Blues and Jazz
Walking the Blues
This is a slow 12-bar blues played in normal tuning in the key of G.
Serenade in Glass
This original bottleneck tune is played in open G tuning (DGDGBE).
G-minor Blues
Another original blues-based tune with a contrapunctal bass line. It is played in open G minor tuning (DGDGBflatE).
Goodbye Pork Pie Hat
A wonderfully evocative jazz standard written by Charlie Mingus in tribute to the death of the saxophonist Lester Young. Played in the key E minor in standard tuning.
Lullaby of Birdland
A much recorded jazz standard by the pianist George Shearing played in standard tuning in the key of E. The name refers to the Birdland Jazz Club in New York.