Vic Firth Clip of Stella By Starlight from Berklee Percussion Festival concert.

Hey Delaware!

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Here was the assignment:

Hey guys as promised I'm emailing the assignment from today with Tony. It's also on the blackboard in the percussion room if for some reason you just can't read it on whatever device you're using.

Assignment
1) Play the MELODY of any song (jazz preferably) WELL. (MANDATORY)

You have an option between Two and Three:
2) Play all the modes in THREE different keys.

Last fall i had the honor to take some lessons with jazz Pianist Pat Moran. Pat was a Prominet female voice in the 50's era of jazz during the early bill evan era. Pat had a famous trio with Bassist Scott Lafaro. Pat lives about 3 miles from me.

Lionel Hampton with Chick Corea playing Moments notice.
Enjoy!

I had ordered the Peter Gunn CD by the Harmonie Ensemble of New York and was more than pleased! This is a fitting tribute to the originator of TV crime jazz, and, according to Donald Fagen of Steely Dan, "The high priest of Hollywood cool," Henry Mancini. Lew Soloff, Lew Tabackin and Ronnie Cuber on trumpet, tenor saxophone and baritone saxophone respectively, enhance this new recording with their solo turns on the original arrangements and orchestrations first recorded 56 years ago. The vibes work on the CD is outstanding!

Hi folks,
I wanted to take a compositional approach to the TOTM this time. I find it can be insightful to compose a melody over a tune you're working on. For this one, I was trying to keep it simple- stay with a few basic rhythmic themes. I used some 4 and 5 note groupings discussed in previous lessons and used some Lee Konitz inspired melodic ideas. I always hear Lee's type of melodic playing over this tune, especially at a slow/ medium tempos. Love it!