simply jazz/blues by Charlie Parker. I hope you liked it!

Cool blues

On this occasion I was able to record this song with the featuring of @jantgars as singer. This is a very well known song that I hope you enjoy.

Have a nice weekend

Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head

Interplay is a song included in an album called by the same name. It was recorded in 1962 by jazz musician Bill Evans in New York City.

I hope you liked it! ;)

Interplay

A few days ago I found a book of "etudes" by Jim Snidero (Jazz concepts), I was looking at it and I wanted to play some of his "etudes". Here goes the first one. I have taken a couple of melodic lines and the rest are improvisations with the harmonica.

In addition, I wanted to put into practice some of the advice from Howard Levy's book (Rhythms of the breath), this book explains how to gain speed playing the harmonica.

I hope you like it and have a nice weekend

Groove Blues harmonica improvisation #2

Today I uploaded a classic jazz standard. I have based my play on Chet Baker's interpretive version that he popularized and now this jazz standard is mandatory to play at some point in life.
The voice is interpreted by The Hidden Piano @the-hidden-piano

There will never be another you

Today I am publishing one of Jimmy Reed's best known songs. It's a classic blues and it's played in Bb so that the song fits with the instrumental interlude. This interlude is another blues (jazz standard) called "Blue Monk", composed by Thelonious Monk. The melody is played with the diatonic harmonica tuned in Eb and played in second position. I have worked hard on the overblows on holes 4, 5 and 6.

I hope you like it and have a nice weekend! ;)

Bright lights, big city (medley)

Donna Lee

Sóc un intent de músic amateur que, tot i tenir molt poc temps, procura crear música sempre que pot. Guitarres, baixos, sintetitzadors i caixes de ritmes. Tot el contingut és autoproduit.

I'm a kind of amateur musician who wants to play the guitar, bass, synths and drum machines. All content is auto-produced



Donna Lee

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