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May 17, 2008 6:54 PM Subscribe
I'm for looking non-karaoke instrumentals to sing over, preferably free. Ideally someone just playing an acoustic guitar or piano with no vocals, limited frills and high recording quality, either jazzy standards or pop. It's actually pretty hard to find all three at once on youtube and other such sites, so I thought I'd give Mefi a shot. Somebody must have a collection...any ideas?
Response by poster: Cool music, but not quite what I was looking for...I'm looking for instrumentals at a singing tempo.
posted by StrikeTheViol at 8:59 PM on May 17, 2008
posted by StrikeTheViol at 8:59 PM on May 17, 2008
Best answer: Top notch instrumental music is tough to "sing over," as the instrumentalist is often carrying the melody, leaving a vocalist not a lot of room. But try these:
Tuck Andress Man In the Mirror, Europa, Over the Rainbow
Earl Klugh Living Inside Your Love, Dance With Me, Like a Lover
Stanley Jordan Autumn Leaves, Stairway to Heaven, Eleanor Rigby
Joe Pass Do Nothin' Til You Hear From Me, Don't Get Around Much Anymore, Summertime, Mahna Da Carnaval
Charlie Byrd Corcavado, Wave
Ed Bickert You'd Be So Easy To Love, Lollipops and Roses
Keith Jarrett Trio My Funny Valentine, I Loves You Porgy
Erroll Garner One Note Samba, Spring Is Here medley
Special Treat: Hoagy Carmichael singing/whistling a harmony part for Stardust, leavin' you the melody...
posted by paulsc at 9:18 PM on May 17, 2008
Tuck Andress Man In the Mirror, Europa, Over the Rainbow
Earl Klugh Living Inside Your Love, Dance With Me, Like a Lover
Stanley Jordan Autumn Leaves, Stairway to Heaven, Eleanor Rigby
Joe Pass Do Nothin' Til You Hear From Me, Don't Get Around Much Anymore, Summertime, Mahna Da Carnaval
Charlie Byrd Corcavado, Wave
Ed Bickert You'd Be So Easy To Love, Lollipops and Roses
Keith Jarrett Trio My Funny Valentine, I Loves You Porgy
Erroll Garner One Note Samba, Spring Is Here medley
Special Treat: Hoagy Carmichael singing/whistling a harmony part for Stardust, leavin' you the melody...
posted by paulsc at 9:18 PM on May 17, 2008
Best answer: If you're looking for jazz non-karaoke instrumentals, look into Jamey Aebersold Jazz Play-Along books. Each one has a book with the tune and lyrics written out in jazz chart format (for C instruments/vocals, Bb instruments, Eb instruments, and bass clef instruments) and the CD plays through each tune a certain number of times. Most of the volumes (of which there are more than 100) are played by a piano trio accompaniment (piano, bass, and drums).
I personally have 32 of the Aebersold books. Some of them you might like:
Highly recommended.
posted by phoebus at 10:20 PM on May 17, 2008 [1 favorite]
I personally have 32 of the Aebersold books. Some of them you might like:
- Volume 22 - Favorite Standards
- Volume 23 - One Dozen Standards
- Volume 25 - All-Time Standards
- Volume 31 - Bossa Nova
- Volume 32 - Ballads
- Volume 40 - Round Midnight
- Volume 51 - Night and Day
- Volume 55 - Yesterdays
- Volume 58 - Unforgettable (ballads)
- Volume 71 - East of the Sun
- Volume 89 - Darn That Dream
- Volume 98 - Antonio Carlos Jobim (Bossa Nova, accompanied by guitar trio)
- Volume 107 - It Had to Be You - 24 Standards in Singer's Keys
- Volume 110 - When I Fall in Love
- Volume 112 - Cole Porter
Highly recommended.
posted by phoebus at 10:20 PM on May 17, 2008 [1 favorite]
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posted by semi at 7:46 PM on May 17, 2008