Here's a rhythm changes solo I played.

The best way to learn all this is to transcribe the legends, Dextor, Clifford, Parker, Sonny etc.

I thought putting out some solos might be a good way to break into all that. You should consider even transcribing some of this to get practice.

Above is the whole solo. Below is the solo in mp3 format, without the vibes and an audio file with 3 choruses of drums and bass. Also a pdf of the solo and then a complete midi file of what I did.

this is my version of tonys nice vince guarldi etude...sorry for the wrong notes specially in the b section but i was to lazy to cut them in from another version...

" The Cookie" some fun with reason 4 ... the vibe trax was a sampled plug in. played on my casio...lol.... technology is an amazing thing .. such a long ways from the atari st40

the song has ended up as a the backing music to a dvd series on piercings and tattooing. kinda crazy to me .. cause i dont have a tattoo and i hate needles...lol

the works of mingus has been a profound influence on my musical concept as a whole. Not only was it mingus himself as a player and composer but rather his personel, so many amazing improviser.... Aways this my stab at this tune ... very much a rehearsal aka sunday jam with some local guys. kinda funny the bass player started playing this progression, next we know we are in the middle of Good bye Pork pie hat.... memory was a little hazy for the melody so i turned it in to more of a theme to improvise off of.

would be excited to hear your thoughts ...

This section will cover Giant Steps and ways to study and master the tune!

I finally got around to turning on the mics and playing over the Freddy the Freeloader rhythm track from this post:
http://www.vibesworkshop.com/audio/all-things-you-are-phillipe-briand/t…

It's rough but I was just trying to have some fun.

Please post your version too. Thanks for listening.

Here's part 1 of a series of lessons helping you understand the tune Giant Steps.

The other day, I heard a couple tunes on our local jazz station:

An arrangement of Burt Bacharach's "This Guy's In Love".

Victor Feldman and Bobby Hutcherson played on this album. I don't know who played on this song though.
http://www.emusic.com/album/Barney-Kessel-Barney-Kessel-Plays-For-Lover…

I bought a beautiful stick bag off of Danasud as he's known on the site.

That bag is beautiful!
Thanks Danasud!

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