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New JGT Guitar Lesson: Tell Me a Bedtime Story
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In this JGT video, Davy Mooney re-considers Herbie Hancock’s “Tell Me a Bedtime Story,” from “Fat Albert Rotunda.” The tune is a fascinating mixture of bluesy melody, sophisticated, sometimes dissonant harmony, and mixed meter.
After a year of playing the song, and a semester of teaching it, Mooney felt he could do it more justice. However, it remains a challenge!
Mooney’s new CD “The Word” HERE
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Check out Davy’s album on Sunnyside, “Davy Mooney and the Hope of Home Band Live at National Sawdust”.
Davy Mooney’s “Into the Labyrinth: An Anatomy of Position Playing for Jazz Guitar”
Davy’s Mel Bay book “Personalizing Jazz Vocabulary“
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