Not the best quality, but a nice version of Massenet's - Meditation Thais.
This is from a concert I did Oct. 11, 2009 with the Diane Monroe Quartet where vibesworkshop member barryk sat right in front of me, counting my mistakes!!!
hi all people
if there is anybody interesting I have my new cd release out
you can visit at:
arturo serra Loud-zee CD
The first workshop of 2010 will take place at the Vanderplas Baileo factory in Sassenheim, Netherlands.
Location: Wattstraat 48, 2171 TR Sassenheim, Netherlands
Price: If you pay in advance: €100 per day (€200 total)
If you pay at the workshop: €130 per day
Instead of practicing for my concert tomorrow, I spend a gigless Friday night thinking about stride vibes once again. I started practicing and recording as usual. Here's a decent take, and definitely a practice tape.
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.
"Jazz will endure just as long as people hear it through their feet
instead of their brains" - John Philip Sousa
So I didn't have much time this weekend I thought I would put myself in the open a little, just to see what would happen.
Tonight I decided I had to record something I know I wouldn't be confident about... So I decided to do a solo version of alone together. This is really raw material and I haven't worked on this a lot, so I justed wanted to see what happened.