For our final class, we’re throwing a party! We’re taking a refreshing plunge into a cult classic, “Big Boy”, recorded by guitarist Bill Jennings. Though not a “swing tune” per se, it is nonetheless a perfect demonstration of a musician applying all the essential ingredients of a perfect swing solo—great catchy phrases, blues, harmonic adventuresomeness, and a super swinging feel—while also capturing all the wild textures and emotion of a horn, on the guitar. This memorable solo contains an almost through-composed logic and grace, and with its melding of great guitar licks with bebop and blues lines it truly has something for every type of player, of every level.
