Sweet and Lovely plus Orig Intro/Outro - Played by Mickey Stein

Written by Gus Arnheim.

No Video to speak of. Forgot to click 'record'.

After a revelatory weekend playing and not quite getting there, I spent some time thinking about it and listening to one of the few groups that really plays as an ensemble should, like a single instrument, not 3 or 4 guys playing some role.

The examples were Bill Evans with Scott Lofaro and Paul Motian and also the Miles Davis group with Herbie Hancock and Tony Williams. The rhythm section in both cases really not only stayed out of the way when called for, but set new directions and always listened to everything and reacted as seemed fit. Somehow I'd let this slide and am now trying to get back to it.

Of course, on YouTube putting up me playing with a backing track consisting of me, this is really tough, but hopefully the realizations were a step in the right direction.

The song is one I never heard until the ride home yesterday, but one so simple and un-jazzy that I just have to love what the old Evans group did with it.

OK: Now that I did another take of this, which is well.. I forgot to video myself while recording so I just made a competely stupid video of a Tesla Geek toy that was on my desk and muttered throughout, soemtimes with absolutely no insight at all, which is just typical.

Note: The music background during the talking is a violin piece I wrote. There is a piece before Sweet and Lovely and a piece after in the background.

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[hachamacha]

Definitely trick. I just felt the need to cram in more music/sq. foot, so added the original string quartet bits. Yeah, I'm an idiot. I was hoping it skipped a generation but no such luck.

A good Halloween and Yontiff to you -

[tcabstudio]

Like on the hip side of cool I would say.

[nnnmarsha]

@floridajazzdude I know him from way back and there is nothing to be done for it. Total nutjob, great player.

[4thstuning]

Cool playing!

[floridajazzdude]

Trick or Treat? I love the piz. stuff you wrote for the in and out sections.

Other than that, you are and always shall remain, a savant and complete idiot. Seasons greetings, fjd