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Hi all!

Yesterday I've been at Porgy&Bess (www.porgy.at) - the most important jazzclub here in Vienna where Bosko Petrovic Trio (vib, git , bass)played. These guys blew me away! Maybe someone of you have seen Bosko - he is 74 years old and from Croatia. He plays with two mallets - the huge ones like Milt Jackson and uses a timpani gip. Bosko has also composed many jazz tunes. The last few tunes of the gig he featured a boy of about 12 years named Vid Jamnik from Slowenia who studied with Bosko for several years and now plays like a killer.

The most obvious Valentines Day tune is "My Funny Valentine". Are there others?

I put the changes into Band-in-a-Box and had fun with "My Funny Valentine". I'll probably do another take though.

How about posting your version or another Valentines Day tune? I know you want to!

Barry

This is a solo that me and Tony came up with last week. I had to play it in 12 keys. It was fun! Hope you guys try it as well.

I didn't write the chords down. I think is a good exercise to try to figure them out by ear using the lines.

Have fun!! :)

This section will cover Giant Steps and ways to study and master the tune!

The other day, I heard a couple tunes on our local jazz station:

An arrangement of Burt Bacharach's "This Guy's In Love".

Victor Feldman and Bobby Hutcherson played on this album. I don't know who played on this song though.
http://www.emusic.com/album/Barney-Kessel-Barney-Kessel-Plays-For-Lover…

I bought a beautiful stick bag off of Danasud as he's known on the site.

That bag is beautiful!
Thanks Danasud!

Here is a simple exercise for brushing up on triads and also good for technique!

Step 1. Play any triad (ex. F)
Step 2. Take the 3rd of that triad and begin a new triad based off of that note!
Example: First triad is F then second triad is an A triad.
Step 3. Take the 3rd of the 2nd traid and build a triad off of that note.
Example: Second triad is A then 3rd triad is C#(Db).
Step 4. The next triad in the series would be the same as the first triad so you are back to the beginning! (ex. F) So just continue for another octave and then start a new triad!

Example:

Here are my two practice versions of Vince Guaraldi etude by TM.
The first one is a normal playing version, and the second one is an attempt to use the 2 hands separately.
I don't play the head entirely, I start improvising over the chords quite fast...
This is where I am today with this tune that I really enjoy playing... go ahead, tell me what you see/hear...I'm here to make pogress
1st take :
http://fr.youtube.com/watch?v=KCQERvVcLMA
2d take
http://fr.youtube.com/watch?v=YLg_-iE0-ew

This is a great lesson by Behn Gillece on some approaches to solo playing as well as voicings.

My First Vibes Gig - Jan. 11, 2009
(Amateur Night at the Mansion)
by BarryK