HARP LESSONS・GROUP I

LISTENING

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THE TRADITION

• A Charge To Keep I Have, Charles Wesley

• A Charge To Keep I Have, sung in Line Hymn tradition

• Father I Stretch My Hands To Thee, Charles Wesley

• Father I Stretch My Hands To Thee, sung in Line Hymn tradition

BLUES

• All Blues, Miles Davis

• Black Water Blues, performed by Bessie Smith

• Blues Walk, by Lou Donaldson

• Blues for Yolande, Coleman Hawkins

• Ella Hums The Blues, Ella Fitzgerald

• Everyday I Have The Blues, performed by Jimmy Rushing aka Mr. Five-By-Five

• K.C. Blues, Charlie Parker

• Soul Blues, Coleman Hawkins

• Straight No Chaser, by Thelonious Monk

• Walkin’ Blues, by Robert Johnson

SWING

• Autumn Leaves, Joseph Kosma (perf by Ben Webster)

• Autumn Leaves, Joseph Kosma (perf by Chet Baker)

• Take The ‘A’ Train, perf by Duke Ellington (w/ Betty Roche)

BOSSA

• Blue Bossa, perf by Dexter Gordon

HARD BOP

• Maiden Voyage, Herbie Hancock (full album)

• Maiden Voyage, (perf by Dianne Reeves)

• Maiden Voyage, (perf by Marcus Printup, Riza Printup & Kengo Nakamura)

BALLAD

INTERVIEWS

• Clifford Brown (reflecting on other trumpeters’ phrasing/playing, practicing, listening, learning changes)