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Amps
May 19, 2004 15:38:51 GMT -5
Post by jazzalta on May 19, 2004 15:38:51 GMT -5
I use a Fender Hot Rod Deluxe for everything. It's a powerful 40 watt amp, has a single 12" speaker and is quite light (under 40 lb.)
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Post by jazzalta on May 8, 2004 11:00:57 GMT -5
Rest in peace Barney.
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Post by jazzalta on Jun 5, 2004 12:04:07 GMT -5
Where to start? Like a lot of folks, it was the Beatle's Ed Sullivan show. Piano for 5 years then guitar.
Turned on to jazz when a friend taught me "Girl from Ipanema" and got me into Mickey Baker.
My brother's tape of Joe Pass Virtuoso 1 changed my life forever. That was 30 years ago. Main influences (far too many to list them all):
Beatles Gordon Lightfoot Allman Brothers Carlos Santana Bruce Cockburn Chet Atkins Lenny Breau Joe Pass Charlie Parker Dizzy Miles Davis Herb Ellis Django Reinhardt Charlie Christian Benny Goodman
I've played in all kinds of groups (country, rock, jazz, blues) and done theatre and tours. But I always return to jazz and those great jazz artists that continue to teach and influence me.
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Post by jazzalta on May 12, 2004 16:58:43 GMT -5
You really need to listen to Lenny. Amazing player.
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Post by jazzalta on Apr 26, 2004 22:34:05 GMT -5
Undoubtedly, Joe Pass. But very close behind are Tal Farlow, Lenny Breau and Charlie Christian.
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Post by jazzalta on Jun 12, 2004 17:13:53 GMT -5
And in addition to the walking bass stuff you can comp on the tritones (5th and 4th strings) and do a little improv at the same time.
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Post by jazzalta on May 25, 2004 10:19:38 GMT -5
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Post by jazzalta on May 11, 2004 6:44:11 GMT -5
"Doesnt it seem like all the incredible musicians learned music with no instruction and started performing professionally when they cant even read or write music?"
When I think of the great players that influenced me the most, they all had strong theory backgrounds: Charlie Parker, Joe Pass, Larry Carlton, Herb Ellis, just to name a few.
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Post by jazzalta on May 10, 2004 20:38:02 GMT -5
"Have any of you done chord-melody? It's hard to be rhythmic, sounds bad when recorded..."
Acutally, I find the rubatto of my chord melodys frees me from rhythmic structure, and helps my ideas to flow. And I usually incorportate variations on the 2nd or 3rd chorus' (ala swing, key change or stricter meter). And just recently I'm trying to use more "space" and occasional sustain. Solo chord melody is my passion and it's through the great recorded examples that I can experiment and find my own voice.
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Post by jazzalta on May 14, 2004 21:03:43 GMT -5
Couldn't paste one in here. You need the program Adobe Reader available from: www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.htmThen you can download the files onto your hard drive from the real book site I gave you. They take up a lot of memory so be aware. To download one page at a time from Book 1 there is another site: mapage.noos.fr/realbook/index_accueil.htm. It's French but you should be able to move thru it okay. Let me know how things turn out.
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Post by jazzalta on May 13, 2004 9:26:38 GMT -5
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Post by jazzalta on May 23, 2004 11:58:32 GMT -5
I like that way of notating the key centres if you will. It simplifies the situation when you have a lot of changes in a tune. I've been doing that for years and starting doing it after I picked up a Warren Nunes jazz book. Well done anders.
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Post by jazzalta on May 24, 2004 11:23:33 GMT -5
Picked this up off the net. A good place to start with a great tune. See what you think. It's actually a transcription (albeit a busy one) but I didn't know where else to place it.
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Post by jazzalta on Jun 8, 2004 20:58:36 GMT -5
Well said JersyJazz.
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Post by jazzalta on May 19, 2004 15:51:08 GMT -5
Listen to others twice as much as you practice. Jazz is a language and as such has it's own rules or "cliches." A lot has been made of not playing prescribed licks but to me they are the gateway into this style if applied appropriately. We all learn by copying first (think child's first words). The more words, the better the conversation and we begin to think on our own. Theory has its place, but it should take a back seat to actually playing. The best way I know to get started is to record a simple 12 blues progression and start fitting licks/scales/patterns in. Just DON'T give up. We've all been there. It does get better.
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