Elliot Freedman: baritone guitar - Questar

"Questar" from My Song (ECM1115) is among my favourite of Keith Jarrett's composition (alongside "Rainbow", "Prism", and "So Tender"). My arrangement transposes the tune from Bb to A (F concert) on this C-scale baritone guitar (F concert) so as to make use of the open strings. The tune's well structured to build and release tension through its 3 parts. The tune might be more suited to my nylon-string baritone--but then might also work with this instrument (the 3 sounds heard are magnetic pickup, piezo pickup, and emulated acoustic from the piezos). There a mess-up on the (to me, excitement-filled) return to the head. Thanks for listening!

Questar (Keith Jarrett) - Elliot Freedman (baritone guitar, 2022/05/09)

Elliot Freedman: The Elliot Freedman Group - 1st set - 2nd Floor Gastown - 20211106

The 1st (and better) set: "MRI" at ~0:00, "Aire Giordano" at ~6:45, "Ash Saturday" at ~14:30, "Mr Scurlock" at ~21:21, "No Playing' Jayne" at ~27:25, "Quintessence" at ~32:45, "Electric Anthem" at ~39:25, "After The Fall" at ~45:35, "The Anatomy Lesson" at ~53:00, "Evan's Seven" at ~58:40, plus as solo tunes "Summertime" and "The Peacocks"
Thanks for listening!
The Elliot Freedman Group - "Very, very good avant fusion" (Guitar Player magazine)
Elliot Freedman - nylon- + steel-string baritone guitars, and synth chords via MIDI pedals
Ashlin Richardson - bass
Paul Mason - drums

Elliot Freedman: The Elliot Freedman Group - 1st set - 2nd Floor Gastown - 20211106

Elliot Freedman: Vince Guaraldi - Christmas Time Is Here (baritone guitar)

This, a more improvised 'take' on VG's gorgeous tune, tries to accentuate the 7#11 harmonies (the 2nd chord in both A & B sections, among others), which feel as though they are static, and, like temporary Tonics, do not 'lean' anywhere harmonically as Subdominant or Dominant harmonies do.

Vince Guaraldi - Christmas Time Is Here - Elliot Freedman (baritone guitar)