View previous topic :: View next topic |
Author |
Message |
jhatpro Heavyweight Member
Joined: 17 Mar 2002 Posts: 10204 Location: The Land Beyond O'Hare
|
Posted: Mon Aug 02, 2021 1:28 pm Post subject: Most Recognizable Bar of Jazz |
|
|
I need some notes for an art project. What do you think is the most recognizable bar of music in jazz.
I'm thinking maybe the first four notes of West End Blues.
Any other candidates! _________________ Jim Hatfield
"The notes are there - find them.” Mingus
2021 Martinus Geelan Custom
2005 Bach 180-72R
1965 Getzen Eterna Severinsen
1946 Conn Victor
1998 Scodwell flugel
1986 Bach 181 cornet
1954 Conn 80A cornet
2002 Getzen bugle |
|
Back to top |
|
|
Jaw04 Heavyweight Member
Joined: 31 Dec 2015 Posts: 900 Location: Bay Area, California
|
Posted: Mon Aug 02, 2021 1:50 pm Post subject: |
|
|
The bassline of So What
Pickups into take Five
The piano intro to Take the A Train
The Duke Ellington ending, but its 2 measures
The intro to Second Line
Cry Me a River |
|
Back to top |
|
|
alan_o Regular Member
Joined: 08 Apr 2021 Posts: 19
|
|
Back to top |
|
|
huntman10 Heavyweight Member
Joined: 30 Aug 2017 Posts: 697 Location: Texas South Plains
|
Posted: Mon Aug 02, 2021 2:02 pm Post subject: |
|
|
Not being very erudite in my jazz tastes and going for the obvious, but Hoagy Carmichael's "Stardust"???? Certainly has deep roots. Misty? _________________ huntman10
Collector/Player of Fine (and not so fine) Brass Instruments including
Various Strads, Yammies, Al Hirt Courtois, Schilkes,
Selmer 25, Getzen Eternas, Kanstuls (920 Pic, CG)
Martin Custom Large Bore, Lots Olds!, Conns, etc. |
|
Back to top |
|
|
Halflip Heavyweight Member
Joined: 09 Jan 2003 Posts: 1931 Location: WI
|
Posted: Mon Aug 02, 2021 2:51 pm Post subject: |
|
|
I guess it depends on what context you mean -- most recognizable to jazz fans, or the public in general?
I can recognize most of the bebop standards ("A Night In Tunisia", "Ornithology", "Round Midnight", "If You Could See Me Now", etc.) after just a bar or two, but they may be too esoteric for most people.
How about bar one of "I've Got Rhythm"? Or (dare I say it?) the most famous of all the alternate tunes based on that same chord progression . . . the Flintstones theme! Let's face it -- everybody knows that. |
|
Back to top |
|
|
JayKosta Heavyweight Member
Joined: 24 Dec 2018 Posts: 3310 Location: Endwell NY USA
|
Posted: Mon Aug 02, 2021 2:59 pm Post subject: |
|
|
Pickup notes to the first measure of Dizzy G's BEBOP .
And it depends how tightly you define 'jazz' as the form. _________________ Most Important Note ? - the next one !
KNOW (see) what the next note is BEFORE you have to play it.
PLAY the next note 'on time' and 'in rhythm'.
Oh ya, watch the conductor - they set what is 'on time'. |
|
Back to top |
|
|
Croquethed Heavyweight Member
Joined: 19 Dec 2013 Posts: 615 Location: Oakville, CT
|
Posted: Mon Aug 02, 2021 3:19 pm Post subject: |
|
|
Sing, Sing, Sing intro
Anything from In The Mood |
|
Back to top |
|
|
area51recording Veteran Member
Joined: 23 Dec 2005 Posts: 480
|
Posted: Mon Aug 02, 2021 5:08 pm Post subject: |
|
|
Beat me to it.... |
|
Back to top |
|
|
JoseLindE4 Heavyweight Member
Joined: 18 Apr 2003 Posts: 791
|
Posted: Mon Aug 02, 2021 5:54 pm Post subject: |
|
|
West End Blues immediately came to mind when I saw the thread title.
For the general public, that might not be all that recognizable. Depending on context/audience, spit balling.
Straight ahead jazz:
-So What intro
-Take Five intro
Big Band:
It’s Been a Long Long Time
Ellington lick
In the Mood intro
Stretching a bit (or a lot):
-Mr. Rogers theme
-Feels So Good pick up
-Kenny G going home |
|
Back to top |
|
|
OldHorn Regular Member
Joined: 26 Dec 2017 Posts: 90
|
Posted: Mon Aug 02, 2021 5:58 pm Post subject: |
|
|
The 4 note bass line from "Killer Joe". |
|
Back to top |
|
|
deleted_user_687c31b New Member
Joined: 03 Apr 1996 Posts: 0
|
Posted: Mon Aug 02, 2021 8:34 pm Post subject: |
|
|
Soul Bossa Nova maybe? |
|
Back to top |
|
|
Brassnose Heavyweight Member
Joined: 07 Mar 2016 Posts: 2056 Location: Germany
|
Posted: Mon Aug 02, 2021 9:12 pm Post subject: |
|
|
Manteca
St. Louis Blues
Drum intro to St. Louis Blues March
First bar of Round Midnight
Work Song
Bass line of Tutu _________________ 2019 Martin Schmidt eXcellence
1992 Bach 43GH/43
1989 Kühnl & Hoyer Model 15 flugel
1980/2023 Custom Blessing Scholastic C 😎
1977 Conn 6B
1951 Buescher 400 Lightweight
AR Resonance, Frate, Klier |
|
Back to top |
|
|
alan_o Regular Member
Joined: 08 Apr 2021 Posts: 19
|
Posted: Tue Aug 03, 2021 6:20 am Post subject: |
|
|
Ok now with the jazz radio on, I'm hearing the first bar of every song and thinking about this thread. Thanks for that...
How about the opening riff of Night Train. Similar to the Flintstones comment above, everyone's seen Back to the Future a hundred times, right? |
|
Back to top |
|
|
Brassnose Heavyweight Member
Joined: 07 Mar 2016 Posts: 2056 Location: Germany
|
Posted: Tue Aug 03, 2021 6:43 am Post subject: |
|
|
I’ve in fact never seen Back to the Future, but how about the first bars of Mission Impossible? _________________ 2019 Martin Schmidt eXcellence
1992 Bach 43GH/43
1989 Kühnl & Hoyer Model 15 flugel
1980/2023 Custom Blessing Scholastic C 😎
1977 Conn 6B
1951 Buescher 400 Lightweight
AR Resonance, Frate, Klier |
|
Back to top |
|
|
alan_o Regular Member
Joined: 08 Apr 2021 Posts: 19
|
Posted: Tue Aug 03, 2021 6:54 am Post subject: |
|
|
If the target audience is primarily trumpet players or enthusiasts, the first nine notes (or even the first three) of Maynard playing Birdland.
(unless you're trying to stay in the staff...) |
|
Back to top |
|
|
bunny Veteran Member
Joined: 12 Apr 2005 Posts: 230
|
Posted: Tue Aug 03, 2021 7:10 am Post subject: |
|
|
F A Bb C |
|
Back to top |
|
|
Steve A Heavyweight Member
Joined: 26 May 2006 Posts: 1808 Location: Toronto, Canada
|
Posted: Tue Aug 03, 2021 7:43 am Post subject: |
|
|
If it's for the general public, I think In The Mood is in a class of its own for an immediately recognizable intro. Sing Sing Sing might be in a similar category, but I don't think anything else would even come close. |
|
Back to top |
|
|
Halflip Heavyweight Member
Joined: 09 Jan 2003 Posts: 1931 Location: WI
|
Posted: Tue Aug 03, 2021 8:01 am Post subject: |
|
|
Steve A wrote: | If it's for the general public, I think In The Mood is in a class of its own for an immediately recognizable intro. Sing Sing Sing might be in a similar category, but I don't think anything else would even come close. |
It may be a sad commentary on the current state of our culture, but I'll bet the number of people across all generations who would recognize the Flintstones theme from the first bar far exceeds that of people who would recognize "In The Mood". (And even if you disagree, what a doctoral dissertation it would make! Yabba-dabba-DOOOO!) |
|
Back to top |
|
|
jimspeedjae Veteran Member
Joined: 05 Apr 2013 Posts: 165
|
Posted: Tue Aug 03, 2021 8:42 am Post subject: |
|
|
By a country mile. |
|
Back to top |
|
|
Halflip Heavyweight Member
Joined: 09 Jan 2003 Posts: 1931 Location: WI
|
Posted: Tue Aug 03, 2021 8:53 am Post subject: |
|
|
" . . . Oh Lord I want to be in that number . . . "
Yeah, that's pretty darn good, I must admit. |
|
Back to top |
|
|
|