anacrucix
aka Shredcaptain Matt
-Have you ever actually heard Autumn Leaves?
Yes - countless versions, from my dad playing it on piano to Joe Pass's horrific molestation
-Did you actually watch the full performance?
No, I already said in my last post i watched about a minute and a half.
-I'm pretty sure Autumn leaves doesn't have inversions written in the real book
No, it doesn't but I can't name a song I've learned from it that does, however, most of his inversions appear to be using open strings as the bass note, which I would consider an adaption due to constraints rather than taste
And as for him doing it all on the spot, I just really don't think thats the case, I think a great deal of preperation has gone into that performance, i think the time he played that in practice the afternoon before the performance it wouldnt have sounded much different. it sounds nice but its not groundbreaking or inhuman.
Yes - countless versions, from my dad playing it on piano to Joe Pass's horrific molestation
-Did you actually watch the full performance?
No, I already said in my last post i watched about a minute and a half.
-I'm pretty sure Autumn leaves doesn't have inversions written in the real book
No, it doesn't but I can't name a song I've learned from it that does, however, most of his inversions appear to be using open strings as the bass note, which I would consider an adaption due to constraints rather than taste
And as for him doing it all on the spot, I just really don't think thats the case, I think a great deal of preperation has gone into that performance, i think the time he played that in practice the afternoon before the performance it wouldnt have sounded much different. it sounds nice but its not groundbreaking or inhuman.
. Having heard different versions of his performance of that tune...yes they do differ. The preparation he puts into things like that is not much different (if at all) than what any other player would put into improvising single note melodies over a song.
. About being groundbreaking or inhuman...I don't expect his playing to blow everyone's mind nor does it offend me when it doesn't, but let's be serious here. Very few musicians have as deep of an understanding of harmony, voice leading, improvisation, etc. as Ted did. That number can be reduced even more drastically when you narrow it down the the people who can/could apply all that in real-time to any tune, on the spot. And to Ted...it wasn't some massive undertaking each time...he had such a mastery over this stuff that it could be equivocated to what playing open G, C, and D chords is for some people. None of this is to start a pissing contest btw, and if I'm coming off as aggressive in this issue then I apologize...it certainly isn't my intent. 
