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@SSmith1226 said in How about a "Random Meaningless Image...let's see them string"?:

Key Largo Sunset along US 1:

US 1 is one of my favorite roadways but West is my favorite key... Ab minor isn't a bad key either come to think of it.

@Rapier232 said in WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO BECOME AN EXPERT?:

@Dr-GO

I’m sorry. I only speak English.

The Queens English I do believe... Pip Pip Where Lorry ridding in Britain can be a bumpy unpleasant experience, but riding Lorry, my prom date here in the USA, was quit pleasurable.

Neal085, your reply brought up my first experience to "jazz". My father had a Earl Grant (Hammond B-3 organist) and I just loved that sound. I listened to that album over and over again, not knowing what it was I was listening to, but that I really loved that kind of music.

@trickg said in Easter Services:

I'm playing lead on all of it, so there is that middle section from the Hallelujah Chorus where I'm always wondering if I'm going to make it, but I haven't had an issue with it, so here's hoping that it goes ok on Sunday too.

May your embouchure be firm and your mouth, moist. My spirit will be with you.

Sunset on Key West from our Catamaran:

@Kehaulani said in WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO BECOME AN EXPERT?:

Yeah. It's like walking in the desert and stubbing your toe on a little pyramid shaped stone pile. You decide to dig it up and, to your amazement, it widens. You do this the rest of your life, discovering that you have been uncovering the Pyramid of Cheops. That's what mastery work looks like.

So your are saying, that is what it takes to develop great Cheops!

@tmd said in WHY IS THIS BALLAD ....:

It's maybe not the best love song ever written. But it's one of the better "angry love songs".

It's one of my favorites, and a popular song in my jazz trio's regular lineup. Initially, we performed it as a ballad. It became a crowd-favorite after we switched over to a double-time feel, to give the song a bit more energy.

Mike

Mike, I would disagree. Nothing says love like "The Look of Love":

@Kehaulani said in Easter Services:

Are you spending the night sleping on a pew, then?

I hope not because as Confucius say:
"He who fart in church, sit in pew!"

@administrator said in How about a "Random Meaningless Image...let's see them string"?:

Ok, now you're just making me jealous that it's not sub-zero temperatures in Key West.

Supposedly the only frost free zone in the continental US

@Vulgano-Brother said in WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO BECOME AN EXPERT?:

I learned Zen practice from my shampoo.

"Lather, rinse, repeat."

So THAT explains a lot, Zen boy:

Excellent tmd (the T in tmd obviously stands for Toots, yes?)

My Easter gig went fairly well but certainly not flawless. The prelude "Let the Trumpet Sound" is written on 4 pages. As I transitioned from page 1 to 2, the left margin of page 2 was covered by page 1, so there was about 3 measures of improv until I could get page 1 out of the way. From that point on, things went rather well.

I find that the Eugene Blee lip warm ups work really well at getting the blood flow and lips into a supple mode. The Blee warm ups have been posted elsewhere on this site.

@administrator said in Just Another "New" Discovery:

@GeorgeB said in Just Another "New" Discovery:
This reminds me of the rendition Chris Botti recorded.

So I played the two versions back to back, and had to pause every 12 bars or so on Chris Botti's version as he played a slightly faster tempo. One thing stood out so much more than the other (except for Blue Mitchell smoking a cigarette), was Chris plays behind the beat in many of his phrasings. That does change to feel a bet between the two.

In all the professional quintets I have played with, they all had a director that was a separate person from the quintet performers. As in any formal classical ensemble, the quintet followed the recommendations of the director of the sessions.

@SSmith1226 said in How about a "Random Meaningless Image...let's see them string"?:

I did not know Alligators could read!

@GeorgeB said in Lip Flexibilities:

@Dr-GO said in Lip Flexibilities:

@GeorgeB said in Lip Flexibilities:

Both flugelgirl and Dr.Go indicated they did lip flexibility exercises as a warm up. I am now wondering why I never tried doing them as a warmup for my afternoon ballad playing session. Well, it is on the table for this afternoon's session...two hours from now...

Looking forward to your review on how this works out for you!

Hey, Doc.
I have been doing a 5 minute warmup routine of whole note long tones that always seemed to benefit my tone in the first pece of music I play, but the 5 minute flexibility I used yesterday did something that long tones never did. They eliminated a stiffness, especially with intervals, that I often encountered with my first or second song in my afternoon sessions. Now, maybe my chops were just in a better condition yesterday. I don't know. But I am going to warmup with flexibilities for the next couple of weeks to see how it goes.

Great to hear this! I really think the octave slur component of the Blee warm up exercise is what it takes to get the blood flowing through the lip muscles. Getting oxygen (and glucose) to highly toned muscles is key to optimizing muscle activity out of it's resting threshold.

From my perspective;

Dizzy Gillespie - Salt Peanuts
Randy Brecker - Some Skunk Funk
Arturo Sandoval - Flight to Freedom
Louis Armstrong - What A Wonderful World
Herb Alpert - Spanish Flea
Maynard Ferguson - Gonna Fly Now
Bill Chase - Get It On
Woody Shaw - Rosewood
Al Hirt - Sugar Lips
Freddie Hubbard - Red Clay
Lee Morgan - Sidewinder
Kenny Dorham - Blue Bossa

@SSmith1226 said in Elmer Churampi:

An interesting video on how much practice makes you an “expert”.

I am a firm believer in the 10,000 hour rule, at least for we mortals. As for Elmer Churampi, that rule need not be followed as some truly amazing individuals such as he has extraordinary synapses that do not require those 10,000 hours to organize.