Written in 1957 for the Count Basie Orchestra Li'l Darlin' was a favorite of numerous instrumentalists, particularly guitarists such as Joe Pass, Charlie Byrd, George Benson, Tal Farlow, Barney Kessel, Kenny Burrell, Howard Alden, George Van Eps and Howard Roberts.The tune became one of Joe Pass' most noted songs after he performed it at the Montreux Jazz Festival in 1979.Start learningsome of Joe's licks and chord treatments with Rich in this transcription. This arrangement fun to play and is doable for many levels because of the songs slow, bluesy, swing style performing. 44 minute video with close ups demonstrated slowly by measure then in rehearsed in sections. Includes PDF in tab and notation plus a drum and bass Mp3 play-a-long track.
