I'm an amateur blues and jazz performer, composer and arranger, when not prosecuting criminal cases as an Assistant Johnson County (Kansas) District Attorney. My early musical training was on piano (briefly in third and fourth grade), then baritone horn and valve trombone in elementary school, junior high school, high school and at Emporia State University. I started playing guitar in college, and after law school, marriage and two children, enrolled in jazz performance classes at the Johnson County Community College, where I played guitar in the jazz band and several jazz combos. I have also played guitar in the Olathe (Kansas) Civic and Jazz Bands, and with the stage band in Kansas Bar Association bar shows. In addition to listening to many jazz horn players, my favorite guitarists are T-Bone Walker, Duke Robillard, Ronnie Earl Horvath and Jimmy Bruno.
Roger Nordeen can be contacted Bluesdodge61@yahoo.com.
Blues for Linda (Leadsheet). This is a medium tempo blues tune in the key of F.
Sally's Tune (Leadsheet). This is an original composition, in the key of G, played using drop 3 (Freddie Green type) chords.
The Smelly Monkey (Leadsheet). This is also an original composition, also in the key of G, played using drop 3 (Freddie Green type) chords.
Laura'a Blues (Leadsheet). This is a fast tempo blues tune in the key of B flat.
Coleslaw (Leadsheet). This is yet another original composition, in the key of G as well, played using drop 3 (Freddie Green type) chords.
Original Jazz Charts / sam@bsharp.org
