Here's a list of the tunes we'll be working with on my group's Belgium trip next week. We won't end up playing all of this stuff, but it's in the books. A little over half of those are my own arrangements— I transcribed them off the record and made a playable lead sheet out of them, anyway.
Alice In Wonderland — Sammy Fain
Beatrice — Sam Rivers
The Blessing —
Ornette Coleman
*Blood —
Paul Bley
Check Up — Ornette Coleman
Comme Il Faut —
Ornette Coleman
Country Town Blues — Ornette Coleman
*The Empty Boat —
Caetano Veloso
Eighty-One — Ron Carter
Enfant —
Ornette Coleman
Feet Music — Ornette Coleman
Guinea — Don Cherry
*Happy House — Ornette Coleman
Ida Lupino — Carla Bley
Las Vegas Tango — Gil Evans
*Let's Play — Ornette Coleman
*Law Years — Ornette Coleman
Lonely Woman — Ornette Coleman
Mr. Joy — Annette Peacock
Mob Job —
Ornette Coleman
Mopti — Don Cherry
Mothers of the Veil — Ornette Coleman
Never — Steve Swallow
Olhos de Gato —
Carla Bley
Owl of Cranston — Paul Motian
*Somnambulist — Rich Cole
Strange As It Seems — Ornette Coleman
Syndrome — Carla Bley
Valse de Melody —
Serge Gainsbourg
Bold — likely players
* —
new additions for 2013. We'll see if they work...
I think Olhos de Gato was actually written by Carla Bley. Looks like a fun list. Love the blog...
ReplyDeleteEighty-One is by Ron Carter as far as I know
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ReplyDeleteThomas, your weapons are useless against me— I've managed to dodge that particular turd for like 15 years. That's got to be some kind of record.
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