Here's a lesson I recorded for the trumpet site and thought some of you might be interested in it. Keep in mind that all of the examples I play will sound a step lower than what they are (because trumpet is a Bb instrument). So if I talk about G7(#9#5), it's really F7(#9#5).
Not a pretty sound!
Hey everyone, To reaffirm my belief in the value of composing alternate melodies, I'd like to offer up a Free CD of mine to the first two people to post an alternate melody to any of the Tunes of the Month that we have gone over on the site! Post a lead sheet and an audio recording of you playing the melody if possible!
Check out the guys warming up in Delaware! We have a great group from all over the world!
Hello fellow vibes players. I've been posting a lot of detailed lessons with PDFs the last few weeks, but something I've also been intending to do is just jump on once in a while and share a little idea of something that I find helpful, so here goes.
Color this!!
Get on your computer and check out David Friedman and Bob Becker this Wed., August 3, 2011 at 6pm! UTC/GMT -5 hours
We will be live from the University of Delaware.
You're welcome to come to the University of Delaware and hang with us, in person!
Open house for our Delaware workshop this Wednesday. Open house starts at around 1pm.
Then if that's not enough!
We'll stream a vibe hang from the U of Del featuring David Friedman and Bob Becker. That will start at 6.
Here's the link to the Hall on the U of Del campus, where we'll be!
Hello everybody! This morning I had a go at Mean to Me, which for me is a tough tune to play. I think every jazz soloist of the swing and bebop eras has recorded that song : Bird, Sonny Stitt, Rollins, Dizzy, Frank Rosolino, Getz, Joe Pass, Milt Jackson, you name them ... There are really countless versions of Mean to Me. I did as best I could, at my level, but I know I have to work at it again. Cheers