Repertoire
Misty - Erroll Garner
Nuages - Django Reinhardt
The Days of wine and roses - Henry Manchini
Billie Bounce - Charlie Parker
Jazz sonatina - Dusan Bogdanovic
Misty
"Misty" is a jazz standard written in 1954 by pianist Erroll Garner. He composed it as an instrumental in the traditional 32-bar format and recorded it for the album Contrasts (1955). Lyrics were added later by Johnny Burke.
This piece I perform is a Guitar Arrangement of Roland Dyens in Night and Days 10 Jazz Arrangement for Solo Guitar.
Nuages
The piece I perform is from Mes arrangements à l'amiable for Solo Guitar compose by Roland Dyens. It was published in 2001 by Henry Limone Publisher.
Nuages is one of the best known composition by Django Reinhardt. Which is Jazz standard and the mainstay of the Gypsy swing. English and French lyrics has been added to the piece which weas originally an instruments work. The title translated into English is "Clouds", but the adaptation with English lyrics is titled "It's the Bluest Kind of Blues".
Jazz sonatina
It was composition by Dusan Bogdanoviç published on 1995 by Dozproduction. The blending color of Jazz and classical in 3 movements.
Arrangement
The Days of wine and roses
The days of wine and roses is a popular song from the movie of the same name. The music was written by Henri Mancini and lyrics by Johnny Mercer.
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The original was in F Major but for Solo Guitar F major is difficult to perform
In the arrangement I change to D Major, there are more open string for chords and for left hand will play melody more easy.
Billie Bounce
Billie bounce is a jazz composition written in 1945 by Charlie Parker in a form of a 12 bar F Blues
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An arrangement for solo guitar I change the original key to D major. It make easier to guitar to have an open string.
