I ran across the paper paper attached (2002) about Milt Jackson a couple days ago. It has some great examples of Milt's playing written out, as well as some dialog regarding his approach to soloing, and his musical career.

Is this already up on the site? Let me know if it is.

--IG

Chinese translation for Chinese students.

Tony把這首曲子分成三個部分，這裡我們會學到第一部分。
（先不要去看Leadsheet，直接練練看以下的和聲進行）
以下是這首曲子和聲進行：
Cminor9 - Dminor9 - G13b9 (F Ab B E)
常常見到的和聲進行是
Cminor9 - Dminor9b5 - G13b9
但是這首曲子比較特別，是接到2級minor9，而不是minor9b5 。

*放到不同調裡面練習
*5級和弦用到的是rootless 13 和弦，沒有根音(root)沒有五音(5th)。
*學會這個和聲進行你就已經掌握百分之30的曲子了。


I think we might have done this tune before. But I thought we should revisit it. It's perfect and no matter what level you are at, if you really study this tune a bit, you will learn quite a bit about harmony and what's happening.

It's a tune of 2 5's and that needs to be the basis of our studies. If you can navigate easily through two fives you are really on your way to get through harmony.

This tune is a study of Major two fives, even though it's a minor tune.

Here we go!

The Nearness of You - listening to the great and one of a kind pianist Art Tatum today on the drive into Boston. Still unbelievable every time I listen to him. Working on the left hand and the straight four to the bar feel on this classic Hoagy Carmichael song.

Does anyone have recommendations for 4-mallet pieces of grad school level? Anything that's common in auditions or that's just good music? I'm working on a Bach cello suite that's nice for 2 mallets, but I'd like something that necessitates 4. Could be stuff written for vibes or anything else; I have no complaints with transposing, I'm actually playing the G cello suite in C to make better use of the vibes low range.

Thanks to Mark Cochran