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For this month's "chords and harmony" topic I've written up an article focusing on tensions and several ways to use them effectively when comping. Some of the areas discussed include:

• using tensions to indicate major or minor tonal center
• available tensions for maj7, min7, min7(b5), dom7, and dim7 chords
• adding tensions to a blues progression

Hope you find it helpful.

[Ed will be posting here shortly!!]

I recently got an even bigger cimbalom!
Not to fond of this performance, it was so shaky, but hope yous enjoy it anyway.

This tune is called Cimbalmos. It's a compilation of folk tunes from around Eastern Europe, originally performed by the cimbalom player in Besh O Drom.

I just found this on Youtube. Had no Idea it was recorded. This was a gig I did in Israel about 3 or 4 years ago. It was a tribute to a wonderful Israeli jazz composer, Stu Hacohen, who had died several years ago. Check out Theodosil Spassov on Kaval, a bulgarian flute he's made famous. It was basically a jam with a short rehearsal to check out a couple of heads. It's totally raw but everybody had a great time playing together.

This concert was taped in early August. The video seems a little fuzzy, but the audio is pretty clear. The tune is a lot of fun to play, and seems to be a lesser known one of Kenny Baron. We discovered it in a collection of his music we found in the public library!

Comping for piano can be tricky since the pianist is already comping with their left hand. I try to stay out of the way and just punctuate with some voicings and single line stuff.

Here's a clip of Joe and I playing my original composition Hope. Joe plays a beautiful solo introduction on it as well as great lines over the Gb drone. Here's a copy of the lead sheet in case anyone wants to follow along: http://www.edsaindon.com/documents/hope.pdf

"Cyclic Episode"- by Sam Rivers

Joe Doubleday- Vibraphone
Hoo Younghoo Kim- Bass
Angelo Spampinato- Drums

With Bloque 53 playing Strangers in Paradise near Barcelona, last friday.