I love this style. The Jabbing Chords in the left hand. I dig Mulgrew!
Great vid!
DISCLAIMER: I use the F word at the end of this video, so don't watch if you're going to be offended.
But you should watch because at the end of the video, Marie gives me a quick vibe lesson.
She's a pretty hip chick.
David Friedman talked about playing free at the VBP 2010 workshop. Great lesson here!
It took me a couple of days to get all impressions of last weekend into place.
Tho it may not look so, such a weekend is asking a lot from Paul and me here at the factory.
Preparing starts already on the Monday before:
- we needed to get the instruments ready (7 in total, only 4 used however)
- prepare/cleaning up our demo room
- prepare our cantine
- prepare/cleanin up the workshop
- organize the food and beaverage
Once the workshops started, for me the work calmed down a bit, so I could relax some.
Here's a virtual conversation about playing via the internet. I don't have the time to sort it all out but if you sift through, it's pretty cool.
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so it sounds like this could possibly work from west to east coast?
but remember somebody plays something on the east coast. in jazz i'm responding to that moment. then he's responding to me.
hmmm, but if i can do it being 55 feet apart from the other musician, then this is possible in this capacity.
that's the verdict?
If I had to make a fantasy workshop up, how I would like to see everything turn out, this would be it.
We all got to meet Marie, Nico and our guest David Friedman.
I'm so glad that our site 'mother' came to visit us at Nico's. Here's her and David playing Summertime.
Marie was watching David play and she said, he's a 'maniac' isn't he. That's a term we have for someone who just practices and plays all day and night. We asked him and David said he's always on the instrument always playing it. That's what it feels like when you talk to him and listen to him, that he's working on this thing like he was when he was 20.
They sound really great together. And I think they both became great friends in a day!
What a down to Earth, hip guy Friedman is. It's really great. At this workshop he's just one of the guys. He's just like another buddy. However, when he teaches I'm amazed at how much he can draw out of someone in a few simple minutes. That blew me away. He'd get someone up there, make a couple comments and bam they'd be making music together.
What a treat, getting to jam with Friedman!