[Dixielandjazz] FW: Melody/chords

Jim Kashishian jim at kashprod.com
Tue Apr 24 09:13:05 PDT 2012


Bob wrote:
>Are you doing "Are You Lonesome Tonight" in 3/4 or 4/4? I play it on light
Jazz gigs alone or with the trio, for cocktail parties etc, but never
thought about doing it as a Jazz piece with the band

Doing it in 4/4 in the key of C.  Medium tempo, with a vocal.  Works very
well.  It's from 1927, written by Roy Turk/Lou Handman.

Jim




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