For me it's about my 12th year teaching at the college. Man I think Ed Saindon is going on 20+ something. Maybe even 30!!
It's always fascinating for me to start the year off. I know I have certain stereotypes and I'm always curious to see which ones will hold and if any will break.
You're Practicing Everything.
One of my favorite quotes. My mentor Steve Giordano told me that.
I thought I'd put that out there to see what it means to you guys.
I've been thinking about transcribing these days as I work on a Tom Harrell solo.
I dig Joe's philosophy.
We have a new trumpet site up with Joe and I asked him if I could post his trumpet video on transcribing. He said yes.
When Bobby Hutcherson heard Joe Magnarelli play his reply was: 'Man that cat can spell!'.
I love that quote!
I'm always checking myself. Especially with all the different opinions here on the site. Gary has really helped me chill out about practicing. I still DO practice a lot, but i'm not as freaked about it. I'm someone who put in 8 hours a day on average for about 20 years. And personally I think most young musicians should be practicing and playing ALL THE TIME.
No matter what I read or hear about transcribing, I just love doing it. It's fun and I play along with someone whom I really admire for a few days and have a good time.
Here is the PDF to go along with Drop 2 Lesson 3 Part 3
Here is the melody of "Alone Together" harmonized in drop 2 voicings. I have included the .pdf of what I am playing (minus my performance mistakes <:)-
I'll be posting parts from Joe's appearance on Marian Mcpartland's Piano Jazz.
This is from the Mid 90's.
It's a great chance to check out Joe and listen to him play and talk. He's a very inspiring cat!
Barry asked me to talk about the tune invitation. So I whipped up a quick video, just talking about what makes that tune unique and why it's a great tune to study.
I'm going to do an etude and then I think if some of you guys are interested we can do a study of the tune, just like with A train.
I don't know if this performance has been previously posted, but I just found it on YouTube and really enjoyed it. Red and Gary play on just one vibe (sometimes together, which looks a bit cramped!) and do nice version of Back Home in Indiana.
It's interesting to see the 2 playing styles displayed so well.
The Philly workshop was amazing! The idea of traveling to a new city and spending 2 days in a room with 10 – 12 people I had never met before on top of not really knowing anything about playing jazz in the traditional sense made me a little nervous. Then getting up in front of really heavy players to show off my beginner chops scared me to death. However, I have to say I felt so welcomed and supported the entire time I was there. It was truly an amazing experience. My highlight was hearing Joe talk about the inspiration for his tune, Verrazano Moon.