Double Bass Morning - CLARE FISCHER

[hey_pickthatup]

Longtime lurker first time writer…..
Wondering how to play Morning. I was given the sheet from the Realbook and told to play the lower treble part. OK, but I’m was wondering how others play it?
thx

 

[Don Higdon]

Your question is very broad. Can you be more specific about what you want to know? Are you talking about bass lines, rhythmic figures, what?

 

[Bruce Lindfield]

I've played this tune many times and it's kind of a Latin Jazz "Standard" !

As bass player this might mean playing it kind of like a bossa nova - but I have also heard it done with an Afro Cuban rhythmic feel - so, Piano Montuno and bass plays the standard kind of Salsa "Tumbao", where you anticipate the chord changes on the 'and of 4' in the previous bar.

In the band I played a lot with - the singer and the horn players wanted this in different keys - so we modulated between solos and the head!!