[Dixielandjazz] Caravan

[Stephen G Barbone]

>  RickeyZ <rickz at usermail.com> wrote:
>
> Dingo,
>
> I can't get that one to play at all.  I do play guitar, and this is  
> the
> way I play Caravan.
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GuyTuY_FyJY
>
> that A,Bb,A,Bb,A,Bb
>
> has always been basic to me, and other versions sound wrong.
>
> Of course, on this one, Chet is playing that progression, and Les
> is noodling.  What they do best!!
>
> Rick Jolley
> Colorado Spgs

Dear Listmates

For some jazzier Caravans go to:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gNgpRM9CR1I

or dig the groove at:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8hXbbPXswxw&feature=related

or this one by a master jazz clarinetist who followed the path of re- 
invention like Miles.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=giPEh7y9Cz8&feature=results_video&playnext=1&list=PL97C7C7B51D8472BB

All much more relevant than the Les Paul; version IMO, of course.

Cheers,