mep1
Well-known member
Ladies and Gentlemen,
This season is all about jazz standards. As you might know, I am a lover of these old songs myself and won’t miss the chance to sneak one into a season now and again and now I am giving you the chance to brush up on those old jazzy Major7 chords.
Bring me any jazz standard, there are plenty to chose from, with or without singing.
If you would like to be inspired then I recommend to search for Lyle Ritz who has played a lot of ukulele jazz, and also published books full of amazing arrangements. There is also a lot on youtube by Glen Rose who teaches jazz on the ukulele; Paul Hemmings, a New Yorker who has migrated from jazz guitar to ukulele and plays some superb chord melody instrumentals, and obviously you can find tutorials by the late great Ukulele Mike.
To get you going, here are some links you might find useful:
List of Jazz Standards: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_jazz_standards
Jazz tabs for ukulele: https://ukutabs.com/genre/jazz/
The real book as a pdf (The real book is THE book for jazz musicians, containing chords for most if not all the old jazz standards: https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B48okE6igcdfbEg2dVZkdWRJdXc/edit
Hope you have fun and let me see those jazz hands in action.
If you would like to write original songs then please do so in the spirit of these old standards and please remember to include some jazzy chords such as Maj7, Min7, Min7b5, Aug7 and Dim and some II-V-I progressions. NO need to include ALL these chords in the same song but you are welcome to give it a try .
Usual rules apply… The season starts as usual sunday 12am Hawaii time and ends by the end of the following sunday. Ukulele to be present but other instruments welcome. No song limit for the time being. Have a listen to each other and have fun out there.
PLAYLIST
PS. The will be a musical price for the winner, chosen by yours truly.
Remember, there is still a day and a bit left of Ryan’s 27 club season.
Happy Jazz'ing
Mads
This season is all about jazz standards. As you might know, I am a lover of these old songs myself and won’t miss the chance to sneak one into a season now and again and now I am giving you the chance to brush up on those old jazzy Major7 chords.
Bring me any jazz standard, there are plenty to chose from, with or without singing.
If you would like to be inspired then I recommend to search for Lyle Ritz who has played a lot of ukulele jazz, and also published books full of amazing arrangements. There is also a lot on youtube by Glen Rose who teaches jazz on the ukulele; Paul Hemmings, a New Yorker who has migrated from jazz guitar to ukulele and plays some superb chord melody instrumentals, and obviously you can find tutorials by the late great Ukulele Mike.
To get you going, here are some links you might find useful:
List of Jazz Standards: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_jazz_standards
Jazz tabs for ukulele: https://ukutabs.com/genre/jazz/
The real book as a pdf (The real book is THE book for jazz musicians, containing chords for most if not all the old jazz standards: https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B48okE6igcdfbEg2dVZkdWRJdXc/edit
Hope you have fun and let me see those jazz hands in action.
If you would like to write original songs then please do so in the spirit of these old standards and please remember to include some jazzy chords such as Maj7, Min7, Min7b5, Aug7 and Dim and some II-V-I progressions. NO need to include ALL these chords in the same song but you are welcome to give it a try .
Usual rules apply… The season starts as usual sunday 12am Hawaii time and ends by the end of the following sunday. Ukulele to be present but other instruments welcome. No song limit for the time being. Have a listen to each other and have fun out there.
PLAYLIST
PS. The will be a musical price for the winner, chosen by yours truly.
Remember, there is still a day and a bit left of Ryan’s 27 club season.
Happy Jazz'ing
Mads
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