@0:44. 8 bars of swinging in your face bop.
damn.
Over the past month I've been preparing for a John Coltrane tribute in Eugene Oregon. When we chose the music for the gig we selected two tunes, 26 2 and Freight Trane. Both of these tunes have definately seen the woodshed, which in turn, I've been reminded of past articles in PASIC notes by Ed Saindon and David Friedman.
On to sticking .. 26 2 is one of those tunes that if you play throught the tune alternating, it's a game of Twister by the end. So, with that in mind, I use variations of LRLLR and also LLRR in order to get more of a melodic horn articulation.
This is an exercise that i decided to write down, in order to share with everyone here. The title " Keeping It Close," is a reference to a concept i try to keep in mind when i improvise, especially on fast tunes with many changes. In essense what i set out to do it play all of the changes of the tune with in an octave of the vibes, without jumping around at all. this concept came from listening to horn players like parker and coltrane, taking notice how fluid there lines are in a very small range, but yet they place the notes so the harmony of the tune and also a line is created.
prepare 3 tunes and then turn on your recorder and do a concert. record the 3 tunes.
this is much better even than doing one tune. i'm doing it all the time now.
i think we should have a little online concert series. maybe some of you prepare a mini concert and we pick a weekend and post them!
i can't believe i didn't think of it before. think of all the things you work on!! going from tune to tune. the concentration.
ok for beginners you just do this. you play 3 heads in and record that. or one of the tunes you prepare a solo.
Yo. So I know that this TOTM is over. BUT check this out. Amazing how he fills in the Harmony with counterpoint/ Bass lines. And it swings. Hard. I could definitely hear this on vibraphone... What do you think?
So Watch this video:
See all the double sticking. I think in order to play 4 mallets we need to study some of this technique. The thing about this technique is that the hands are separated a lot of the time. Ok, it's more then we want, but check out the polyrthyms and how he uses double stops to free up one hand and move it. The bass line for instance.