Category: jazz improvisation
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So, today, I began practicing again. I played for several hours (maybe 4). I started the day doing some recording work for Harry Rios. He is a cruise ship musician. He plays piano, and he is a band leader. It…
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I’m not quite sure what I am doing with this blog. I rarely have time to write. I spend most of my time in the practice room at home. Then, when I get good and frustrated there, I go out…
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This is my first attempt at this song (recording-wise). It did not go so well. Once I iron out the kinks, maybe I will record it again. This recording is posted on YouTube. This song is posted there twice. Neither…
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So as I said I would last week, I have recorded myself playing a tune that I’ve been working on for what seems like forever. The name of the song is How High The Moon. All of the songs I’ve…
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For the past couple of years, I have listened more to many of the great saxophone players of jazz history; John Coltrane, Sonny Rollins, Dexter Gordon, Art Pepper. Not only sax players but piano players, trumpet players, even a few…
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Have You Met Miss Jones – Fishing for comments dammit! Well, here it is again. You’d think I would know this song by now as long as I have been playing it. I play it every day. It’s not that…
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This song has been recorded by everyone, from Dexter Gordon, Sonny Rollins, Chet Baker, to people I never even heard of. It is quite old. It was written in 1939 by, Tadd Dameron. It is considered a jazz standard. It…
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I recently read an article on JazzAdvice.com, called “Why You Shouldn’t Be A Real Book” Player. Basically, the article talks about the difference it makes when you learn a tune by ear from a record vs. having a book with…
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Stella By Starlite A Year Later About 9 months later Still getting more familiar with Stella By Starlight. I have the chord progression memorized but, as you can hear in the 1st recording, I am still unsure, or at least…
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