JAZZ DUET. Desmond and Brubeck. Listen to this

This song is never played now but was a big hit in its day, Buddy Can you Spare a Dime? It was the anthem of the 1929 Depression.


Listen to the way they interplay on the tune and in the final section.

Brubeck's odd solo. Clever. He had very badly damaged his nerves in a swimming  accident and had been pronounced dead at the hospital. For years he was severely restricted from playing individual notes. This accounts for the chordal patterns in his solos.

Their earlier recording of this song had been criticised for sounding too optimistic despite its minor key.

This 1954 recording is more downbeat, but you can't keep Desmond down for long. Listen to his repeated patterns. At the end they copy each other's lines playing together. Then they finish with the rondel they used at the start.

This is what I call a proper duet.

An alternative form of the round is to use an ABAB song, and just repeat the first A section while the B is being played. For the workshop, what song can we try this on? Here's that Rainy Day? (changes key) Four? Bit easier, but a key change for at least 1 bar. Ladybird maybe? Shall we try? What do you think Geoff?

John

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