Little Sunflower - Freddie Hubbard - C6th lap steel

Andy Volk · From: Boston, MA

Here's my C6th lap steel arrangement of the late jazz trumpeter Freddie Hubbard's tune "Little Sunflower", a hip model tune from the 60s that has a feeling of going from dark-to-light when the minor chord vamp's tension is finally released to the major 7th harmonies. It's one of the earliest jazz tunes I recall liking as a kid.

There's are a lot of devices to use to improvise over it and the long D minor vamp gives you a lot of space to stay tonal or take the sounds outside as your taste dictates. I did a sample solo that kind of crams in every idea but the kitchen sink into a single solo just to show some of the things one could do with it.

For 6-string C6th: (hi to low) E C A G E C

Little Sunflower Arrangement PDF: https://www.dropbox.com/s/0nz1dpg5dkpazwu/Little%20Sunflower.pdf?dl=0

Little Sunflower: MIDI Audio: https://www.dropbox.com/s/vk7a4x8pjutr453/Little%20Sunflower.mp3?dl=0

Little Sunflower solo ideas PDF: https://www.dropbox.com/s/szmfd4j5wv3btl4/Little%20Sunflower%20-Solo.pdf?dl=0

Little Sunflower solo MIDI audio: https://www.dropbox.com/s/gay0m8u6ss3rfm9/Little%20Sunflower%20-Solo.mp3?dl=0

Some nice versions of Little Sunflower (many more on YouTube):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OtB8dEuEmNM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D0jGqymxO_I

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DM6_hB-aK4k

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QpXQVGRx7Zo
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Jim Cohen · From: Philadelphia, PA

Sounds great, Andy. What steel are you playing? Your intonation is impeccable!
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Andy Volk · From: Boston, MA

That's computer generated audio, Jim (as I think you already know) but my intonation on lap steel is also flawless ............................ not.
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Jim Cohen · From: Philadelphia, PA

Aw shucks; I'll wait for your version. Wink

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