Blues For P.C. – Daryl Johns
This fun, swinging blues head was written by Daryl Johns at the age of 13. Daryl recorded it in an overdubbed 4-bass arrangement for our "Tribute To Paul Chambers" project. A score and parts for this arrangement are available, as well as Minus You melody parts for all instrumentalists to play with this unique multi-bass setting.
- Recording: Daryl Johns - Tribute to Paul Chambers - Daryl Johns: multiple basses
- Recorded on: June 20, 2010
- Label: jazzleadsheets.com (JLS 1002)
- Concert Key: F
- Vocal Range: , to
- Style: Swing (medium)
- Multiple Basses - Daryl Johns
Video
- Description
- Historical Notes
- Solos
- Piano Corner
- Bass Corner
- Drum Corner
- Guitar Corner
- Inside & Beyond
- Minus You
Our lead sheet shows detailed articulations. Daryl "lays back" part of the phrase in the seventh measure, indicated with forward arrows over the notes—a trademark of Paul Chambers' solo lines.
Blues For P.C. was recorded in an arrangement for four basses by Don Sickler, with Daryl overdubbing all the parts. The first bass has the melody, with rhythmic punctuations by the other basses. After the solos, there's a shout chorus of ensemble hits and melody breaks. This chorus is played four times, alternating between a chorus with written breaks (two basses at a time, in octaves) and a chorus with improvised solo breaks in the Bass 1 part. The score shows two choruses—one with written breaks and one with slashes for improvised breaks—repeated twice. In the parts, only one chorus is shown with all the written material and text indicating how the four repeats of that section are different.
This recording is also available in Minus You format; click on the second album cover for more details.
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- Recording: Don Sickler - Don & Daryl
- Recorded on: July 2, 2024
- Label: jazzleadsheets.com (JLS 1066)
- Concert Key: F, No key center
- Vocal Range: , to
- Style: Swing (medium)
- Trumpet - Don Sickler
- Multiple Basses - Daryl Johns
Video
- Description
- Historical Notes
- Solos
- Piano Corner
- Bass Corner
- Drum Corner
- Guitar Corner
- Inside & Beyond
- Minus You
1st chorus: written fills in unison with the basses
2nd chorus: a different chorus of written fills (alone)
3rd chorus: a rhythmic melody with the ensemble chord hits
4th chorus: improvised fills (alone)
Click on the Minus You tab for more details.
-- count off sets up the melody
-- play the melody unison with bass 2 times
-- solo 4 choruses over walking bass
-- play shout choruses 1, 2, and 3
-- solo in the breaks for shout chorus 4
-- play the out melody unison with bass 2 times
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Daryl Johns
born on July 3, 1996
Daryl Johns was born in the Bronx and began playing bass at age seven with encouragement from his father, drummer Steve Johns, and his mother, saxophonist Debbie Keefe. Johns has studied with Chip Jackson and Dave Santoro. He has attended the Jazz in July program, the Vermont Jazz Center, and the Litchfield Jazz Camp. Johns sits in regularly around the New York area with musicians including Joe Lovano, Dave Liebman, and Randy Brecker. He also performs throughout New York and New Jersey with a trio of his peers. Johns was featured on a Fox television segment called “12-Year-Old Jazz Prodigy." Read more...