North Sea Jazz Festival 2007 Song for my Father

[ireradly]

Thank You fo this excellent rendition.

[momo4895]

we played this in our jazz band. but since I play french horn I had to transpose to play trombone. it was fun!

[dalisolorza]

yeeeah

[TotalSaxSap]

I play this song on the Alto saxophone. Still, I can't say I sound great. Part of the reason my name's totalSAXsap.

[deweypug]

'Rikki don't lose that number' got the intro from this song.

[ViperEye]

Very pleasant song to work with, with a very catchy melody.

[ViperEye]

Correction- Music piece. Nasty habbits!

[Tigersag1974]

melody works fine! :)

one of my friends who is a jazzsaxophone player writes what she says are 'songs and not compositions'. I think this piece qualifies as a 'song';a catchy tune and a simple arrangement.

I find that these are the hardest to play well also when improvising, songs like 'All Blues'.

[Syllerud]

the improvisation is the essence of jazz, and a tune just provides a basic harmony for the improvisation. Far the most jazz songs are either 12,16,24,32 bar standards which everyone can play, thou it takes a master to harmonize them into something special. When you speak compositions in jazz, you often refer to bigband sheet music for a large ensemble.

[badgirl94player]

@ViperEye oohhhh thank you! haha someon finally says something

[RayO9954]

This is one of the best jazz recordings of all time.

[danieljones013]

that means you've never heard "sister sadie"...lolz

[mikaylasax]

I just love this song. Mikayla played her very first spontaneous improvisation on this song.

I saw a glimpse of Candy Dulfer on your video. Mikayla and I are meeting with Candy tonight, after her performance in Phoenix. Candy has taken an interest in Mikayla and her sisters. She is one of Mikayla's biggest inspirations.

Thanks for posting this great video.