Johnny Smith
"A Ghost of a Chance" · Johnny Smith Quintet || Guitar + Bass + Saxophone || Tabs + Sheet Music + Chords
"A Ghost of a Chance" · Johnny Smith Quintet || Guitar + Bass + Saxophone || Tabs + Sheet Music + Chords
including:
• Electric Guitar: tab + sheet music + chords
• Tenor Saxophone (for B♭): sheet music + chords
• Double Bass: tab + sheet music + chords
• Digital Audio files: midi + xml + mp3
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song: A Ghost of a Chance
artist: Johnny Smith Quintet
album: Jazz at NBC (1953) + Moonlight in Vermont (1956)
writers: Music by Victor Young / Lyrics by Ned Washington & Bing Crosby (1932)
electric archtop guitar: Johnny Smith
upright/double bass: Eddie Safranski
tenor saxophone: Zoot Sims
(piano: Sanford Gold)
(drums: Don Lamond)
This is a note-for-note transcription of the guitar, the bass, and the saxophone on the Johnny Smith Quintet’s version of “I Don’t Stand a Ghost of a Chance with You”. This song was introduced by Bing Crosby with his 1933 single. This guitar arrangement, two decades later, features some innovative guitar playing – e.g., ways of playing fast arpeggios and adaptions of Jazz-piano upper-structures – that is signature Johnny Smith and still worth practicing today. Enjoy!
This transcription work was requested and sponsored by Michael P. (you know who you are!). He has my gratitude, as well as a great taste in music.
