Lend Me An Ear

[Chas]

I recognize the line that Frank Foster is playing during this excerpt from his solo on Eddie Higgins' Foot's Bag , but I can't place it . Where have I heard this before ?

http://www.divshare.com/download/10530228-ba9

[JSngry]

"Bohemia After Dark", more or less, but not exactly.

[Michael Weiss]

Au contraire! That's Strayhorn's "Johnny Come Lately."

[JSngry]

Dammit, you're right...

That's it, it's official - I no longer have skills, at least not reliable ones.Time to get all the way out, if only to regroup to get back in. Or not.

Edited March 14, 2010 by JSngry

[Chas]

Au contraire! That's Strayhorn's "Johnny Come Lately."

That's it ! Thank you .

[Shrdlu]

No, it's Tenor Madness.

[GA Russell]

That's it, it's official - I no longer have skills, at least not reliable ones.Time to get all the way out...

Jim, we knew that when you said you didn't like The Four Freshmen!

[JSngry]

If anything, that was the apex of my acumen!

[Larry Kart]

Assuming that Jim has not lost it entirely (which seems unlikely), is there a passing point of resemblance between the two tunes? I think there is.

Bohemia After Dark:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a0mDBT4kRNc

Johnny: "Bo-DOO ... bo-DEE-dah-dah.

Bohemia (roughly): Bo-doo-DOO-doo-dah-dah-DEE-dah.

Pardon my musical illiteracy, but it's the "DEE-dah" interval and the way it's accented, no?