Posts made by SmoothOperator

Harry James - Two Shoes

Freaks by Timmy Trumpet probably qualifies by technicality.

True millennial style master the classical trumpet just to get a pop hit playing pedal tones on a cheesy dance track.

Its a long shot, but does anyone have transcriptions or recordings of Chic Chocolate, especially Contessa or Tickle Me Not.

It might be a topic for another thread or threads, but it would be interesting to follow up on these with related songs, like antecedents, derivatives, contemporary answer songs. For example, So What has a unique form that has been often repeated, I enjoy practicing these along with So What, like Herbie Hancock Maiden Voyage. Grazing in the grass is a rhythm changes form etc. Side Winder is harmonically a 12 bar blues.

Its a shame that Lee Morgan died so young, "The Sidewinder" could be on the list.

@Dr-GO said in Famous Signature Songs:

Arturo Sandoval - Flight to Freedom

What about international players. It gets kind of complicated, they didn't necessarily have charts.
https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/latin/6835403/chocolate-armenteros-dies-trumpet

I've been listening to Chocolate, I assume the "Chocolate Sabroso" is something of a signature sound for him, I'm not sure how popular it is though, now if I can find the sheet music.

Re: Jazz Song #1 - A Night In Tunisia

I joined to ask a question or start a discussion about famous signature songs for trumpet. I've been playing "A Night In Tunisia"(NIT) over the years, I always come back to that song as sort of graded etude of sorts. I've recently working on Hugh Masekela's "Grazing In the Grass"(GIG). I think GIG is a bit more difficult than NIT, but GIG is another one that I feel by playing daily really opens up my playing, especially fast tonguing. Are there other tunes out there that are worth chewing on and digesting in a dedicated way. I think the idea is that these masters played them often and it kept them relevant if I play them then I will be exercising the same chops. Does Miles Davis have a signature tune? It seems that Davis tunes aren't technical in and of themselves, the solos are more important, I played Armstrong's tunes often in the beginning. I think there are some out there Maynard Ferguson, I'll probably save for later. I am working on Herb Alpert, I think he actually had a couple of signature tunes, "A Taste Of Honey"(TOH). TOH is nice for working on large intervals, octaves.

I play lots of other tunes mostly hard bob, or latin jazz, but some are harder to play and just don't sound as good on trumpet. I am looking for the ones that sound really good on trumpet.