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Or simply put: One that makes you feel great once you finish!

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

@Kehaulani
One of my favorite books growing up as we practiced “Duck and Cover” by placing our heads in our laps and under our desks in order to save our lives in case of nuclear attack.

And I remember saying to my teacher "and kiss your ass goodbye."

@Dr-Mark said in What Does The Tongue Do When The Trumpet Is Played:

Hi VB,
Yep, hard to flutter tongue when the aperture is the size of a sewing thread.

I have no trouble doing this on high G. Perhaps I am still able to thread the eye of the needle. Or perhaps since I am never thinking of the tongue all hums along like a Singer Sewing machine.

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

@Niner
Gosh I wonder how well it projects.

Clearly, they both project very well.

@administrator said in Jazz Song #2 - Take Five:

I never knew this song had lyrics. Interesting.

Check out Al Jarreau's vocal version on YouTube. It's the best!

I am so unaware of what my tongue does when I am playing... the good doctor says, tongue in cheek!

I am concentrating on so many volumes of sensory input, like the sound, texture coming from my bell and how they are leading to my observations of how the audience is reacting. Tongue... oh yeah I must have one of them, and where that dynamic comes into play is how good that gin and tonic tastes when I am on break!

@Dr-Mark said in How Does The Theory You've Learned Apply To Improvising?:

Hi Dr-GO,
I read the article and yes, I feel they are on the mark, especially when they talked about the need to innovate during the NASA Apollo XIII rescue because it was unknown territory and a new type of worker was needed.

Dr-Mark, you are partially quoting from the "Sequential Model", where the reference to NASA was made. The actual reference was: "These studies found that the logical, sequential flow resulted in financial success. While initially developed by NASA in the 1960s, the model was later diffused to firms such as 3M, HP, IBM and Exxon, and many others over theyears." No reference to the Apollo XII rescue. What in the hell are you smoking! Can I get some from you when I am in Orlando?

If this is your take away, then you missed reading the section on jazz improvisation (JI). Please read that section, Page 143-149, and perhaps while drinking a Bombay Sapphire Gin and Tonic. Much more pleasing to the palette and mind.

EVERYONE READ THE ARTICLE, PAGES 143-149.
This discussion is going toward proficiency. I need to do that. You need to do this. This will get you to proficient. My attempt is to get people reading this thread to go BEYOND proficient. The reading talks about proficiency, yes. But it goes much beyond. It gives insight as to how to WORK WITH THE ENSEMBLE. That is the POWER of improvisation. Improvisation is ALL ABOUT communication. The communication is with the ensemble , and with the audience. That is the next level. This article gives you how to structure technical and SOCIAL skills on how to channel rapidly incoming sounds and progressions and how to use the talent of the ensemble and audience to turn the sounds into a performance that is appreciated by all. That is the goal of jazz improvisation. Making it real for the performer is only have the goal. Read pages 143-149, they are vital to truly understanding the art of improvisation.

@Kehaulani said in How Does The Theory You've Learned Apply To Improvising?:
And I don't believe that not reading it implies that I'm stale.

In my statement I used the term proficient:

proficient.
[prəˈfiSHənt]

ADJECTIVE
1.competent or skilled in doing or using something.

synonyms:
skilled · skillful · expert · accomplished · experienced · practiced · trained ·
[more]

So proficient does not equal stale. You and I both know you are better than this.

@Kehaulani said in How Does The Theory You've Learned Apply To Improvising?:

I did not critique it, I meant that I don't want to put in the time right now in reading it.

Got it. Kehaulani, the meat is page 143 to 149. Read those 6 pages and do let me know what you think. Your input is much appreciated.

@Kehaulani said in How Does The Theory You've Learned Apply To Improvising?:

30+ pages? I don't think so.
Please read it before you critique. The article shows what is needed to optimize improvisation. If you do not want to advance your improvisation skills it's your choice to just be proficient.

The Developmental Structures required to optimize Jazz Improvisation (From the Article Above)

@Dr-Mark said in How Does The Theory You've Learned Apply To Improvising?:

As for me, I've learned the importance of the tritone substitution, time and space, Whole tone scales, the importance of knowing the chords (major, Dom7, Minor, half diminished, diminished), and their inversions.

And then there is the ingenious invention that helps you visualize the process:

PERSONALLY, I FIND THIS WHEEL PRODUCED ON BEER COASTERS A REAL PLUS!

This is an ESSENTIAL read to truly appreciate the mechanism behind jazz improvisation. It incorporates jazz improve for business leaders to better connect with clients, but it also has important history and structural requirements to be successful at improvisation. This article was a game changer for me:

https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/6494/64c46bab1840d40402f8a2eac476df1505c9.pdf

@Dr-Mark said in A little humour:
.... Also if the legs are grabbed, a person can get pecked and flogged if they're not careful.

Barnyard Etiquette 101

I just flogged the pecker of a patient I saw that didn't pay his bill for an STD workup.
Medical Etiquette 101

Another person who was in my own graduating class went around telling people that his father wrote "STRANGERS IN THE NIGHT” which at the time was a huge hit for Frank Sinatra.....most of the other kids kind of "poo-pooed" it as total nonsense. No way ...It is entirely possible that Rich Snyder's father wrote the lyrics for Strangers in the Night. And this meant practically nothing to us. I think it frustrated him a little bit.....

Well "dooby dooby do"

Did ya know the Sahara Desert was a lush golf course until I played through. Should 'a replaced my divots, I guess.

At 3:12 in "Edge of the River" (An original Brazilian ballad written by Bobby Lavelle and arranged by me) you will hear this half-valve technique that adds a Brazilian rhythm quality to the flugelhorn sound.

@Kujo20 said in Jazz Song #1 - A Night In Tunisia:

Good evening TB.

To start, I’d like to single out “A Night In Tunisia”.

My personal favorite rendition is Dizzy Gillespie and his United Nations Orchestra (1989 Royal Festival Hall).

Claudio Roditi’s solo was a personal eye opener for me. I had never heard a trumpet sound like that. Definitely an inspiration for my earlier years of playing and trying to find “my sound”.

Here is the recording Kujo refers to in his post:

At 5:46 is Claudio's solo then again at 15:20. I had the distinct pleasure of studying under Claudio from 1979 to 1981, He was already an "understudy" of Dizzy at that time. We had our lessons in Claudio's mid-Town Manhattan apartment. He charged me $20 for an hour lesson, then HE would put us both in a cab, and HE paid the ride down to SoHo where we jammed another 2 hours in a recording studio, after which, ALL the musicians present would playback the recordings of our session, and then WE would critique one another. What an AMAZING musical education. Nothing (I MEAN NOTHING) can match that experience! Not even my medical training. To this day, at nearly every concert I perform, I use that half-valve technique near the end of Claudio's last solo. I would use this technique during my lessons on Brazilian pieces I would play for Claudio, to mimic Brazilian percussion instruments, it's amazing to see Claudio used it in years after we parted our sessions together.

By the way Mike, here is what is in the bag behind the mute bag:

Both of which are the bags of the healing Arts!