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Here's a Cool Challenge

Learn one of the songs on this Sonny Rollins video.

As you see he doesn't have a chord player in the band. So you just got the job.

1. comp for his solo and the bass solo.
2. He takes long ass solos, so solo over top of him for a bit and then switch to accompanying him on his solo.

Make sure you have decent sound so that this is fun!

If you learned all the tunes, you could see what it's like playing a whole concert!

Marmaduke - Let's Study Marmaduke By Charlie Parker

This is a cool tune. Let's learn it. You can really learn a lot from studying this tune.

So.... Listen to it.... Learn the head and learn the chords.

I made a few lessons up already. I play the melody (differently:wrong). I learned this tune years ago and it evolved into something else. You will hear it. It's subtle. I learned something from doing this lesson!

See if you can spot it when you hear my play it.