https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rTarH3B5U2s&list=PL-vFGfMIOcNq2Q48Fd140…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=phThwIPVcX4
There are two videos, one is donna lee transcription on tony's audio file that he sent us, the other one is a regular solo vibes video.
Today's coffee hour conversation touched down on this twice, once during the discussion of mallet hardness (pretty universal agreement that music not heard is music not good) and again during the discussion about the role of lyrics. These are concepts I have been wrestling with for years and my ideas are not yet fully formed, but let me know what you think~
I believe there are four modalities of the sound we create with our instruments.
Playing ballads is always a challenge; phrasing and tempo are crucial for expressing a song's essence. Fortunately, we can draw upon the way vocalists confront this for guidance. Billie Holiday, one of my favorites, recorded and performed a Duke Ellington classic, "Solitude", throughout her career. Here's my take on it.
Michael
An Oldie But Goodie - "Mack The Knife"
"Moon River" - Solo version from a hang with Joe Locke and Gustavo Agatiello. We’ve had quite a few of these weekend sessions and for me they have been so much fun, informative and inspirational. We can spend at least eight hours a day in the studio, come up for lunch and dinner, and then go back down to the laboratory, as Joe calls it, to play and talk about music. Lots of laughs along the way too.
Took a short break, but I just uploaded 7 and 9! I swear, I've been trying to record #20 for like a month but it never comes out how I want it. Maybe next week.
I took a tiny break, but I'm working on Friedman's whole book again. Number 7!
This one was kind of just for fun and is a little unpolished. But I've been practicing Tony's stride stuff and it seemed applicable to Art Blakey's shuffle feel in Moanin'. I put in a "bass solo," and I'm working on my block chords. I'm realizing my block chord blues vocabulary is limited in minor, so I will work on that.
"Wichita Lineman" composed by Jimmy Webb and sung by Glen Campbell. One of the hippest and harmonically interesting pop tune that I think was ever written. A challenge to do it justice while maintaining the mood and not hit any clams. Ha!Ha!