
Episode 17 with Scott Hallgren: “Goodbye Pork Pie Hat” by Charles Mingus
08/31/23 • 68 min
Award-winning composer, musician, and sound editor Scott Halgren joins podcast host Arthur Breur to discuss "Goodbye Pork Pie Hat" by Charles Mingus. This is the first real Jazz melody discussed so far in the podcast, and the discussions include some of the characteristics that make Jazz stand out from other genres and forms of music.
Melody:"Goodbye Pork Pie Hat"
- Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goodbye_Pork_Pie_Hat
- YouTube (from "Mingus Ah Um"): https://youtu.be/H2x3jbX0ePk?si=e9oSIM2KY5UtCcyk
- YouTube (from Joni Mitchell "Mingus"): https://youtu.be/q_9QfYIaoTQ?si=eV57bheWbHRlPWd6
Charles Mingus
Duration:1:08:09
- Intro and guest questions – 0:00
- Pre-discussion about “Goodbye Pork Pie Hat” – 10:20
- Review of the melody – 22:29
- Scott Hallgren shares – 51:30
Scott Halgren
- LinkTree: https://linktr.ee/scotthallgren
- Site: https://scootmanmusic.wixsite.com/scootmanmusic
- IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2379348/
- Snow Globe & The Cat - (IMDB)
- Tango - Jazz (Live in Studio C) - (Spotify)
- You Are the Sunshine of My Life - Stevie Wonder
- Travels - Pat Metheny Group
- Kind of Blue - Miles Davis
- Joan Baez
- Victor Borge
- Mummenschanz
- Tony Bennett
- Doc Severeinsen
- Chuck Mangione
- 12-Bar Blues
- Chargin Documentary Festival
- Cuyahuga Community College
August 18, 2023 using Riverside.FM https://Riverside.FM
Musical score for reference created using FREE Musescore software: https://www.musescore.org
Melodology Podcast on Patreon:Award-winning composer, musician, and sound editor Scott Halgren joins podcast host Arthur Breur to discuss "Goodbye Pork Pie Hat" by Charles Mingus. This is the first real Jazz melody discussed so far in the podcast, and the discussions include some of the characteristics that make Jazz stand out from other genres and forms of music.
Melody:"Goodbye Pork Pie Hat"
- Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goodbye_Pork_Pie_Hat
- YouTube (from "Mingus Ah Um"): https://youtu.be/H2x3jbX0ePk?si=e9oSIM2KY5UtCcyk
- YouTube (from Joni Mitchell "Mingus"): https://youtu.be/q_9QfYIaoTQ?si=eV57bheWbHRlPWd6
Charles Mingus
Duration:1:08:09
- Intro and guest questions – 0:00
- Pre-discussion about “Goodbye Pork Pie Hat” – 10:20
- Review of the melody – 22:29
- Scott Hallgren shares – 51:30
Scott Halgren
- LinkTree: https://linktr.ee/scotthallgren
- Site: https://scootmanmusic.wixsite.com/scootmanmusic
- IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2379348/
- Snow Globe & The Cat - (IMDB)
- Tango - Jazz (Live in Studio C) - (Spotify)
- You Are the Sunshine of My Life - Stevie Wonder
- Travels - Pat Metheny Group
- Kind of Blue - Miles Davis
- Joan Baez
- Victor Borge
- Mummenschanz
- Tony Bennett
- Doc Severeinsen
- Chuck Mangione
- 12-Bar Blues
- Chargin Documentary Festival
- Cuyahuga Community College
August 18, 2023 using Riverside.FM https://Riverside.FM
Musical score for reference created using FREE Musescore software: https://www.musescore.org
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Episode 16 with Dominic Fallacaro: "Baby One More Time" by Max Martin
Grammy-winning producer, composer, music director, and multi-instrumentalist Dominic Fallacaro joins podcast host Arthur Breur to discuss one of the best selling singles of all time: "Baby One More Time" by Swedish record producer and songwriter Max Martin. They discuss the composition and songwriting craft applied to the song, then Dominic shares the version of the song from the musical "& Juliet" currently on Broadway, for which he serves as co-arranger, orchestrator, and Music Director.
Melody:
"Baby One More Time" by Max Martin
Composer / Songwriter:
Duration:
1:23:59
- Intro and guest questions – 0:00
- Pre-discussion about “Baby One More Time” – 17:49
- Review of the melody – 24:26
- Dominic shares – 1:04:24
Guest Composer:
Dominic Fallacaro
Recorded:
June 26, 2023 using Riverside.FM https://Riverside.FM
Musical score for reference created using FREE Musescore software: https://www.musescore.org
Melodology Podcast on Patreon:
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