Spiral Staircase song

[jessele...@comcast.net]

Just heard a jazz version of their hit song - "I Love You More Today Than Yesterday".
Very interesting tune.
Cant seem to find a lead sheet on it.
Would someone kindly help me with this.
Got an anniversary gig coning up and thought this would make me a real hero if we did this with the vocalist.
Thanks very much.
Jess

[matelo...@gmail.com]

if you havent, check out c Earlands vers
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9PjYQndM-JM

not much to the tune:
8 bar intro alt between F/C and G-/C, 2bars ea

A sect:
F F G- C7
F F G- C7
F F G- C7
A- D7 G- C7

B sect:
Bb Bb E- A7
Bb Bb E- A7
Bb Bb E- A7
A- D7 G- C7

play intro every time as interlude between AAB
play intro melody behind main melody at A

[jessele...@comcast.net]

Thanks - that vid really helps!
JJ

[Nil]

On 05 Jun 2012, jessele...@comcast.net wrote in
rec.music.makers.guitar.jazz:

Point of trivia: the group's name is actually "Spiral Starecase". It
*was* the '60s, after all.

I always loved that song. It's groovy. I like that Charles Earland
version, too - I hadn't heard it before.

[thomas]

Charles Earland did a killer version of this song.

[Bill Williams]

Exceptional bass player moves in this S. Starecase performance:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YuqHlv1YPe0

[Joe G.]

the above chords are wrong.

the song is originally in 'G', which is high for a male vocalist, Eb is a more realistic key, but here are the correct changes in the original key:

intro
GM7|GM7|C/D|C/D|2x

verse
GM7|GM7|C/D|C/D|3x
Bm7|Em7|C/D|C/D|

repeat verse(sub Db7b5 for last 2 beats of verse)

chorus
CM7|Am7|B7|B7|3x
Em7|A7|C/D|C/D|

[matelo...@gmail.com]

> the above chords are wrong.

sorry I wasn't clear, but my changes are from the Earland track, not the orig.

[Lord Valve]

Holy shit.

Is there, um, something about guitar players
which keeps them from hearing suspended fourths?
(Not that there's anything *wrong* with that...)

And while I'm at it, Earland's version sucked ass.
It was about eight minutes too long; the Mighty
Burner ran outta shit to say two verses in. His
repetitious crappola was sometimes only vaguely related
to the key; the guitar ride started off in a
reasonably decent fashion but rapidly decayed
into pure schlock. They should've handed it off to
one of the horn guys. And let's not talk about the
false ending, jeez...Earland can indeed lay down
a fairly powerful groove with his left hand, but
when he gets into an extended ride his lack of
training becomes painfully obvious. Yeah, this
was a good-time up-tempo jam - as long as one
doesn't listen too hard. Should I mention the major
clam around 1:34? Perhaps not... ;-) Strap on a
pair of good cans and take a hard listen: clam city.

Phooey.

Lord Valve
Organist

[Joe G.]

Valve,
What do you think C/D is?
Or better still, what do you think the chord should be?
Do you think it is Dsus4?
It is Dsus4 in 'Eve of Destruction' & 'Free Falling'...
You are passionate about your opinions - I will give you that.
Joe

[Lord Valve]

13to56 wrote:

> Valve, do you actually play jazz organ?

Well, no...

But I can play three-part harmony using a bosun's
whistle, a nose-flute, and a kazoo. I've been
working on adding a fourth part, using a whoopie
cushion. Damn things have terrible intonation
problems, though. Crap! Maybe I just need to
increase my burrito intake...

> You have plenty of opinions,
> but I've never been able to find anything on the internet where you
> actually play anything that could be reasonably considered jazz
> organ. Just a couple clips of you noodling on youtube.

I'll probably stay up all night worrying about that.

You can hear what's left of my work on the latest
Cassie Taylor album, "Blue," which is hot right
now in France and Germany (so they tell me) but
rather on the hard-to-get side in the States.
I say "what's left of my work" because most of it
fell victim to the Pro Tools Nazi who produced
the disc; like most recording geeks, he treats
the organ as glue, using it to fill up sparse
places in the mix where the guitarist (or whoever)
runs out of ideas. With Pro Tools, all the audio
carpenter needs to do is find a place on the organ
track(s) with a nice long chord, cut it out, and
use it over and over. Make sure it ain't wunna dem
scary chords with like, um, fiveteenths or whatever
those keyboard nerds call that shit, right?

Right.

I'm in the process of putting together something
with a young lady who won the Lionel Hampton jazz
competition (vocal department) a while back; I have
a fine young guitarist with mad skills and a great
attitude who doesn't mind planning out who gets the
extensions and who plays the easy shit in advance,
so the chords don't trainwreck on the stand. My
bassist is the cat who produced the last two Flobots
discs, and he's *smokin'*. Drummer? Aw fuck...I'm
still lookin'. But never fear - the Boss DR-880
keeps perfect time, it's never late, doesn't get
drunk and get the shit beat outta itself in the
parking lot for hitting on anyone's old lady...
until Bernard Purdie's clone is finished growing
in the basement, we'll deal with it, eh? ;-)

And 'scuze me for havin' an opinion. I notice
no-one's piped up to disagree with it. Plenty
of *good* work from Earland is out there. That
tune wasn't it.

Lord Valve
Jazz Organist
Not That You Give A Fuck...Nor Do I, For That Matter...

[ott...@hotmail.com]

Nice version by Howard Roberts with Tom Scott here on Tubie
<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4k0c1zz-3-8>

Bg

[Lord Valve]

Holy SHIT, that's fuckin' ELEVATOR MUSIC!

And you guys diss Kenny G, my god...that organist
sounded like a refugee fromn a 60's quiz show.
Who was it, Walter Wanderley? Even with all the
clams, Earland's version at least had some soul.
Roberts' version's only saving grace is that it's
only three minutes long; if you close your eyes,
you can conjure up visions of old fat broads
squeezing the fruit in the produce department
at Safeway. Muzak!

Phooey.

Lord Valve
Organist

[Phantom Post]

Lord Valve <detr...@ix.netcom.com> wrote in news:4FD34486.38C73992
@ix.netcom.com:

>
> Lord Valve
> Organist
>
> Phooey.


Then there's a REAL jazz organist's take on MTTY.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PTDAyGAo5Vs&feature=related


--

Pat

email: valid would be net

[ott...@hotmail.com]

I posted that so that the OP could transcribe it for his and Not worry about the Clams.
I was gonna post the Joey version one as well, but thought the HR one would be an easier trancription.
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[Lord Valve]

Phantom Post wrote:
>
> Lord Valve <detr...@ix.netcom.com> wrote in news:4FD34486.38C73992
> @ix.netcom.com:
>
> >
> > Lord Valve
> > Organist
> >
> > Phooey.
>
> Then there's a REAL jazz organist's take on MTTY.
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PTDAyGAo5Vs&feature=related

....

Yes, absolutely fuckin' SWINGIN', and proves my point:
It's entirely possible to play that tune without it
being a clambake or a Muzak pop-schlock. And nothin'
kicks Hammond B-3 better'n a big fat whiteboy, although
the other Italian monster (Pat Bianchi) is a bit on the
skinny side. Those two are the best organists on the
planet, and (to paraphrase Trane) "we should all play
like Joey and Pat." Earland was no slouch, though, and
he was probably having a bad day when they put that tune
in the can. Some of the shit the Mighty Burner laid down
with Houston Person was downright legendary.

Lord Valve
Organist

[Tony Elka]

In article <4FD1FD0B...@ix.netcom.com>,

Lord Valve <detr...@ix.netcom.com> wrote:

> 13to56 wrote:
> >
> > On Jun 6, 10:42 pm, Lord Valve <detri...@ix.netcom.com> wrote:
> > > "Joe G." wrote:
> > >
> > You have plenty of opinions,
> > but I've never been able to find anything on the internet where you
> > actually play anything that could be reasonably considered jazz
> > organ. Just a couple clips of you noodling on youtube.
>
> I'll probably stay up all night worrying about that.

It's a safe bet nobody else will.

I see you've moved on from alt.guitar.amps but you're still sharing your
misery here.

Tony

[van]

If you think that Bernard Purdie is more dependable than other drummers, you probabably haven't played with him.
I was in a band with him back in the 80s, and he showed up without a drum set for one rehearsal!

[Lord Valve]

Well, dependability would be a bonus. ;-)

I was talking about other ability. I had a kid for
a couple of months who was a *smokin'* drummer, but
he won a percussion scholarship at some university
down under in Oz. OZ, fer chrissakes...couldn't get
any further from Denver without using an Atlas booster...

Lord Valve
Organist

[Gerry]

On 2012-06-14 17:52:04 +0000, Tony Elka said:

> I see you've moved on from alt.guitar.amps but you're still sharing your
> misery here.

But most here don't respond to it, rendering it almost invisible.
--
If one plays good music, people don't listen and if one plays bad music
people don't talk. -- Oscar Wilde