"Dream a Little Dream of Me" - Jonathan Stout (2024) - Solo/Chord-Melody Arrangement
I original worked up a chord melody arrangement of this tune back in lockdown, but had been recently revisiting and relearning it. After an simple intro tagging the last 4 bars of melody, there's a melody chorus in "C", which allows the use of some open strings. After the melody chorus, I take an improvised chord solo inspired by my transcriptions of the playing of Allan Reuss and George Van Eps. Read full description…
I original worked up a chord melody arrangement of this tune back in lockdown, but had been recently revisiting and relearning it. After an simple intro tagging the last 4 bars of melody, there's a melody chorus in "C", which allows the use of some open strings. After the melody chorus, I take an improvised chord solo inspired by my transcriptions of the playing of Allan Reuss and George Van Eps.
It's a great place to start if you want to explore the style of Swing-Era chord melody playing and chord soloing.
About the artist
Jonathan Stout
Guitarist and Bandleader of Jonathan Stout and his Campus Five, the Jonathan Stout Orchestra, the Grand Slam Sextet, Les Boulevardiers, the Rugcutters, and the Close Shave Quartet.
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