<div dir="ltr"><div><div>With your repertoire, it hardly matters - you play so many songs hardly anybody else does that the melodies don't sound familiar anyway.<br></div>It is not a complaint - it is a compliment; this way, you always sound interesting!<br></div>Cheers<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 5 April 2017 at 20:05, tonypringle <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:tonypringle@comcast.net" target="_blank">tonypringle@comcast.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">I have a memory of reading that Joe Oliver told Louis Armstrong to always make sure you state the melody strongly and something about "if you can't make the melody swing you can't play jazz".<br>
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I like to refer to some of the melody later in a performance - it's a way of reminding the audience of what tune they are listening to. On a less serious note I have heard a couple of bands through the years were having the melody restated would help some of the musicians to remember what tune they are playing! :-)<br>
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Cheers, Tony Pringle<br>
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