finally a video of my mug and trio for everyone here .. been a while .. hope you all enjoy. this is a tune of mine called afterthought. this trio will be hitting the recording studio in janruary and has just been accepted to be on hammondbeat records out of portland oregon .. gonna be a great 2013
A small taster of our performance at the Royal Irish Academy of Music in Dublin recently. Piano is a bit low as it was not mic'd but sound is ok. Enjoy
John
Playing in a quintet with a piano player. I know it's kind of tough to stay out of each others way when comping, any tips? Thanks for all the help!
This just sort of speaks for itself.
Happy Holidays to all.
Peace
randy
Solo piano clip of 2 choruses of Harold Arlen's "Over The Rainbow" with Keith Jarrett changes along with modulation as follows: first A in Eb, second A in F, bridge in F and last A in Db. This was taped during my Berklee improv class this past summer by pianist Ricardo Curto. The lead sheet can be viewed on Scribd here: http://www.scribd.com/doc/113437494/Over-the-Rainbow-Reharm-Modulation
This is an expert from a concert Christos did with my vibes in Greece with his trio. These guys are amazing. I also had the change to jam and hang with them. They have great energy, both as players and persons.
This a tune called "Fou Rire" played by them!
Enjoy
Dimitris
Over the last couple weeks ive been dealing with a abdominal injury from loading a keyboard at a reggae gig over halloween and then played a vibe gig the day after which really put me out of commission. Because of this injury i havent been able to stand and play at the vibes for a couple weeks at any length. This got me thinking, wow im not 20 anymore. lol
For years ive been using jamey abersold's play records as an aide. His catalog of recordings hit on every aspect of improvising from basic scales to complex harmony. These have been a staple of my dialy routine since i started this journey and continue everyday.
I thought i would share one approach i have taken in recent years that has helped my ability to play in any situation.
Hello everyone.
Nicos Skalkotas was one of the greatest Greek composer who actually took the Greek traditional music and out it into the symphonic orchestra. This is a very good example of how 2 different words can combine and create something new. Nikos skalkotas has also studied with Arnold Schonberg. For more information click below.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikos_Skalkottas
Dimitris
Neighbor tones!
Check out the PDF. As you can see, there are many ways to use NT's. They can easily become a vehicle for interesting lines both smooth and angular in your playing.
When looking at the PDF, remember that I left many out.
When you pick a NT pattern, learn it in all 24 keys, then start asking "if I like this, how can I change this slightly to be something else that I like?"
That's when you can apply devices such as...
-starting in a different rhythmic spot
-changing the direction of the line (up vs.down)
-changing the rhythm of the line