Round Midnight

David Wisson · Post by **David Wisson** » 9 Jul 2023 12:46 am

Hi All here's a song I recorded with my mate Mike years ago. Mr Thelonious Monks master piece. I heard Linda Ronstadt's version with Mr Nelson Riddle.( Where did these guys get such cool names from?) And fell in love with it. https://soundcloud.com/user-627782904/round-midnight Recorded on a TEAC 8 track Reel to Reel.

Larry Dering · Post by **Larry Dering** » 9 Jul 2023 5:10 am

Real nice David. One of my favorite jazz guitar tunes. I look to Kenny Burrell as the tone and phrasing preference for Archtop jazz. It's considered the most recorded jazz guitar tune. That said I love hearing these done on pedal steel. I have never attempted it for whatever reason. Probably due to my Honky Tonk environment and what originally drew me to pedal steel. It was years later that I learned to appreciate and seek out jazz guitars and Trio music. Awesome job from you are your pal. Thanks for sharing.

Fred Treece · Post by **Fred Treece** » 9 Jul 2023 9:23 am

Really enjoyed that. Excellent acoustic guitar tone and playing, and the steel backup is very tasteful.

scott murray · Post by **scott murray** » 9 Jul 2023 7:19 pm

well done. one of the all-time great standards and they say it's the most covered jazz composition ever. I've long been surprised it hasn't been done much on steel guitar. I'd love to hear what Emmons, Chalker, Franklin, etc could've done with it.

here's my single take home video
https://youtu.be/vm943D0DeY8

Fred Treece · Post by **Fred Treece** » 9 Jul 2023 7:52 pm

Nice, Scott.

David Wisson · Post by **David Wisson** » 11 Jul 2023 11:43 am

Hi Larry, Fred & Scott Thank you to all of you. Fred The guitar is an Epiphone acoustic. I have played on it at mikes it is a dream to play, beautiful action. You must have spent some time working that version out Scott had to concentrate to keep track of where you were. Nice one. Larry must admit I do love Jazz progressions. Dave

scott murray · Post by **scott murray** » 11 Jul 2023 10:20 pm

thanks David & Fred-
I threw the intro and outro on there, which I believe were added later by Dizzy Gillespie but which Monk himself adopted. otherwise I just played the standard AABA form once through, plus a tag

again, I wish more steel players would give his tunes a whirl. I consider them the pinnacle of jazz composition and also not as intimidating and certainly not as impossible as they may seem. I've got about 50 Monk heads worked out at this point, he published something like 70. I'm continually amazed at how well many of them lay on the back neck