[HLPhat]

Good Saturday Morning FReepers!

So What...

[BBB333]

Great tune and album.

[waterhill]

Good stuff. One can cover all scales on a string instrument and a glass slide.

[EliRoom8]

Thanks for the posting. Nice.

[trisham]

Excellent!

[Stentor]

Never knew all of that music tech, but played that and Sketches of Spain non stop in my college dorm room.

Miles Davis - Sketches of Spain (1960) (Full Album)

[blueunicorn6]

“16 bars”

Jazz players.....always hanging out in bars.

[trisham]

Thanks for the link, too!

I saw Brubeck live back in the 80s. Magical night.

[CommieCutter]

Just started listening to 50s and 60s jazz this year. This album was one I discovered immediately.

[TTFlyer]

One of the greatest recordings of all time. Miles Davis was brilliant.

Speaking of greatest recordings of all time, it is the 50th anniversary of Bobby Gentry’s evocative-of-a-hot-Southern-Summer piece: “Ode To Billy Joe.”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cXTv4cOALAM

[Ben Ficklin]

Here's another version that features Dick Oatts on soprano sax from 2013 in Barcelona.

So What

[Ben Ficklin]

Here's another version that features Dick Oatts on soprano sax from 2013 in Barcelona.

So What

[blueunicorn6]

I was trying to explain ad libbing to my Dad.

He said,

“It sounds like they’re just making up shirt as they go along.”

Well, yeah.

[VietVet876]

“So What” is certainly a classic. For an excellent up tempo version, watch Larry Carlton’s interpretation on YouTube. A few weeks after “Kind of Blue” was recorded, John Coltrane and the boys put down “Giant Steps” which was just as stunning a record. The title track is a great exercise for you six-stringers. Greg Howe just slays it on YouTube.