[Dixielandjazz] Dixieland tunes

[Mark Bauer]

That's true some songs are harder to do this with, especially the modal 
type tunes. Many dixieland type tunes utilize the I-vi-ii-V7 progression 
while many modal and rock, pop, hip-hop don't have near the harmonic 
movement that many traditional jazz tunes do. It can still be done but 
it has to be creative. You can always jazz up the chords or add chords 
too. If you see a dominant chord, throw in a minor two chord in front of 
it. I know a local band that did Miles Davis "So What" which as you know 
is a classic modal type tune and they jammed the hell out of it. This 
same band also did Weather Report's "Birdland" with  equal success. Then 
they tried to do an Usher tune and well...lol...that kinda crashed and 
burned.

    Jazz muscians have long been taking pop tunes and jazzing them up. I 
like how Sonny Rollins did "Wagon Wheels" and "I'm an Old Cowhand" on 
that classic album from 1957 "Way Out West".

MB






Kmstrmldr at aol.com wrote:
> In a message dated 8/25/2004 6:42:25 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
> philor at webone.com.au writes:
> some songs cannot be played with the "language" of Dixieland.  Modal Jazz
> tunes, fusion jazz, hip-hop, and lots of other "styles" just won't
> "Dixieland". 
> True enough, but, luckily, and not to put too fine a point on it, we can 
> cover those subjects under the blanket of "OKOM". 
> 
> Don Hale
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