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What Happened to the TOTM? Blue Bossa

I have the final lesson coming of our TOTM. The thing is there have been so many heavy videos going up that I thought I should chill on the TOTM and let all this great stuff through. It's been the Burton Lessons, the Friedman lessons, Ed Saindon performing. This is great stuff, and I've been learning a ton from checking out these cats so I assume you guys are as well.

I have the last lesson the 'Putting it all Together' lesson planned and I'll post it soon.

All The Things You Are - Ed Saindon at the Park Plaza

Hello everyone,

Here's another clip which was just uploaded to YouTube. Billy sounds great on alto as on clarinet and Thomas is swinging like crazy. However, I might have had too much coffee before the gig. Ha!Ha!

I just saw a smokin' version of Tony (with bassist Tony Marino who also sounds fantastic) playing this tune a few days ago. Tony's lines and swing feel are beautiful. All The Things You are is one of those tunes that everyone plays. Keith Jarrett has recorded it a number of times.

Interval Scales -V

Here are some exercises I was working on the other day. You can stick them into your improvs as vehicles to get from one point to another nicely and create a bit of excitement and change. The first one is one creates the dimished scale but the rest are quite different. I call them "interval scales". After you do them with the half step between each other interval, go back and replace the half step with a whole step, then again with a minor third, Fourth etc...

It's also good for ear training on intervals.
Hope you enjoy.

Interview w/ Gary: Report in Blue Note

Hi all people
for people like me that lives so far of ny this is a nice video about the week of gary at blue note , this is the good thing of internet
I can imagine how was soundind the band!!! Most to be incredible!!
The small portion in the video of the gary solo of “ I heard a rhapsody “ it is incredible
Smoking lines! The Tempo ,fluidity etc.
A nice gift for our ears