JAZZ PLAYERS PRE-NUPTIAL AGREEMENTS

JAZZ PLAYERS PRE NUPTIAL AGREEMENTS 

Men sign first

For a JAZZ night out with the boys

You need to apply in writing with the date, time of departure, time of latest return

You should state the number of alcohol units to be drunk broken down by beer/wine/spirits.

You should state the location to be visited and times.

The following are not allowed;

• Speaking with unauthorised women
• Turning off the mobile
• Exceeding the alcohol allowance
• Watching any act involving stripping, or lap dancing, or lewd behaviour of any kind
• Picking fights with strangers (fights with friends are permissable)
• Urination other than in a prescribed location for said purpose
• Attempting to breed upon returning home

All above requests to be Approved or Denied. No appeal is allowed against the decision.

Women to sign second.

For a night out with the girls

I’m going out, ok.

Signed …………..

Indulge me for a moment, would you?
I had my 19th birthday in the RAF. This is where I heard this record, Line for Lyons, my first jazz experience. You MUST listen to this as a prime example of how good it can sound when two players know each other so well, have such brilliant ears that they can play duets like this. They are improvised lines but Mulligan always thought through his lines like an arranger and no doubt they talked together in rehearsals.
Listen to the counter point.


The background.
Mulligan had already arranged and played in the Miles Davis Birth of the Cool band. He had arranged for Gene Krupa's big band and for Stan Kenton.

Gerry Mulligan,  the megalomaniac, control freak junkie and the laid back, passive-aggressive narcissistic, selfish beautiful Chet Baker, were together for just nine months. Two totally different people who disliked each other intensely, Baker told Mulligan to “F off” at the first rehearsal. They made hit after hit before Mulligan went to jail for drugs and it all fell to pieces.

Mulligan was the gifted arranger/composer for big bands, while Baker could hardly read. Their quartet started what became West Coast Jazz. Neither would ever again find a partner as sensitive as the other. They complemented each other by playing improvised duets in smooth harmony. Mulligan always wanted to change how jazz sounded which is why he got into this pianoless quartet even though he was a good pianist himself. There has never been any two players remotely as good at this, that I've heard.

“I believe Chet was kind of a freak talent,” Mulligan said years later. “There’s no figuring out where he learned what he knew.”

Note to Andrew and Geoff. How about coming in one Sunday at 6.00 and trying out these ideas between the two of you. Talk them through a bit. How about the 24th?

Last Sunday was like working with professionals. You people are getting so good. This girl Maria never fails to astonish me. She tried Ain't no Sunshine for the first time, and it was pure Soul. Compers mucked it up of course but we'll settle down. Then she shifted Blues Skies up a semi-tone in the bridge of So What without any guidance and hit it right on. How do you do it M?

Maria, I know you are not too sure of I remember you, but there is a good story behind the song. Can I keep it?

SONG LISTS COMING UP

FOR DEC 7TH
THIS IS OUR XMAS PARTY AS WELL.

DEC 11TH IS TO SUPPORT THE FESTIVAL OF CHICHESTER

DEC 11TH IS MORE OPEN BECAUSE WE SHARE THE PROGRAMME WITH 2 POETRY READERS SO WE'LL HAVE TO DROP OUT ABOUT 4/5 SONGS.
WE ALSO MAY HAVE TO ADD "GO AWAY LITTLE GIRL". A HIT SONG FOR ONE OF THE READERS

GREENSLEEVES
SPOOKY  V
I REMEMBER YOU (BECAUSE THERE IS SUCH A GOOD STORY BEHIND IT) V
WAVE
NIGHT AND DAY V
FEEL LIKE MAKING LOVE V
CARAVAN
DARN THAT DREAM V
LULLABY OF BIRDLAND
I THOUGHT ABOUT YOU V
--
INTERVAL
--
CHAMELEON
BLUES SKIES (SO WHAT) V
DINDI V
SUNNY
I THOUGHT ABOUT YOU V
IT COULD HAPPEN TO YOU V
ALL THE THINGS YOU ARE
MY FUNNY VALENTINE V
WHAT ARE YOU DOING FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE V
SUMMERTIME V

EXTRA
WATERMELON MAN

REHEARSAL 6.00 DECEMBER 1ST. CAN YOU DO IT FOLKS?


The West Sussex Jazz Smugglers

The Jazz Smugglers workshop near Chichester

For the moment we are full, until someone drops out. There are about 10 of us each week.

This site is to help the Jazz smugglers workshop group and provide informtion about the following weeks work. We will be working on widening our range of playing styles as individuals, working together in a band, and practising the more difficult things. You need to be able to read.

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