Hey guys,
Here is a review of Behn's great new record, with Nate Radley, Ugonna Okegwo, Jason Tiemann and Bruce Harris...
Check it out, but more importantly, CHECK OUT THE RECORD!
-Anthony
Behn Gillece
“Dare to Be” (Positone, 2016)
-Reviewed by
Anthony Smith
I'm trying something new and hope that it's of interest to vibe players and musicians in general. I'm inviting creative, improvising musicians to my home studio here in Berlin and sending these spontaneous encounters as a live stream through Stege.it. Here's the link for the first one today in the States and tonight in Europe.
Been meaning to post again for a long time now. Chord Melody on Miles's solo, then Milt's solo. Enjoy! Comments and critiques welcome.
Here's a quick and dirty performance of Blues for Alice.
Some of you guys know that I really believe that putting your stuff out there is a great way to get better! That means playing in public, giving college concerts, playing in jam sessions and also posting on the internet. This is a fairly new way of putting your stuff out there.
The thing is you will try harder if you're putting your stuff out there and that's why you get better.
I just decided to give myself 1 hour to come up with a decent version of this tune and post it.
1:21 I say top 2 voices, I mean top three
2: 15 I say Bbmaj 9. I mean Bb-9(man 7)
I say confirmation. I mean Blues for Alice.
I say Ab-7 where I mean Bb-7
Hi Guys this is the first lesson of a series called Comping 101 where I will cover a lot of the secret of this refined art.
Let me know if you have any question about this topic that you want me to explain!
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Have a nice week
Giovanni
So many great versions of this song. One of my favorite versions is by the late jazz harmonica player Toots Thielemans and pianist Kenny Werner. It was very sad hearing of Toots' passing last week. There was no one like him and it's such a huge loss. Toots and Kenny recorded this song on their duo recording. I also saw a video last week of Toots and Kenny playing this song in a concert. Toots playing the melody so beautifully on harmonica and Kenny backing him up on piano and synth with sensitivity and lots of harmonic color and variation.
Hey everyone,
Here's a bonus for our 7 weeks of bebop, Blues For Alice. I thought this would be a good one because of the different changes. Good luck!
Behn