ONE OF MY PERSONAL ALL TIME FAVOURITE SOLOS

Last Sunday we ran a Smugglers workshop session where we asked soloists to play in a certain way. We asked them to use dynamics, loud and soft. We asked for some long notes. We asked for spaces to be left in the solos. We asked for repeated notes. We asked for fast and slow pacing. They all did it. Everything we asked.

Now just listen to this BRILLIANT solo by alto star Lee Konitz. He starts by embellishing the song. Then in his solo he is doing all of these things. Hear the long spaces he puts in, and the tension that creates. Hear the loud and soft notes. Hear the little repeated and displaced phrases.He also has Gerry Mulligan on baritone very softly in the background adding his classic spare harmonies. What warmth that adds. The whole piece is a complete story, and it respects the tune. It is not the easiest thing to play. "All the Chords you've got" is the jazz musicians name for this song. (Listen to the way he plays so smoothly over all of the many changes)

I'm going to circulate this to the workshop folks for them to hear.. Pity there is no live video.
Our workshop people are playing so well these days. Never had a better or more enthusiastic group.
They are putting in so much work.
John

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In this blog We will produce tips for jazz piano, and jazz guitar together with jazz saxophone. We will cover jazz chords, jazz guitar chords, and we will deal with jazz scales. We will cover jazz songs. This site is all about jazz improvisation.
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