I'm doing some recording this week with a bass player. We spent a whole session last week putting together and recording this arrangement of "Do Nothing Till You Hear From Me". As much fun as improvising is, I love putting little…
I've always loved this tune from the Coltrane and Johnny Hartman album. Joe Locke also has a great version on his first "Blues and Ballads" CD. I got to play it on a gig recently with a sax player. I had a job interview this morning and I…
Hi Everyone,
July's program is coming up on the 1st (rebroadcast on the 4th) with two new players, John Cocuzzi and Lennie Cuje. Cuje plays on "In Walked Bud," from Ron Holloway's CD Slanted. Cocuzzi plays the ever so wistful "What'll I…
I just thought I'd post a video of me as I was messing around with the chords.
I don't think this is the one I already posted is it?
You guys should post some stuff. It's a great way to get better. As you're going to try your hardest, as…
The pedal for the most part can be down for two beats at a time for most of the tune. However there are a couple spots where the chords change on beats 3 and 4. Use a lead sheet and your ears to figure out where they are.
Study the…
I did this for my student Dan. We wanted to play very inside over the Tune Quasimodo which is a contrafact for Embraceable You.
Everybody should download this and put your choruses on and post it.
A new song I just finished composing titled "Cinematic Scene". I'm using a new set of my signature mallets (Vic Firth M39) that just arrived in the mail. Very happy how these mallets sound in terms of fullness, color and clarity. The lead…
Blues with a shuffle feel. I love how Keith Jarrett plays the blues with this type of feel usually as an encore during his solo concerts. Also a fan of how great guitarists like B. B. King, Eric Clapton and Stevie Ray Vaughan play the…
Careers in Jazz By Bill Anschell www.billanschell.com
Every year, university programs spit out thousands of jazz musicians sporting hard-earned diplomas and high hopes. But when these graduates hit the first formal rite of jazz passage –…
Hi vibes lovers today i'd like to show my personal reharmonization of Peace.
I've used 3 concept:
-Triton Substitutions
-Voice Leading reharm
-Chromatic Approach
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COMPING YOURSELF
Hi Guys this is the third lesson of a series called Comping 101 where I will cover a lot of the secret of this refined art.
This month I will cover some basic Ideas comping yourself
Comping yourself during heads and solos…
Autumn Leaves” - Applying voicing concepts as a means for solo playing. Voicings are played harmonically and linearly. The concepts are from by book Voicing Concepts for the Jazz Vibist which is available from Amazon. Some of the concepts…
I know a lot of people use a RockNRoller or similar to transport their instruments, but I'm having trouble figuring it out. An M55 frame is 56 inches long. So if you lay it flat, you need the biggest model (60" base) and that doesn't leave…
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