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Poinciana (Patreon)

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2021-07-05 18:06:13

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2026-10

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Poinciana is an old tune with a very interesting background.

The song has been identified as a development of a Cuban folk song entitled "La Canción del Árbol" whose title translates as "the song of the tree", the royal poinciana being a favorite Caribbean flowering plant. However composer Nat Simon would claim the song's tune came to him while he was dining at Manhattan Theater District restaurant Leone's, and that he jotted down a rough draft of the melody on his table's cloth which - with Leone's permission - he took home to work out the completed melody at his piano. Lyrics for the song were completed in about thirty minutes by Buddy Bernier, who cited as his inspiration a postcard of a royal Poinciana tree he'd recently received from Florida. This song is very popular in the repertoire of jazz musicians, most notably Ahmad Jamal, George Shearing, Dave Brubeck, Paquito D'Rivera, Sonny Rollins, Keith Jarrett, McCoy Tyner, as well as Frank Sinatra, Nat King Cole, Percy Faith, Esquivel and Caterina Valente. And as of very recently you can find a very interesting version by Vulfpeck on YouTube. This song has always sounded to me like something between jazz and ambient music. So in this cover I tried to mix those genres by involving sounds from nature, ambient pads, lo fi drums, and some relaxing fingerstyle on my guitar.

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Poinciana (La Canción del Árbol) = Guitar Logic Fingerstyle

🎼 TAB, scores, backing tracks at: https://www.patreon.com/guitarlogic This is a fingerstyle guitar arrangement of a jazz tune Poinciana which has been identified as a development of a Cuban folk song entitled "La Canción del Árbol" whose title translates as "the song of the tree", the royal poinciana being a favorite Caribbean flowering plant. However composer Nat Simon would claim the song's tune came to him while he was dining at Manhattan Theater District restaurant Leone's, and that he jotted down a rough draft of the melody on his table's cloth which - with Leone's permission - he took home to work out the completed melody at his piano. Lyrics for the song were completed in about thirty minutes by Buddy Bernier, who cited as his inspiration a postcard of a royal Poinciana tree he'd recently received from Florida. 👉 If you would like to support my channel and get EXTRA perks such as tabs, backing tracks, mp3 originals and more, please visit my PATREON page: https://www.patreon.com/guitarlogic 🥇🏆 SPECIAL THANKS TO MY PATRONS: Eduardo Arguelles Nathaniel Willey Ryan Mitchell William e Thomas Patrick Mussari Anisur Rahman Francis Kim Jim Jeffrey Aquila Ethan Bliss Galiay Sanginlee Dag Skarvang James Leonard Marco Antonio Carvalho Cruz Coconuts Delta1ster Daniela Vordermaier Bea Bach Наталья Jazz Darren Courville David MA Rudy Carrillo Cope-a-cabana 💡 If there is a particular song you would like me to do, be sure to leave a comment below. I can't promise I will do the song but I will definitely read and consider each request. 🔔 SUBSCRIBE and hit the bell https://www.youtube.com/c/GuitarLogicLessons?sub_confirmation=1 👥 INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/guitar.logic/ 👥 FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/guitarlogiclessons ⚒ GEAR: Guitar - Camps CUT 900 C Software - Studio One 5 💚 THANK YOU for watching! Enjoy and stay tuned for more videos... #Poinciana #JazzGuitar #Fingerstyle