Music to Dine for...
Playing for restaurants, bars and any event wanting a mellow atmosphere.
These pieces are examples of my style, though in a live situation I'd put much more improvisational meanders and digressions into them, lengthening them to suit mood.
La Mer - Charles Trenet. Not my normal style - difficult to not accelerate, the pace of it almost demands playing faster and faster.
Played on a D'Angelico New Yorker
Written initially as an instrumental only, by Errol Garner, a genius who couldn't even read music.
Borrows from arrangements by Barney Kessel, Joe Pass and my own work. Shifts through keys Eb, F, D, C and back to Eb to finish. Played on Gibson ES175
A pure Joe Pass arrangement.
Played on an Ibanez nylon strung acoustic.
An unusual piece for Wes Montgomery that he shelved for 20 years before finally releasing it. It's a piece that offers rich mellow jazz voicings and is a great example of the warmth and beauty of fine jazz chords on guitars. I play the full piece here.
Played on Gibson ES175
Like Misty, this is a piece I could play for hours without repeating myself. Lovely chords, and voicings borrowed from Joe Pass' own version of the song.
Played on an Epiphone Emperor II
(note the accidental flick of pick-up switch about 1:11)
A "quick to four" blues structure, this is something I use as a practise piece to get into a bluesy jazz feel. It's based on "Blues for Basie" by Joe Pass, but is simpler. Recorded as a Blues sample, played live I'd go off at tangents (and probably lose my way).
Played on an Epiphone Emperor II.
I love this melancholy song, and it lends itself nicely to jazz guitar.
Played on a Gibson ES175
A Gershwin song that was bounced around various stage shows. Unusual chords throughout shifting from A to Eb to C. I borrowed this arrangement from Joe Pass, cutting out parts that meander just a little too much.
Played on a Gibson ES175