50+ Music · @50years
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"Ja-Da (Ja Da, Ja Da, Jing, Jing, Jing!)" is a written in 1918 by . The title is sometimes rendered simply as "." Ja-Da has flourished through the decades as a . In his definitive American Popular Songs, writes about the song's simplicity:
youtu.be/vgAFzAys4xY

#hitsong #bobcarleton #jada #jazzstandard #alecwilder

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50+ Music · @50years
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"Misty" is a written in 1954 by pianist . He composed it as an instrumental in the traditional , and recorded it for the album . Lyrics were added later by . It appeared on ' 1959 album , and this recording reached number 12 on the chart later that year. It has since become the of Mathis. The song has been recorded by many other artists.
youtu.be/w8DtI4UgDi8

#jazzstandard #errollgarner #32barformat #contrasts #johnnyburke #johnnymathis #heavenly #uspopsingles #signaturesong

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50+ Music · @50years
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"A String of Pearls" is a 1941 song composed by with lyrics by . It was notably recorded by and His Orchestra on that November, becoming a #1 hit. The song is a and .
youtu.be/sMf7tXOGp78

#jerrygray #eddiedelange #glennmiller #rcabluebird #bigband #jazzstandard

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50+ Music · @50years
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"I Won't Dance" is a song with music by that has become a . The song has two different sets of lyrics: the first written by and in 1934, and second written by (though was also credited) in 1935. Kern, Hammerstein and Harbach originally wrote "I Won't Dance" for the 1934 London musical . However, Three Sisters flopped and was quickly forgotten.
youtu.be/7oueFpIe7yI

#jeromekern #jazzstandard #oscarhammersteinii #ottoharbach #dorothyfields #jimmymchugh #threesisters

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Federico Campoli 🎸 · @thedoctor
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Autumn Leaves cover on my hollow body guitar. Slowly getting a grip on harmonic melody, chords, and improvisation. I hope you like it!

youtu.be/lRtdsC04vwg

#autumnleaves #jazzguitar #hollowbodyguitar #jjazzlab #improvisation #jazzstandard #musiccover #harmonicmelody #chords

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Maarten van der Grinten · @mvanderg
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Oren Levine · @ohljazz
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Oren Levine · @ohljazz
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shares some of my practice for a solo set at on St Croix on Sunday Jan. 15. I had to include "It Could Happen To You" in the program. Maybe I'll throw in some "Fried Bananas" as well... ohljazz.com/2023/01/10/tunes-o

#tunesontuesday #jazzatthecastle #jazz #jazzpiano #solopiano #jazzstandard #practice

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ohljazz · @ohljazz
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For , revisiting "Softly As In A Morning Sunrise." Fun to compare contemporary jazz recordings with recordings of what the songwriters had in mind in 1928. ohljazz.com/2022/12/06/tunes-o

#jazz #jazzmusic #jazzstandard #jazzpiano #solopiano #tunesontuesday

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The second song for the advent Sundays is Afternoon in Paris.

Played on a backtrack made with JJazzLab Videos and combining two guitars with Ardour.

First Guitar: Ibanez LGB 30
Second Guitar: Eko Aire relic statocaster style

youtu.be/fvN0oY41sME

#christmas #christmasjazz #guitarjazz #afternooninparis #jazzstandard #jazz #guitarist #guitar #music

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The first song for the advent Sundays is Autumn Leaves.

Full video here

youtu.be/HesSm5r7hUM

Played on a backtrack made with JJazzLab and combining two guitars with Ardour.

Pictures made by me.
Intro and outro title made with flexclip.com/

#christmas #guitarist #jazz #guitar #advent #autumn #autumnleaves #jazzstandard

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Becca Reese · @firefly
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ohljazz · @ohljazz
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celebrates the birthday of the great American with one of his most beautiful songs: Skylark. Pulled out the for this one. Read and hear more: ohljazz.com/2022/11/22/tunes-o

#tunesontuesday #composer #hoagycarmichael #melodica #jazz #jazzstandard #Skylark #jazzmusic

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Richard Page · @richpagemusic
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