@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!
@tmd said in What's in your mute bag?:
What's in your mute bag?
Trumcor Straight Mute
Harmon Type-B Mute
$1.95 Hardware Store 4" Plunger Mute
Soulo Cup Mute
Soulo Bucket Mute
Felt Mute (Crown Royal Bag)
Mike, minus the Crown Royal felt mute, we have a nearly identical composite. While my Bucket is a Soulo, my straight and cup mutes are Stone lined. Otherwise, identical equipment, as after all we ARE both Internists!
@Dr-Mark said in A little humour:
@SSmith1226
It appears to be the Frontal lobe.
Not sure how it could be. No hippocampus in this view. The occiputal folds are clearly prominent in the picture:
THIS is the Frontal Lobe
However with that said: I would rather have a bottle in front of me, than a frontal lobotomy
@Dr-Mark said in Mental approach to practice and performance:
...what is zoophilia.
I was convicted of that the last time I visited the zoo. They through me in the primate cage!
@SSmith1226 said in A little humour:
Interesting how the use the occipital lobe to place the dentition. Gives a whole new meaning to eye teeth.
@Dr-Mark said in A little humour:
@BigDub said in A little humour:
That was not eggs actly what I was thinking
Are you sure you're not egging him on?
I see that it fries you to scramble these puns Dr. Mark. Omlet them alone so you don't get poached in the process. In so doing it will be over easy to move on.
Always remember and never forget:
Practice makes perfect, but nobody's perfect so why practice?
Answer: Because if you THINK you have reached perfect, you have let yourself down as then you settle to where you are. It is my theory that there is always as better place. So that when you reach your goal, it's time to set a new goal... so you get better... and better... and better...
My goal is to channel my inner Till Bronner!
No SERIOUSLY, playing EVERY DAY is not a goal, it's a passion. The horn connects me to my emotions. It's my daily therapy, and a hell of a lot cheaper than a psychologist (or psychiatrist) [No offense Dr. Mark]. Why would't someone want to be more in touch with their inner self? That is what trumpet playing brings to me... and to play in front of other's to share my joy and try to channel the audience... well then that is another level of pleasure.
So when I leave the office in the evening I tell my colleagues, "Will I'm heading home to blow my brains out..." and THAT'S a good thing!
