DEMO RECORDINGS
2017/18 Repertoire
ALICE CONTRAST ASSIGNMENT DUE BY THE START OF MONDAY, APRIL 30 REHEARSAL:
List 4 things different between your version and another student selected version of Alice In Wonderland
Example (using Heartache Tonight):
- My version: The Eagles (The Very Best of)
- Other Version: Paul Murtha Arrangment
- Mine: Vocal melody
- Other: Bari Sax
- Mine: Rock Band (Guitar, Bass, Drums, Keyboard, Vocals )
- Other: Big Band Instrumentation (Sax/Bones/Trumpets/Rhythm Section)
- Mine: A Capella w/ Drums break at 2:42
- Other: No similar break (Bass and Piano always with melody)
- Mine: Similar style throughout
- Other: Doubletime Feel in saxes at 2:21
Alice Reference Recordings selected by students:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2avN8X9w-rc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=60oKxToGc0M
- Heartache Tonight (are. Murtha)
- Trofeo De Bolos
- Chicken Scratch
- Alice in Wonderland (arr. Holmes)
- You’d Be So Nice to Come Home To (arr. Baker)
- Samba de Los Estrellas
- Faith
- Preaching’ To The Choir
- Where the Buffalo Roam – Frank Mantooth
- It Don’t Mean a Thing (arr. Ford)
You’ Be So Nice To Come Home To Samples
- Sarah Vaughn
- Chet Baker
- Chet Baker & Paul Desmond
- Ray Charles & Dianne Shuur
- Sarah McKenzie
- Frank Sinatra
Groove Merchant Samples
- U of T Jazz Orchestra – Thad Jones Arrangement
- Knock On Wood
- Lounge Guitars
- Tom Smith (2016 BBC Young Jazz Finalist)
- Emmet Cohen Quartet