I've been practicing Little B's Poem today. I'm reminded on how important it is to work on solo versions of the tune. EVEN if you never get completely to the end, where it's a real solo tune you can play. BUT you get close.

I've realized today that when melodies have roots or 3rds in them that we have to come up with creative voicings., especially with dominant chords. So I've learned a lot today.

I was playing along with the cd and checking out the melody. Then I started to work on it as a solo tune and all this great stuff started happening for me.

THIS IS MY FIRST SHOT!
I KNOW I HAVE A RYTHM MISTAKE MEASURE 24,25,26 AFTER THE 2ND REPEAT. JUST WRONG READING. I WILL FIX IT IN THE 7 ETUDE

DIMITRIS

Hey guys, some things fell through on an internship so I'm looking for someplace to go for a few days between now and the 28th. I've got a little bit of money for amtrak/greyhound and I'm looking for something vibes related for 3-7 days. I'm hoping to be on the site quite a bit in the mean time.

Thanks

Hi,

I thought I could pass this on .

Best,

Nico Farrugia

Tony talks about putting yourself in a box to practice -- here's Yo Yo Ma and Andrew Bird improvising in their box. Fun :-).

Tom P.

Here is another tune I played for my jazz vibes exam.
Round midnight...always stressed ;)
Emilie

Hi Everyone !

Here is Up jumped spring I played last week for my jazz vibes exam in university of Sherbrooke (Qc).
it was very stressful to be rate, but... it's a challenge :)

Hey guys,

This is a GREAT exercise for writing, improvising, and tune learning. The idea is to write a new melody over the chord changes to an old standard tune. You can alter the harmony a little bit here and there to fit your new melody but the idea is that you could call a standard tune everyone knows, but it will sound completely different.