I always tell my students to transcribe Cliffords solo, especially the first 2 or 3 solos. It's a masterpiece!
I just got off the phone with Terry Gibbs and we had a GREAT talk. He's such a hip guy.
I thought I'd pass along a compliment. Terry said he loves the site and he especially loves all the knowledgeable vibe players on the site. He said he thought our discussions and comments were very intelligent.
I'd have to agree with that. A lot of you cats are pretty wise!!!
I ordered his book and am excited to read it and maybe discuss it here on the site!
On fire. This is so swinging I'm dying!! Check this out! What a team, Terry and Buddy.
A great video with Terry and Buddy. Check out Terry's solo! Smokin'!!!
Isn't Adrian the real first vibe player? Check this out. I wonder how old it is? And he's playing with 4 mallets and seems to be pretty good at it.
This is a great video!
Rafael Meinhart is a student of David Friedman's. He wanted to work on technical things and asked what he should practice. David said write your own studies. So Rafael did. Check this one out. It's great!
I just did a simple lesson on this and here's this cat taking it to the extreme.
Check out David Friedman's new piece 'Bettina Dreams of the Garden of Elves'. It's an epic piece and we'll be selling it Feb. 1, 2010 in our new store www.store.jazzimprovonline.com.
And especially check out David's student Julius Heise. He's a great young player with a GREAT teacher!
Are you guys familiar with Lenny Tristano? He's the head of this whole subculture in music. A really interesting bop player. A monster! His lines were incredible.
He's a guy worth checking out although there's not a ton out by him.
A few guys were in that 'school' of thought and one was Warne Marsh. Here's a Warne Marsh excercise.
Just a reminder not to spend an inordinate amount of time on technique, and to think of musical ways to practice technique. After all the goal is to make music. That should be part of your practice routine! There are ways to incorporate technical practice in a musical way!
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