I've been really working on this tune. It's really hitting me hard. It's so beautiful. I listen to it and think it should be in a movie.

Anyway, here's my take on it.

My plan is to finish it up with a video version. I can't tell you how much I learned off of this tune.

Here is a great analysis of the Steely Dan "Mu Major" chord.

http://jmdl.com/howard/steelydan/mu-major.html

I just tried it on the vibes and it sounds cool.

Barry

Hi!

Encouraged by Tony's call to put up some personal recordings I put up this blues here. I recorded all the instruments with overdubs. Overdubbing is quite difficult to me even tough with metronome since I have a lack of "rhytmical stability". The recordng is about a year old and I think that my vibes playing has improved since then - at least I hope so.

Cheers Stefan

I just received a gift in the mail - a CD of Ed Saindon in concert @ the University of
New Hampshire, w/ Dave Liebman, Matt Wilson and David Clark. Beautiful concert, replete with
gorgeous originals("The Last Goodbye", "Hope", "The Healing") and re-imagings of standards
("Moon River", "Green Dolphin Street"). There's a solo/duet version of "Black Orpheus" which really shows how the grown-ups do it ... intense listening going on between Ed and

Hi all,

It’s a long time since I wished I could share the attached file with you. It’s in my "special collection" and I love it.

Last April when Joe Locke came to Paris his gig with the Moutin Brothers was recorded on the radio. Of course, I was there… and Florian too!

This is Joe’s solo intro piece... in full... and beautiful!

It fits rightly with Dana’s recent drop 2 lessons and Joe agreed that I posted it... I’m thrilled!

Enjoy!

P.S. : Jean-Michel, listen to what you missed! :o)

When I did my arrangement of White Christmas, I used an open voicing on the Cmaj7. Turns out that it was a Drop 2 of a Major 7th (Closed G B C E -> Drop 2: C G B E). Now I can put a cool name to that voicing.

Since St. Patty's Day is coming up, I started working on Drop 2 voicings for "Danny Boy". I am starting out with a closed voice arrangement. I will use that for the first repeat. On the second repeat, I will play the tune again with the open Drop 2 voicing. It is starting to sound really nice.

Barry

Lennie Tristano, George Shearing... 2 masters of drop 2 voicings. (Was Shearing?) I'm going to listen to more Lennie, but I played on the piano today and I thought of him immediately.

I've been really shedding all this. A couple points I'm thinking.

Don't take those scales and voicings literal. Any sideways movement of chords can have drop 2s.

Make up a simple line in a key or mode. Harmonize the melody in closed position (move the chords sideways), then do drop 2.

Check this Stefon Harris video out!

what about friday night? i work straight thu the weekend. also thursday night.

theres a small chance i'd be around wed. night.