Bob Burford - "Bluesette" (done as a bossa) - Toots Thielemans

According to Wikipedia, Toots' real name is Jean-Baptiste Frédéric Isidor, Baron Thielemans, born in Belgium. I must beg his pardon for two things: [1] I've taken his classic jazz waltz and done it as a bossa nova, and [2] The lyrical construct of the tune is AABCA. I abbreviated it to ABC.

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[FriPilot]

Hi Bob, first time caller here. Just wanted to say how much I'm enjoying listening to your fine playing. I plan to listen to more of your offerings and I've subscribed to your channel. Could you tell us a little about the guitars you use? Inquiring minds ~ Thanks to JazzyEdwin24 for aiming me in your direction.

Cheers!

Fri

[bobburford]

@FriPilot Hi Fri, Thanks for the sub and your comments. I appreciate it. About the guitars: Not nearly enough room here. Many of the videos have blurbs about the guitar used in that video. The best guitars I have are really inexpensive, I wouldn't part with them. My favorite is an Epiphone 175, around $500. My best guitar for recording is a Hondo (blonde with white pickups), Japan, 1980s, cost no more than $250 on its best day. :-))

[bobburford]

@FriPilot [part 2] The best guitar I've ever had in my hands is a small merlot-colored Redentore made by Mark Piper. It's now owned by Joe Don Rooney of Rascal Flatts. Every aspect of a guitar that makes it a good guitar are embodied in that one single guitar. I've had all of those features before, but not all at the same time. An amazing guitar.

Have fun browsing around my channel. I'm really glad to know there are people who still like that kind of stuff.

Best wishes for a good new year,

Bob

[titabemaso]

I think it's the best version of bluesette ,i heard some part of "one note samba" and "call me " in this song

[bobburford]

@titabemaso That sort of thing happens with age ... you tend to forget what tune you're playing ... so no telling what snippets from other tunes might pop up. If you listen carefully, there's also a phrase from "Call Me" buried in there somewhere. Thanks. I appreciate your comment. Best, Bob

[drofrub1]

One of my co-workers told me when she goes home stressed out she goes into You Tube and starts playing Bob Burford's stuff!!! - BB

[bobburford]

@drofrub1 There ya go! Proof positive that I'm not really a good-for-nothing! It's good to know I serve some useful purpose. :-)) By the way, you can tell your husband I'm still trying to figure out an acceptable to put this stuff on a DVD. Getting it on DVD isn't the problem, but creating an intelligent index so you can go directly to a particular video is proving problematic. I have Sony Vegas Pro, the best program on the market, and it won't do it. I'll keep you posted. Thanks, by the way.

[guitarcory1]

lovely stuff, Bob. Thanks.

Cory (guitarcory1)

[FriPilot]

Thanks for the response Bob. I DID see the info on the Redentore on the video I saw later.

I'll keep nosing around!

Fri

[titabemaso]

@bobburford ok :) what you do is awesome .

[profjair]

@bobburford How are you my friend!!!Hugs