Here’s a list of the tunes we’ll be working with on my group’s Belgium trip next week. We won’t end up playing all of this stuff, but it’s in the books. A little over half of those are my own arrangements— I transcribed them off the record and made a playable lead sheet out of them, anyway.
Alice In Wonderland — Sammy Fain
Beatrice — Sam Rivers
The Blessing —
Ornette Coleman
*Blood —
Paul Bley
Check Up — Ornette Coleman
Comme Il Faut —
Ornette Coleman
Country Town Blues — Ornette Coleman
*The Empty Boat —
Caetano Veloso
Eighty-One — Ron Carter
Enfant —
Ornette Coleman
Feet Music — Ornette Coleman
Guinea — Don Cherry
*Happy House — Ornette Coleman
Ida Lupino — Carla Bley
Las Vegas Tango — Gil Evans
*Let’s Play — Ornette Coleman
*Law Years — Ornette Coleman
Lonely Woman — Ornette Coleman
Mr. Joy — Annette Peacock
Mob Job —
Ornette Coleman
Mopti — Don Cherry
Mothers of the Veil — Ornette Coleman
Never — Steve Swallow
Olhos de Gato —
Carla Bley
Owl of Cranston — Paul Motian
*Somnambulist — Rich Cole
Strange As It Seems — Ornette Coleman
Syndrome — Carla Bley
Valse de Melody —
Serge Gainsbourg
Bold — likely players
* —
new additions for 2013. We’ll see if they work…
I think Olhos de Gato was actually written by Carla Bley. Looks like a fun list. Love the blog…
Eighty-One is by Ron Carter as far as I know
Needs Mustang Sally.
I guess I need to stop blogging in my sleep– thanks, you guys.
Thomas, your weapons are useless against me— I've managed to dodge that particular turd for like 15 years. That's got to be some kind of record.