Mel Bay Sweet and Lowdown
by Howard Alden
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Author: Howard AldenEdition: Spiral-bound
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2005-03
ISBN: 0786670606
Number of pages: 80
Publisher: Mel Bay Publications, Inc.
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Summary: 3 Stars
Like many others, I was charmed by the solo piece in the movie, 'I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles' and bought this collection for the purpose of learning it. Not an easy task considering that this song was incomprehensibly left off off the movie soundtrack, even though it was singled out by many critics and fans as their single favorite moment in the film. But armed with the tab, I sat down and prepared to press pause on the DVD until the cows came home. Sad to say, the transcription seems to be of a completely different version of the song than what appeared in the film. Numerous omissions and inaccuracies follow, notes left out, different chord voicings, etc. In any case, the tune isn't that difficult, but the point is, I think it shows a certain contempt for the rubes like me who buy this crap. I haven't attempted any of the others, so you'll have to take your chances there!
Summary of Mel Bay Sweet and Lowdown
Sweet and Lowdown, Woody Allen's film from 1999, starred Sean Penn as the legendary, but fictitious jazz guitarist of the '30s, Emmett Ray. Emmett considered himself to be the second greatest jazz guitarist in the world next to Django Reinhardt. The versatile Howard Alden played all of the solo acoustic guitar parts for the movie, as well as coaching Mr. Penn to play guitar for his role (for which he received an Oscar nomination, best actor). This book contains note-for-note transcriptions in both standard notation and tab of Howard's Django-esque interpretations and improvisations of classic standards of the 1930s, as well as original solo guitar pieces written by Woody's longtime musical director, jazz pianist Dick Hyman. Sweet and Lowdown contributed greatly to the recent renewal of interest in and revival of swing and gypsy jazz guitar. Howard's guitar work is a warm and personal example of the timeless musical vocabulary of swing guitar.History & Criticism Books
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