Members local A and B – Project Band

Tunes A and B

Aint No Sunshine

1971 Bill Withers (LA) inspired by the movie Days of Wine and Roses in reference to the characters played by Lee Remick and Jack Lemmon, big drinkers who were sometimes weak and sometimes strong

Aint No Sunshine, Improvisation practice track

Almost like Being in Love

1947 Music by Frederick Loewe and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner for the score of Brigadoon (Broadway, NYC)

AP Funk

2010 Simon Currie This is an easy Funk track written for a Prep school I work in called Abingdon Prep

Improvisation practise track for AP Funk

Suggested improvisation licks for AP Funk in Bb and Eb

Autumn leaves

1945 Joseph Kosma for the film Les Portes de la nuit (Gates of the Night) (Hungary / France)

Autumn leaves, Improvisation backing track.

Baby One More Time

Britany Spears”…Baby One More Time” is the debut single by American singer Britney Spears from her debut studio album of the same title (1999). It was written by Max Martin and produced by Martin and Rami. Released on September 29, 1998, by Jive Records, the song became a worldwide hit, topping the charts in at least 23 countries, including the United Kingdom, where it earned triple-platinum certification from the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) and was the country’s best-selling single of 1999. The song is one of the best-selling singles of all time, with over 10 million copies sold.

Back to the Chicken Shack

1963 Jimmy Smith (New Jersey)

Bad Guy

2019 Billie Eilish and Finneas O’Connell (LA)

Birdland

1977 Joe Zawinul (Austria) for Weather Report. A tribute to the NY nightclub Birdland

Black Orpheus

1959 Luiz Bonfa (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) for the film Black Orpheus

Blue Bossa

1963 Kenny Dorham (Texas / NY). influenced by Dorham’s visit to the Rio de Janeiro Jazz Festival in 1961

Boogie Funk

1973 Freddie King (Texas / Chicago)

Boogie Funk improv track

Boom Boom (no vocal)

1961 John Lee Hooker (Detroit). Inspired by bartender at Apex Bar where John performed. John was always late arriving and the bartender (Willa) kept saying, “Boom boom – you late again”