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Video Pick of the Month - Listen and Discuss@

This is I'm thinking an fairly unkown cd. Art Lande, Paul McCandless and Dave samuels. 

Check out the instrumentation. Piano, oboe and English horn and vibes. 

And the record label is the ECM label. I'm finding out that a lot of young people don't know about this label. It was important for me because as I was findind myself as a player this label showed me music that wasn't standards or straight ahead which I was playing a lot of. 
 

This Is So Beautiful

This is great and fun to watch. And so well done. And Alexey is a great player. 

It seems to me this isn’t the audio of the actual outdoor playing. I think we would hear more noise. But maybe I’m wrong. What do you think? Anyway I love watching even if the audio is pre-recorded. It’s still great.

Version 1 of Pannonica

Ok, I'm working on Pannonica. I hope some of you guys are working on it also. I posted an etude. 

It's here.

When I study these tunes I think of 2 parts. 

  • The first part is can I make lessons around the tune. Do I know the tune well enough.
  • Next, can I make a decent audio recording. 
  • Next, can I make a decent video recording
  • Finally can I play it on a gig, solo or with the band. 

 

My Version of Israel (To go along with the lesson) 2024

I always try and put up a version of the tune I'm doing a lesson on! It helps ME! 

I think I'll keep playing it and record another version in a few days.

Look for the lesson on Israel if I forget to put the link below. 

You can like in the the Vbooks>Lessons and technique>Tune of the month>Israel

Here's the lesson.