improv challenge #849 Printemps Footsie (i was paid to say that... )

[monte merrick]

something a little fancier this week, to help with winter doldrums if you have them and whatever else you got if you got something else. where i come from it's called a panacea.




have fun, enjoy yourselfs, and let's keep this on the up and up, okay... there're children watching. pancakes and mimosas* when we're through.


*non-alcoholic beverages can be substituted.

 

[monte merrick]

The tune by the man who wrote it...

 

[IsaiasO]

Ok...I'll go first.

This is the very first take, recorded with my NU-X Loop Core pedal with the sound coming directly from my Vox amp headphone out. I used my Strat (as you can very much discern), which has had a recent trem change, since I wrecked the first trem by over-torquing one of the string fasteners. The new one is black unlike the one in my profile pic.
The track was touched up a little in Amplitube 4 in post-production to make it sound more spacious and pretty.

As stated this is the actual very first take...so some of the footprints are misstepped.



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Thanks, Monte!
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[Relaxing at Cam]

 

[davidKOS]

COol tune.

Just a few notes on the chord changes on the bridge/turnaround part:

Those "Footprints" Changes

I've just finished reading " Footprints ," Michelle Mercer's biography of Wayne Shorter. This book goes a long way toward explaining Wayne's...

peterspitzer.blogspot.com

"As you may know, the chords to measures 9 and 10 appear a number of different ways in different publications."

"

From the "Footprints" bio mentioned above:

| F#m9 B(+5, +9) | E7+9 A(+5, +9, +11) | (note: no 7 shown on the B or A chords)

From the Sher New Real Book, vol. 1:

| F#m11(b5) F13(#11) | E7alt A7alt | or alternatively,

| F7(#11) E7(#9) | D7alt G7#5 |

Aebersold vol. 33:

| F#m7b5 B7+9 | E7+9 A7(+5, +9) or Eb7#11 |

Colorado Cookbook:

| Gbm7b5 F7#11 | E7#9 A7alt | or alternatively, with a 4 against 6 feel:

| Dbsus/Ab Csus/Db Bsus/F3 Bbsus/B | Asus/E Absus/A Gsus/D Gbsus/G |

"The Ultimate Jazz Fake Book" (Hal Leonard)

| F7b5 F13 | E9b5 A9 |

Old (bootleg) Real Book:

| D7 | Db7 |

Jimmy Rowles (via David Ferris - see this discussion):

| F#m11 B7 | Fm11 Bb13(#11) |

Hal Leonard "Artist Transcriptions":

| D13 G9 | Em7b5 A7 |

Hal Leonard "6th Edition" Real Book:

| F#m7b5 F7#11 | E7b5(#9) A7b5(#9) |"

Wayne Shorter's "Footprints"-changes?

I've been working on this tune and the changes at the end of the verse seems to be somewhat in dispute among internet jazz folks. The Real Book says Cm7, Fm7, D7 Db7, Cm7. That D7-Db7 section doesn't even seem close. I've seen a few suggestions on other forums but I was wondering what...

www.thegearpage.net

Here are the correct chord changes to Wayne Shorter's "Footprints" - Keyboard Improv

Wayne Shorter likes to consider his compositions as "works in progress," subject to change and evolution over time. While this is wonderful and in a sense very "alive," it can make things a little tricky when we want to simply call out the title and count off the tune at a jam session or gig! […]

keyboardimprov.com

Footprints (composition) - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

"But Shorter doubles the harmonic rhythm of the turnaround, and the progression reads: F♯m7(♭5), F7(♯11), Eaug7(♯9), A7(♯9), Cm7"

What do you play on Footprints turnaround?

For the sake of the argument lets assume Aebersold chord progression on tunaroud: F#m7b5 B7#9 (or F7#11 ?) E7#9 A7#5#9

www.jazzguitar.be

Just something to chew on.

 

[stratobiker]

A really enjoyable challenge! Thanks Monte.
This is not a tune that I was familiar with so I have spent a very pleasant morning reading up on it, teaching myself the melody, and recording this......


Intro
2 * Head
4 * Solo
2 * Head
Tags

I thought of the turaround bars as if they were | D7#11 | Db7#11 |

3 takes.....One for the melody at the start, one for the melody at the end, one for the improv solo.

 

[IsaiasO]

A really enjoyable challenge! Thanks Monte.
This is not a tune that I was familiar with so I have spent a very pleasant morning reading up on it, teaching myself the melody, and recording this......


Intro
2 * Head
4 * Solo
2 * Head
Tags

I thought of the turaround bars as if they were | D7#11 | Db7#11 |

3 takes.....One for the melody at the start, one for the melody at the end, one for the improv solo.

Very excellent cover.

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[crankmeister]

something a little fancier this week, to help with winter doldrums if you have them and whatever else you got if you got something else. where i come from it's called a panacea.



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have fun, enjoy yourselfs, and let's keep this on the up and up, okay... there're children watching. pancakes and mimosas* when we're through.


*non-alcoholic beverages can be substituted.

This one’s gonna go well with lox and capers

 

[Alan L Cole]

Thanks Monte. Here is my feeble misstep:

 

[monte merrick]

I forgot to add this from jazzbacks in the OP.

"Here is our backing track for Footprints by Wayne Shorter. Footprints is a 3/4 or 6/8 minor blues, modern jazz piece which was also recorded by Miles Davis. It is a popular crossover piece for blues/rock musicians to cross over into jazz."

and the pertinent lead sheet (oops)

 

[simoncroft]

Great track, Monte! Only just caught up with this. No problem with the time signature – it's got a great groove – but those changes will take me some time before I can fake them horribly.

 

[dogletnoir]

Oddly enough, the bassist i've been working with mentioned wanting to do this tune yesterday...
so...

... i just went for it here, one and done. Nowhere near 'correct', just having some fun.
Thanks for the jam, Monte!
(That Shorter solo, though... i definitely want to have a go at that at some point!)

 

[dogletnoir]

COol tune.

Just a few notes on the chord changes on the bridge/turnaround part:

Those "Footprints" Changes

I've just finished reading " Footprints ," Michelle Mercer's biography of Wayne Shorter. This book goes a long way toward explaining Wayne's...

peterspitzer.blogspot.com

"As you may know, the chords to measures 9 and 10 appear a number of different ways in different publications."

"

From the "Footprints" bio mentioned above:

From the Sher New Real Book, vol. 1:


Aebersold vol. 33:

Colorado Cookbook:


"The Ultimate Jazz Fake Book" (Hal Leonard)

Old (bootleg) Real Book:

Jimmy Rowles (via David Ferris - see this discussion):

Hal Leonard "Artist Transcriptions":

Hal Leonard "6th Edition" Real Book:

Wayne Shorter's "Footprints"-changes?

I've been working on this tune and the changes at the end of the verse seems to be somewhat in dispute among internet jazz folks. The Real Book says Cm7, Fm7, D7 Db7, Cm7. That D7-Db7 section doesn't even seem close. I've seen a few suggestions on other forums but I was wondering what...

www.thegearpage.net

Here are the correct chord changes to Wayne Shorter's "Footprints" - Keyboard Improv

Wayne Shorter likes to consider his compositions as "works in progress," subject to change and evolution over time. While this is wonderful and in a sense very "alive," it can make things a little tricky when we want to simply call out the title and count off the tune at a jam session or gig! […]

keyboardimprov.com

Footprints (composition) - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

"But Shorter doubles the harmonic rhythm of the turnaround, and the progression reads: F♯m7(♭5), F7(♯11), Eaug7(♯9), A7(♯9), Cm7"

What do you play on Footprints turnaround?

For the sake of the argument lets assume Aebersold chord progression on tunaroud: F#m7b5 B7#9 (or F7#11 ?) E7#9 A7#5#9

www.jazzguitar.be

Just something to chew on.

Proof that some things which may seem so simple on the surface can actually be rather complex.

 

[crankmeister]

something a little fancier this week, to help with winter doldrums if you have them and whatever else you got if you got something else. where i come from it's called a panacea.



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have fun, enjoy yourselfs, and let's keep this on the up and up, okay... there're children watching. pancakes and mimosas* when we're through.


*non-alcoholic beverages can be substituted.

The sheet music / key signature confuses me.

It says one sharp.

It says C instruments.

It says Bb instruments.

It says key of C minor (concert).

So . . . just play the chords?

 

[monte merrick]

The sheet music / key signature confuses me.

It says one sharp.

It says C instruments.

It says Bb instruments.

It says key of C minor (concert).

So . . . just play the chords?

the first two lead sheets are for Bb and Eb instruments... the 3rd lead sheet, with the chords in C minor is the one to use... the confusion was mine... but i do believe that the actual key signature of 2 flats is a mistake on the lead sheet since C minor has 3 flats (Eb, Ab, Bb). (and to my ear the Ab sounds right in the melody and the A sounds wrong, but i die on no hills when it comes to theory or pitch.)

 

[crankmeister]

the first two lead sheets are for Bb and Eb instruments... the 3rd lead sheet, with the chords in C minor is the one to use... the confusion was mine... but i do believe that the actual key signature of 2 flats is a mistake on the lead sheet since C minor has 3 flats (Eb, Ab, Bb). (and to my ear the Ab sounds right in the melody and the A sounds wrong, but i die on no hills when it comes to theory or pitch.)

Cool, thank you, Monte

Edit: So what is a “Bb instrument” and “Eb instrument”?

 

[davidKOS]

uh...later....m6 chords and m11 chords. Like Cm 7 but the melody resolves to the F...and the chord has a m3rd, Eb, so the F is the 11th.

Like the Bb over the Fm7.

 

[monte merrick]

well, here's my first complete take following the arrangement - it aint pretty... some parts of the solo were enjoyable for me - but otherwise a pretty obvious reason why you dont find people citing my jazz chops in casual conversation

i did like this 24 bar version of 12 bar blues though... expansive...

 

[davidKOS]

Somehow I've decided that the 2 chords on the turnaround are "not V and yet not i" and "not iv and still not yet that i ".

2 first takes....



just getting it out of my system



more string bending....even pentatonic licks

both are clumsy but I had fun and needed to play something

 

[monte merrick]

Ok...I'll go first.

This is the very first take, recorded with my NU-X Loop Core pedal with the sound coming directly from my Vox amp headphone out. I used my Strat (as you can very much discern), which has had a recent trem change, since I wrecked the first trem by over-torquing one of the string fasteners. The new one is black unlike the one in my profile pic.
The track was touched up a little in Amplitube 4 in post-production to make it sound more spacious and pretty.

As stated this is the actual very first take...so some of the footprints are misstepped.


/
Thanks, Monte!
/

Very nice first take! You reminded me of Kenny Burrell at times!

the tune comes through ... your phrasing seems more fluid these days!

A really enjoyable challenge! Thanks Monte.
This is not a tune that I was familiar with so I have spent a very pleasant morning reading up on it, teaching myself the melody, and recording this......


Intro
2 * Head
4 * Solo
2 * Head
Tags

I thought of the turaround bars as if they were | D7#11 | Db7#11 |

3 takes.....One for the melody at the start, one for the melody at the end, one for the improv solo.

nice!! you really get going in your solo!! awesome!

Thanks Monte. Here is my feeble misstep:

A really interesting and inventive take on the tune Alan! i like it!

Oddly enough, the bassist i've been working with mentioned wanting to do this tune yesterday...
so...

... i just went for it here, one and done. Nowhere near 'correct', just having some fun.
Thanks for the jam, Monte!
(That Shorter solo, though... i definitely want to have a go at that at some point!)

see, this is why standards become standard ... look what you can do with them! i love how much this is and isnt the tune simultaneously... proving two things can exist in the same place at the same time. beautiful!!