Free For All Posted February 5, 2009 Report Posted February 5, 2009 What is the origin of the intro to ATTYA that people typically play? You know, the vamp w/the bassline that goes from A-Ab-Db to Ab-G-C. Quote
Ted O'Reilly Posted February 5, 2009 Report Posted February 5, 2009 What is the origin of the intro to ATTYA that people typically play? You know, the vamp w/the bassline that goes from A-Ab-Db to Ab-G-C. I think it was the Dizzy Gillespie (with Bird) Sextet recording for Musicraft, Feb. 28, 1945. I think. Quote
Free For All Posted February 5, 2009 Author Report Posted February 5, 2009 Thanks Ted- I had heard/suspected it was Bird/Diz but wasn't sure. Quote
Free For All Posted February 5, 2009 Author Report Posted February 5, 2009 Was it really based on the Rachmaninoff prelude that it sounds like? That does sound like something Bird or Diz would have done. Quote
JSngry Posted February 5, 2009 Report Posted February 5, 2009 It's also, believe it or not, derived from Rachmaninoff: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5nAH-CwGt4 Quote
Free For All Posted February 5, 2009 Author Report Posted February 5, 2009 Question answered almost before asked! Quote
JSngry Posted February 5, 2009 Report Posted February 5, 2009 Was it really based on the Rachmaninoff prelude that it sounds like? That does sound like something Bird or Diz would have done. You don't think so? Bird in particular was very erudite about "the classics". The cat constantly quoted shit like Firebird & Carmen. That Rachmaninoff piece was a staple of the day, and I'm sure they both knew it. Quote
Free For All Posted February 5, 2009 Author Report Posted February 5, 2009 Was it really based on the Rachmaninoff prelude that it sounds like? That does sound like something Bird or Diz would have done. You don't think so? Bird in particular was very erudite about "the classics". The cat constantly quoted shit like Firebird & Carmen. That Rachmaninoff piece was a staple of the day, and I'm sure they both knew it. Read carefully...I said "does". Quote
JSngry Posted February 5, 2009 Report Posted February 5, 2009 OOPS. Today's score: Insomnia 1, Jim 0. My bad. Quote
JSngry Posted February 5, 2009 Report Posted February 5, 2009 Question answered almost before asked! Yeah, I spent a damn eternity looking for a good YouTube clip. Quote
Shrdlu Posted February 16, 2009 Report Posted February 16, 2009 If the Diz/Bird version didn't lock that intro in, the Bird version for Dial in 1947 sure did. Quote
Nate Dorward Posted February 16, 2009 Report Posted February 16, 2009 A tangent, but: it's actually nice when people play the "real" intro to the tune (I think I only have one or two recordings of it with the verse). Quote
Shrdlu Posted February 16, 2009 Report Posted February 16, 2009 Verses are rarely heard in jazz performances of pop tunes. The only one I have ever heard (that I can recall right now) is for "Lush Life", which you can't really play without it. Quote
Free For All Posted February 16, 2009 Author Report Posted February 16, 2009 A tangent, but: it's actually nice when people play the "real" intro to the tune (I think I only have one or two recordings of it with the verse). I remember a recording made by Dick Oatts and Gary Dial (on DMP I believe, in the 80s, i don't own it) where IIRC they played on solely the verses to standards. Quote
JSngry Posted February 16, 2009 Report Posted February 16, 2009 Similarly (sorta) & locally, Roger Boykin will sometimes play "A Night In Tunisia" and solo only on the changes of that set-up interlude. Quote
Shrdlu Posted February 17, 2009 Report Posted February 17, 2009 That's a great idea. Man, I'm really played out on that tune. The ultimate bore is the "United Nation Orchestra" version of it (CD and video). Time to hit the fast-forward button babee. Barry Ulanov (who remembers him?) used to call the obligatory Medley at Ellington concerts "the usual bloody bore", lol. Quote
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