Just buy a 4 str set plus a single C. My 6 string MS was spec’d with a 5str set plus a 32 C string.
a few years ago me, my wife and my dad standing in line missed the cutoff for entry to preservation hall, it only fits like 75 people. so we just said f it and remained standing in line for like 2 hours for the next show. which meant, for literally the first time in my life, we were first in line. and we’re about a foot from the band in preservation hall. yeah, that was a great night.
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Yeah, but it’s really not easy to find single C strings… certainly not ones that “match” the other strings in terms of make, gauge, tension, etc.
Otherwise, yes, this would be the way to go.
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That was exquisite!! Thanks. Its great when the players obviously enjoy each others playing.
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That was great, though I kept seeing the drummer as Animal!
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Amazing band in full synchronicity.
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Another great performance from that show.
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These cats get busy!
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Here’s a new version of BIRDLAND by Ellen and Jamanai.
The video is available on youtube, the Songsterr tabs are not 100% but if your familiar with the song its not to tough to work through the wrong parts… 
Cannonball Adderley may be my favorite sax player, and that version of Autumn Leaves is so, so good. Thanks for posting.
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Yep, I posted this version of Birdland in the Little Fun with Music thread.
Cannonball indeed has some fine, inventive solos that are so smooth. Juxtaposing his and Coletrane’s improvisations on the Blue in Green album was worldclass Miles inspiration. They played off of and pushed each other during that classic throw-down recording session. Pure genius.
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This is one of my favorite albums of all time. Recorded as the Cannonball Adderley Quintet, Cannonball was the session leader, but John Coltrane was given equal partnership, and the contrast between their styles, and the way they push each other to new heights, is exhilarating.
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Good choice and good idea to post it there, I missed that post.
Its a little easier to play than all the other versions I’ve seen, so I posted the songsterr link in case people would like to play it.
It’s one of the licks I may play when someone says play me something.
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^^^ +1
Such a great quintet. Tasty bassline by Sam Jones. And Art Blakey was just, well, Art Blakey.
And Miles! He was my entry into jazz. Christmastime 1965. I was a 5’10" 14 year old. We were in Chicago visiting family on the way down to Florida. I was a classically trained pianist at the time. I’d studied with the soloist for the St. Louis Philharmonic from '61-'64. During the summer of '65, I saw a Chicago PBS show of a young Buddy Guy and got hooked on electric blues. So, the night of 22 Dec 65, I snuck out of my aunt’s house and took the train to downtown Chicago and walked up to Wells St in Old Town, looking for some live blues. I was so tall for my age that no one looked at me sideways. I saw a line of people entering a club and decided to join them. But the music? I’d never heard anything like it before. Miles on trumpet. Wayne Shorter on tenor sax. Herbie Hancock on keys. Ron Carter on AUB. Tony Williams on drums. Holy f’ing smokes! I was going out of my mind. One of my prized possessions is the 8 CD set of Miles two nights in that club. The Complete Live At The Plugged Nickel. Every time I listen to it, I wonder if one of those glass clinks was by me with my bottle of Coke, sitting back in a corner.
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