Corcovado ... sometimes called Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars. Is a beautiful Bossa Nova composition by Antonio Carlos Jobim. Originally, it was probably most famously recorded by Stan Getz as part of his ground breaking Bossa Nova album. Which of…
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Originally a french song. ‘Les Feuilles Mortes’ or as we know it: Autumn Leaves, has been a staples in the jazz songbook. Here is our take … at least one of them ;)
English Lyric (by Johnny Mercer):
Composer: Jacques…
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Welcome back to the Midway Blues Series: Bringing you tasty blues jams every other week!
This week is an original composition from about 5 years ago. Which Nathaniel wrote while riding in the car in vast expansive wasteland of North…
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This one's for you Mark,
This week's Sunday standard is Bye Bye Black Bird; originally composed in the 1920's. Jerome H. Remick was the composer who wrote the music. The lyricists were Ray Henderson and Mort Dixon.
We picked…
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5 days ago we wrote and recorded this blues…
At the time I could never have imagined how deeply I would feel the blues and need them, how this song form will never be the same for us again. Indeed,…
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This week we are bringing you the blues! In the form of the standard Am I Blue? We had previously made a small short of our rehearsal of this song on YouTube, and a fan asked in the comments for…
Read moreNeedless to say that Summer Time by George Gershwin is a timeless standard which needs no introduction. Part of the Jazz-Pop musical Porgy and Bess. This tune never gets old!
We decided to take an extended jam on this minor blue: Why Don't You Do Right?
Written and by "Kansas Joe" McCoy and Herb Morand in 1936.
We hope you will enjoy this improvised jam on a theme of Why…
Read moreTodays Sunday Standard is a departure from the jazz repertoire into the realm of 80s brit pop. We ope you enjoy our cover of Holding Back The Years from the band Simply Red.