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Offline Pan

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Nobody Knows The Trouble I've Seen
« on: April 03, 2012, 03:58:08 PM »
Hi all

This isn't exactly country blues, nor is my approach to it. Maybe some of you'll enjoy it anyway. I hesitated between posting to "performance corner" and "other musical interests" myself, so if moderators want to move it, please do so.
Anyway, here's a little instrumental take on the tune:

http://soundcloud.com/pan-salmenhaara/nobody-knows-the-trouble-ive

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Pan


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Re: Nobody Knows The Trouble I've Seen
« Reply #1 on: April 03, 2012, 09:57:14 PM »
Nice Pan, such a beautiful melody. I've become more and more interested in the "concert spiritual" repertoire in the past several years. Love listening to Paul Robeson & Marion Anderson etc. Been messing with a version of Josha fit the battle of Jericho myself on and off.
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Re: Nobody Knows The Trouble I've Seen
« Reply #2 on: April 04, 2012, 02:27:37 AM »
Really nice arrangement, Pan, and very well played.

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Re: Nobody Knows The Trouble I've Seen
« Reply #3 on: April 04, 2012, 05:20:43 AM »
Thanks guys!

It is a pretty melody, isn't it?

Mr. O'Muck, I encourage you to mess some more with the Battle of Jericho, and then post the results for us to hear. I trust I'm not alone on this.  :)

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Pan


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Re: Nobody Knows The Trouble I've Seen
« Reply #4 on: April 04, 2012, 07:33:48 AM »
Nice arrangement, Pan. I like the straight up and down time, sort of Faheyesque.

(Seems like a good place to put it in terms of the boards given you're sharing your own stuff, not discussing other musical interests.)

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Re: Nobody Knows The Trouble I've Seen
« Reply #5 on: April 04, 2012, 07:51:28 AM »
That's a really nice arrangement, Pan!  Beautiful counterpoint, and neat registration, too, showcasing the lower end of the guitar.
All best,
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Re: Nobody Knows The Trouble I've Seen
« Reply #6 on: April 04, 2012, 08:27:32 AM »
Thanks for the kind words UB and John. I'm a sucker for the low register harmonies, but sometimes it ends up being too muddy, if your not carefull.

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Pan

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Re: Nobody Knows The Trouble I've Seen
« Reply #7 on: April 04, 2012, 04:25:32 PM »
Hi all,
For any of you who enjoy beautifully done renditions of spirituals, there was a great CD put out around the mid-90s, a duo of Charlie Haden on bass and the late Hank Jones on piano, called "Steal Away", on Verve, the program of which, apart from a couple of originals, is all spirituals.  It is a terrific CD I would recommend very highly.  I'm pretty sure you'd get a kick out of it, Pan.
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Re: Nobody Knows The Trouble I've Seen
« Reply #8 on: April 04, 2012, 04:53:33 PM »
Thanks for the tip, John. I'll check it out.
This reminded me that I have an Archie Shepp and Horace Parlan record called "Going Home", with their versions of the spirituals. I had completely forgotten about it! I'll have to check their version of the tune as well!
They made a (jazz-)blues album called "Trouble in Mind" which I have and like too.

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Pan

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Re: Nobody Knows The Trouble I've Seen
« Reply #9 on: April 05, 2012, 03:22:58 AM »
Lovely. Especially the pace. It reminds me of those tiny wind-to-play musical boxes that sound prettier the slower you play them.

Offline Pan

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Re: Nobody Knows The Trouble I've Seen
« Reply #10 on: April 06, 2012, 05:57:45 PM »
Thanks, Gumbo! I'm afraid I rushed it a little, but not too badly (I keep on doing this, especially with new songs).

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Pan

Offline Saltmarsh Bill

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Re: Nobody Knows The Trouble I've Seen
« Reply #11 on: April 08, 2012, 12:02:33 PM »
Fine playing with excellent arrangement, voicing, etc.  Hope to hear you do more examples in this vein.

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Re: Nobody Knows The Trouble I've Seen
« Reply #12 on: April 08, 2012, 05:02:29 PM »
Thanks for your kind words, Bill!

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Pan

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