Hi All
Mark Bassey was our tutor last Tuesday who kindly stepped in for Simon D'Sousa at very short notice.
We played A Freddie Green composition' Corner Pocket' which had a Count Basie swing feel about it the changes were mainly two, five ones in several keys a really good swinger.
We then moved on to a Gil Evans piece 'Las Vegas Tango'
A sort of minor blues and although we had the dots Mark had us learn it by ear which went well.
The last piece was by Billy Taylor 'I Wish I Knew'
Which was used as the theme for Film critic Barry Normans BBC TV show which ran from 1972 up to 1998?
Which had a gospel feel to it very groovy?
This coming Tuesday we have Sax player Julian Nicholas
As our tutor.
Hope to see you there.
André