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Con Alma: A Play Along Accompaniment by Ted Wolff

I love to practice with play along accompaniments. This is a piano track I made for Dizzy's tune "Con Alma", which is one of my favorites. It takes you through some less common keys like E and Db. This play along includes 4 complete choruses to practice on and a little tag ending. I've attached a lead-sheet with melody and changes.

FOUR

Hi everybody ! Lately I've been working on memorising that John Coltrane solo on "Four". This morning, soon after breakfast, while still in my bedroom slippers, I recorded this version. I'm quoting the 1st 16 bars from Coltrane's solo to sort of kick me off (I had to bring the tempo down a bit) and the rest is my own. It's far from perfect, but I'm sure I can improve it by applying myself a bit more. I'm sort of happy, for once, because only two weeks ago, I wouldn't have done this. Cheers ! (PS : the rhythm section is me on drums + a Band-Box "real track".

K&K Example 1

This is audio example #1 for the Story Page called "Experimenting with Technology," about the K&K midi system.

CONFIRMATION - A fun little jam whipped-up in my 1990's midi studio, just a demo. The main synth/horn sound was created using 2 Oberheim Matrix-1000 synths, and a little bit of Roland D-50 & TX-7. The other musicians are pianist Matt King, guitarist Pat Bergeson, and bassist Chris Walker (who was a member of Ornette's PrimeTime band during this period).