Grant Green's "Oleo"

"oleo" as performed by grant green from "Complete Quartets With Sonny Clark"

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[zenbooter]

some Blakey licks in there

[MonsterGuitarX]

@lowgrowl5 having an idea and trying it out is called creativity. If everybody played every tune as is all the time the world would be a boring place

[lowgrowl5]

A gimmick is a unique or quirky special feature (in this case the harmony /melody) that makes something "stand out" from its contemporaries but often of little relevance or use. In other words, a gimmick is a special feature for the sake of having a special feature. They work best with the stoned! Just listened to the track again. It's alright, I suppose. What I like is the fact that he had an idea and tried it out...just not my cup of tea, that's all.

[MonsterGuitarX]

@lowgrowl5 sorry what is a gimmick in musical terms? I remember hearing this for the first time, i was kind of stoned and i thought it was the best thing ever lol

[lowgrowl5]

Yeah that weird key shifting thing in the melody is just vaguely ear-arousing (we're all so used to this standard) and that's about it...it's no improvement on the original head though. I know jazz -among other things- is all about revisiting classics but I just think this one doesn't work and remains what it is = a gimmick. I still respect immensely Grant Green though ! Why? because he can certainly improvise and he has a distinct voice which is instantly recognisable.

[johngoo343]

actually supposed to be Sonny Rollins take on Gershwin's "I got Rhythm. Of course Green took the 335 and whatever Fender amp, dimmed up the middle tone, and went insane

[MrTiwarren]

simply brilliant. gotta love those key changes :)

[delpimpo]

@raab261 hahahahaha that's fucking weird but nice

[raab261]

What was going on with that weird key shifting thing in the melody