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I've only found one example of Milt playing without accompaniment on record and it's on a record by MJQ. Just recently, I found this on YouTube of the same song performed live by Milt. The video is called "Milt Jackson, Ray Brown Quartet…
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I've been playing through Freddie Hubbards solo from his tune Birdlike. Oh man is there a ton of stuff in this solo! Here's an excerpt. The second chorus. Check out the E natural in the first bar over the F7. He does this all over the…
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Unfortunately, I didn't find the time to work on a Christmas tune this year, so this is a repost of an arrangement I did two years ago of the Christmas Carol "In the Bleak Midwinter." Even though it's not a jazz thing, I'm really proud of…
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This is my girlfriends favorite song. She said the title really speaks to her. I don't get it.
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The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting On An Open Fire) - A spontaneous version of this classic which is always a favorite this time of year. Happy Holidays to everyone!
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"Do You Know What It Means To Miss New Orleans" - one of my favorites played and sung by the great Louis Armstrong. I love this style of old time jazz. Used to listen a lot to Louis, Eddie Condon, Bobby Hackett, Dave McKenna, Earl "Fatha"…
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Hi guys this month I'm talking about sticking related to the jazz phrasing. It's important to understand when and where playing alternate/double stroke sticking. As usual feel free to write me via email and subscribe to my youtube channel…
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By Jimmy Van Heusen
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Friedman 20
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Sea Journey by Chick Corea - I remember hearing this great song way back when I was a student at Berklee. It was on Chick's solo album titled Piano Improvisations released in the 70s by ECM. It had a major impact. I was playing the album…
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Bebop Line practice -V
David Friedman
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OK, so here I'm practicing lines over the changes to Staffan's tune, "...Or someone else" I counted it off, to make the goal tempo clear. I'm NOT using a metronome, although I would recommend it if you haven't done much practicing like…
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I still haven't seen this one myself. I know one of the resonator demonstrations I wanted to include didn't record well so it was edited out. I'll get a better one next time.
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2 Minute Vibe Masterclass – Playing lines over Green Dolphin Street with a focus on various improv techniques along with single and combination sticking as well as utilizing all four mallets.
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Machine Learning is everywhere, so it seems, including training for Fully Self Driving cars such as Tesla https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ucp0TTmvqOE Music repair (thanks to Randy for introducing us to this), https://www.izotope.com/en/…
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Had a few people email me recently about moving vibes. For any of you all, read these articles. Moving Your Equipment The Rock and Roller Cart My Rock and Roller Get the Rock and Roller with the 4 big wheels. Not air tires but they have…
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Bebop Changes -V
David Friedman
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It's so funny how Tony and I work on the same things 3000 miles apart without talking about it. I was inspired by our LONG, somewhat heated discussion about swinging using double-or alternate sticking. I ALSO love to practice solo playing…
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Grown Up Tempos
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Fast tempos are hard, slow tempos are hard. I think tempos are hard period. I spend so much time playing and recording and checking the feel and the tempo. Sometimes it's 3 hours later and I'm on the same tune looking for a take that I…
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Sunday night practice session with ascending Minor triads starting with Bb minor. Thinking about using various stickings including alternate and combination strokes as well as using all four mallets for the lines.
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