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“In The Moment” - I composed this song yesterday on the piano. It sort of wrote itself in about a half hour. Sometimes for me they come quickly and others not so much. Besides the great composers of the American Songbook, a few of my favorite composers are Ennio Morricone, Astor Piazzolla, Antonio Carlos Jobim and Pat Metheny. While sometimes it can be a very laborious process, it also can be quite enjoyable. A composer like an improviser can lose themselves “in the moment” while involved in the process.

Hi All,
Boy, I was really in a hurry when I made this video. Please excuse all the times I mis-speak. I say 2-5 when I mean 2-5-1, I say scale when I mean chord, and I even named the video wrong. Oh well! I'm still really busy, so I'm not gonna sweat it. You get the idea anyway.

"Farmer's Trust" - a beautiful song from guitarist Pat Metheny. I'm a huge fan of Pat's compositions. A tricky one to do solo.

"Oblivion" by the great composer Astor Piazzolla from Argentina.

"On Green Dolphin Street" - playing this classic standard with alternating choruses in the keys of C and Eb along with a focus on lines using improv concepts from my four volume series The Complete Guide To Improvisation.

This is an attempt at the time exercise that David Friedman has been demonstrating on the site. After the head, the vibes solos for two choruses, then guitar for two, and out.