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So I just finished the first chorus of Bill Evans's solo on Nardis from his Blue in Green Live album. It took me about 3 hours to get it right. I think that is a pretty long time for one chorus, although the solo is pretty challenging and it goes pretty fast.

The only other solo that I've transcribed is Milt Jackson's solo from Miles Davis's Bags' Groove album. But that solo was 10 choruses long. This Bill Evans solo is only 3 choruses, so maybe I should go ahead and spend the extra hours and just get it done?

QDV stands for quick and dirty video. That usually means I'm swamped but I'm trying to get a lesson up!!!

Here it is and it's on dampening. Just some general ideas. As I mention I don't even think about dampening at all. So I must have it tied in with some part of my playing, most likely the lines. But you'll see as you watch. The main screen is the pedal and my feet.

Breaking the Octave into 3 parts gets into the world of Giant Steps and Countdown. It also opens up a whole world of comping and improv ideas.

www.vibesworkshop.com welcomes Joe Locke. Joe says hello and gives some thoughts on his playing.

This is an audio response I sent a student a while back. The quality is not great but I play the simplest chord tone solo over green dolphin street. Just Arpeggiated chords. I also talk about it a little.