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Niko

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Arranging Beach Boys songs for Jazz

« on: June 18, 2013, 07:25:18 AM »

I have a jazz band that I started for some musical experience, and we're pretty popular in our community, playing parties and other functions.

I want to arrange a some Beach Boys songs to start playing. The band is: Saxophone, drums, vibraphone, bass, and one person playing either playing guitar/piano/trumpet.

Any suggestions on songs to arrange? I was thinking of starting with Don't Worry Baby. The call and response melody/harmonies are just so great.


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Re: Arranging Beach Boys songs for Jazz

« Reply #1 on: June 18, 2013, 07:40:34 AM »

Warmth of the Sun would be a great piece to arrange for jazz combo.


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Re: Arranging Beach Boys songs for Jazz

« Reply #2 on: June 18, 2013, 08:37:17 AM »

There is a CD knocking around: A jazz Portrait of Brian Wilson. It's a curate's egg job, but when it's good, it really is. There's also a small jazz combo who have posted several jazz covers on Youtube - can't remember whether it was just Dennis' stuff though. And I can't remember their name!!


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Re: Arranging Beach Boys songs for Jazz

« Reply #3 on: June 18, 2013, 10:25:09 AM »

This might give you some ideas:

The Jazz Theory of Brian Wilson


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Re: Arranging Beach Boys songs for Jazz

« Reply #4 on: June 18, 2013, 10:34:50 AM »

Found these videos a few years ago and thoroughly enjoyed them. Perhaps they'll give you a few ideas. These 2 are my favorites:

Feel Flows
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f1tNogahQ-g

Johnny Carson
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z9uoW53OaYw

A few more he did:

Wonderful
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2BX685iTw3k

Ding Dang Variations/This Whole World/It's Over Now
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WtJ1tsSt7lY

Busy Doin Nothing
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SYaKtFsDYy0

Transcendental Meditation
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rXaPLwzPw_Y


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Re: Arranging Beach Boys songs for Jazz

« Reply #5 on: June 18, 2013, 01:34:31 PM »

Well, the Beach Boys' vocals often show their jazz vocal group influences, even if the song(structure) doesn't follow that.

Anyway, songs that come to my mind when thinking about what I'd like to hear by a jazz combo are:

Caroline, no
You & I (from Dennis' Pacific Ocean Blue)
Let's put our hearts together (there's a jazzy cover version on "Caroline Now!")
You still believe in me
Aren't you glad
A thing or two
and many songs from the Friends-album


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Re: Arranging Beach Boys songs for Jazz

« Reply #6 on: June 18, 2013, 06:18:56 PM »

http://youtu.be/hpzhJY5XmDA#t=180s


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Re: Arranging Beach Boys songs for Jazz

« Reply #7 on: June 18, 2013, 06:36:55 PM »

Brian Wilson was known for writing with Jazz chord structures, focus on the basic chords, and re-build the parts from that.

The theory basis behind this was almost certainly due to Brian's early exposure to his dad's jazz music and the Four Freshmen.