I think I've posted this before but I'm not sure. This would make a great EOTM (Exercise of the Month). Might not be as easy as it looks. The left hand plays the double stops.

This is a tune I have been working on for a few weeks just to get a handle on, I have kept it simple with an Aebersold backing track, I hope to do more with it like comping the chords filling in the gaps and just use bass and drums but I thought I might post what I have so far. Comments welcome

Peter and I often play a free piece as an opener for our duo concerts. It's a real challenge, however, to play a tonal free piece. This is what we did here. It ended up sounding like a song of some sort. I have no idea where this recording comes from. I found it somewhere on my computer.
Hope you enjoy it.

David

Hi, Today I spent some hours adapting Monk's Just a Gigolo, from a recording. It's not as well played as it could be (I need to work at it again), but I'll post it all the same. When I'm ready, I'll add an impro, but the time is not right yet. I'm still struggling through Tony's exercises, learning the ABC's. Monk plays some hip things, like he harmonizes the first note of the tune (C) with AbMaj_A7#9. I like those sounds. I think they come out very well on the vibraphone.

I've been thinking about this a lot recently, and I figure this is a great place to talk about it. I hit brick walls a lot and it's easy to get all down and not push yourself out of the rut (at least for me). The worst part about these experiences, is the feeling that I am the first person to ever go through it. The logic part of my brain tells me that my vanity is ridiculous, but I think it's easy for everyone to feel this way. When I get like this, improvising becomes EXTREMELY difficult...

This is pretty interesting to me. Listen to Coltrane's solo.

Check out Vince Lardear. He came over tonight and did a whole video series on the bebop 7 scale. It was really great! I'll put it up soon!!!

I'll give a set of my mallets to the first person who transcribes the solo here and posts it! That is the first to post it *here* in the comments.

Hey guys! I just thought I would post this thing I recorded with a group that I play with every week at Wally's. We all transcribe an album a week and play them on Saturday and then we host the jam session afterward.

http://soundcloud.com/reedsanddeedsii22/the-427-factory

The first 45 seconds are from the show before us, so don't be surprised when you hear some crazy music at the beginning.

For those of you that don't know me, I'm the guy with the tie.

-Joe Doubleday

This lesson includes some tips on ballad accompaniment, using Polka Dots and Moonbeams as a sample tune. Pdf examples attached.

Vince Lardere, a great local alto player came to University of the Arts and did a workshop on the bebop scale that the students LOVED. So I asked Vince to come over so I can video the workshop. This was great stuff. So maybe we should start a little series on 'Lines and Licks'.