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DavesTrumpet | Straight, No Chaser (Slow Blues in F) [T. Monk] - David S. Miller @DavesTrumpet | Uploaded September 2020 | Updated October 2024, 14 hours ago.
Straight No Chaser by Thelonious Monk, performed as a slow blues.
This tune is usually approached and played as an up-tempo. That’s the way I’ve always played it in public. But I got thinking this morning that I’d like to do a slow blues to work on my drum chops, so why not this cool blues by Thelonious Monk!
I hope you enjoy! Thanks!!!!
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I used my Kanstul Chicago CHI-1000 model trumpet with a Laskey 65MC mouthpiece; Ludwig Classic Maple 14x5 snare drum; Zildjian Avedis Take Five Reissue 20” ride cymbal, Paiste 2002 15” Soundedge hi hats, a generic no-name bass drum; and Yamaha PSR-E433 keyboard all into a Tascam DP-008 Pocketstudio digital 8 track recorder.
Straight No Chaser by Thelonious Monk, performed as a slow blues.
This tune is usually approached and played as an up-tempo. That’s the way I’ve always played it in public. But I got thinking this morning that I’d like to do a slow blues to work on my drum chops, so why not this cool blues by Thelonious Monk!
I hope you enjoy! Thanks!!!!
——
I used my Kanstul Chicago CHI-1000 model trumpet with a Laskey 65MC mouthpiece; Ludwig Classic Maple 14x5 snare drum; Zildjian Avedis Take Five Reissue 20” ride cymbal, Paiste 2002 15” Soundedge hi hats, a generic no-name bass drum; and Yamaha PSR-E433 keyboard all into a Tascam DP-008 Pocketstudio digital 8 track recorder.
![Straight, No Chaser (Slow Blues in F) [T. Monk] - David S. Miller](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/eK9sYhopb2M/hqdefault.jpg "Straight, No Chaser (Slow Blues in F) [T. Monk] - David S. Miller
Straight No Chaser by Thelonious Monk, performed as a slow blues.
This tune is usually approached and played as an up-tempo. That’s the way I’ve always played it in public. But I got thinking this morning that I’d like to do a slow blues to work on my drum chops, so why not this cool blues by Thelonious Monk!
I hope you enjoy! Thanks!!!!
——
I used my Kanstul Chicago CHI-1000 model trumpet with a Laskey 65MC mouthpiece; Ludwig Classic Maple 14x5 snare drum; Zildjian Avedis Take Five Reissue 20” ride cymbal, Paiste 2002 15” Soundedge hi hats, a generic no-name bass drum; and Yamaha PSR-E433 keyboard all into a Tascam DP-008 Pocketstudio digital 8 track recorder.")
![Seasons in the Sun - David Miller, flugelhorn [trumpet]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/gW21uvmlqAM/hqdefault.jpg "Seasons in the Sun - David Miller, flugelhorn [trumpet]
Seasons in the Sun - David Miller [flugelhorn]
Seasons in the Sun is a song with an interesting history. The original song actually predates the 1974 pop hit by an entire decade, when Jacques Brel penned and recorded the tune (then called, Le Moribond) in 1961. Beginning as a French-language song, it would eventually be covered by such groups as, The Kingston Trio, The Beach Boys, Ray Conniff, The Coachmen, The Fortunes, Nirvana, and others. But it seems its the 1974 hit by Terry Jacks that people remember most. Its certainly the version I heard and liked as a child 40 years ago! So here is my version, in remembrance of the song I heard so often as a 10 year old in the spring and summer of 1974. I loved the melody back then and even today it still has special meaning. I hope you enjoy it!
Dave
TECHNICAL DETAILS:
Flugelhorn: Kanstul 1525 Flugelhorn
Mouthpiece: Curry 3FL
Microphone: Royer R-122
PreAmp: PreSonus w/ vintage Telefunken 12AX7 (for added warmth)
Compression: ART Pro VLA II
All into a Tascam DP-008 8-trk digital recorder
Recorded August 2, 2014")
![Down the Rabbit Hole [aka, Rabbits] (J. Adams) Cover [TEST] - David Miller](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/geMh2Rckm90/hqdefault.jpg "Down the Rabbit Hole [aka, Rabbits] (J. Adams) Cover [TEST] - David Miller
Heres a great tune I heard yesterday from a very talented young multi-instrumentalist & vocalist, here on YouTube, Joseph Adams of StormTree Music: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCF7b77EPA8gVETBGpCKRgqA
and heres the original composition:
https://youtu.be/-cU5WX_Cloo
As soon as I heard this awesome melody, I knew I had to record it! The melody is based on the Mixolydian Mode, which happens to be probably my favorite scale to improvise with. I was planning on doing either a trumpet or flugelhorn cover of this tune later this year (when Im back to playing on a normal schedule) but this tune has been stuck in my head all day, so I thought Id do a keyboard version.
I hope you enjoy it. Credit goes to Joseph Adams for coming up with such a cool melody. Thanks, Joseph!
This kids talented, believe me! Check his channel out.
Thanks for listening. Dave")
