Ed's Solo w/ Chet Baker on "Another You"

[EdByrne]

Hi Folks,

Below is my paraphrase solo of "There Will Never Be Another You" with Chet Baker.

To give context to the evening, I'm including a short except from my new book, "The Sublime and the Ridiculous: War Stories from a Jazz Life," which I haven't released for fear of getting sued by so many. . .

Go to:

http://FreeJazzInstitute.org

Click on "Transcriptions."

Best,
Ed

PS: The audio is up as well.

[gennation]

Great story Ed! I've heard this before, I'll have to dig it out of the MP3's and see how it goes.

I can see where that book could get to a few people.

[jazzbluescat]

:D Gawd, that must of been a trip from being on the stage perspective.

Nice solo, Ed, you really can play, eh :) I really enjoyed you in the swapping eights.

[jazzbluescat]

Sorry, if I killed the thread.

[tpt1]

yeah, Ed. You sound great! A great complement to Chet's playing. Thanks for posting this. You said a *lot* in that one chorus. And like jazzbluescat said, the 8's were very cool.

And what a story -- at Carnegie Hall no less!

[jazzbluescat]

re: ..Another You ending/turn around

It sounded empty because I'm used to hearing I VII7/ bVII7 VI7/ ii7 V7/ I. :)

[engelbach]

Hi Folks,

Below is my paraphrase solo of "There Will Never Be Another You" with Chet Baker.

To give context to the evening, I'm including a short except from my new book, "The Sublime and the Ridiculous: War Stories from a Jazz Life," which I haven't released for fear of getting sued by so many. . .

Go to:

http://FreeJazzInstitute.org

Click on "Transcriptions."

Best,
Ed

PS: The audio is up as well.

This is a belated response, as I've just now been able to access the material on the FJI site.

Fine soloing, Ed. There are certainly moments in that tune as a whole, plus and minus. Bob James seems rather jerky in both his comping and soloing, for example. Chet's singing is superb.

And that is one hell of a story. Jeez.

As it happens, I've met Creed Taylor because his son Blake is a good friend of my wife and me. Blake is creative director of Inc. Magazine and an amateur rock drummer, and he doesn't care much for jazz. Make of that whatever Freudian thing you will.

However, I've never talked to either in any depth about Creed's jazz career. I admire him tremendously for the help he gave to many musicians, but I know he aroused opposite feelings as well.

Do you have any idea why, after initiating what seems like a worthwhile project to kick up Chet's career, he (1) brought together musicians who one would expect him to know might be incompatible and (2) almost sabotaged the whole effort by dictating that unrehearsed repertoire?

Or is this the information you're afraid of getting sued for ... ?

[EdByrne]

Do you have any idea why, after initiating what seems like a worthwhile project to kick up Chet's career, he (1) brought together musicians who one would expect him to know might be incompatible and (2) almost sabotaged the whole effort by dictating that unrehearsed repertoire?

Jerry,

I'm really not sure what happened. Chet said, vaguely, that there was a lot of dissagreeable disagreement. I suspect that Gerry, as was his habit, tried to take over; and he could be very obnoxious. More complicated, however, was the fact that chet had been his sideman before he made it big.

I'm also not sure why CT did what he did, but I suspect that he wanted to get Stan, Gerry and chet together; and the others were the best rhythm players who were available in his stable.

As far as his last minute tune suggestions, I don't really know either, since I only met him twice; but it could be that he was merely caught up in the excitement of a packed house and didn't even realize that that would cause confusion.

I'm not, BTW, afraid of being sued for this story so much. But you should read the rest of the book. This is nothin'!

Thanks for asking.

Best,
Ed

[engelbach]

But you should read the rest of the book. This is nothin'!

Looking forward to it.