Level: 2
Tuning: Standard

A 12 bar tune composed by jazz drummer, Chico Hamilton and tenor saxophonist/flautist, Charles Lloyd. “Chico Hamilton and Charles Lloyd were quite a big influence on myself, Bert (Jansch) and Davey (Graham) who were sitting around listening to music other than traditional folk music. What was appealing about groups like Charles Lloyd’s, Chico Hamilton’s, John Handy’s, Charles Mingus, a lot of bands of that type were using horns and the rest of the instruments not simply as solo or rhythm sections but as a kind of integrated counterpoint and that was the appeal of that music.” says John. This is a great example of how one might take a big band tune and arrange it for a self contained, solo fingerstyle piece. It features bluesy sting bends and more harmonically ‘sophisticated’ chord tones. John also teaches ideas for an improvised section.