[TPIN] Chet Baker entire recording My Funny Valentine

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At the same time, great jazz musicians like Chet et al still make you 
feel the lyrics even when they are not being sung.

Jordan Hirsch
On Dec 2, 2006, at 6:04 PM, Dean Betts wrote:

> This is the way a jazz musician plays a tune.  The idea is to 
> improvise over
> a set of chord changes.  I wouldn't call it a "takeoff on 'My Funny
> Valentine'".  It is an improvised, at liberty (ad lib), rendition of 
> the
> tune.  Accuracy in reciting the melody and especially the rhythmic 
> notation
> (exactly as written) is a not priority for many jazz musicians.
>
>
>> I like it. I like his style, and there's no question that he makes
> beautiful
>> sounds. I just don't think it's "My Funny Valentine"....(at least, 
>> most of
>> it isn't) It's what we used to call, "A takeoff on ....." (back in my 
>> day)
>
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