Tweet Here are two videos of jazz pianist Mulgrew Miller speaking and answering questions at a master class. The basic point he makes in these videos is that you must actively listen to the music to understand it and to learn to play it. Good stuff from a master musician.
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By Eddie Rich
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Posted in practicing, Technique, Technology, Videos
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Tagged Hank Jones, Hank Mobley, improvisation, J.J. Johnson, jazz, Kai Winding, Lee Morgan, Marian McPartland, Mulgrew Miller, piano, Sonny Stitt
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Tweet Today’s transcription is the next in the series from The Jazz Message of Hank Mobley. Ronnie Ball isn’t a terribly well-known pianist. In fact, this album cover was the only photo I could find of him. The only other album I own with him playing is Lee Konitz with Warne Marsh. In that context, [...]
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By Eddie Rich
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Posted in practicing, Technique, Transcriptions
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Tagged Bebop, jazz, Lee Konitz, Lennie Tristano, piano, Ronnie Ball, The Jazz Message of Hank Mobley, There Will Never Be Another You, transcription, Warne Marsh
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Tweet Today’s transcription is Donald Byrd’s trumpet solo on There Will Never Be Another You from The Jazz Message Of Hank Mobley. I have recently been adding some written dictation to my daily practice and this is the first project I’ve completed since starting that. Since I’m working my way through Hank Mobley’s solos from [...]
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Tweet Just like the title says, Moksha is featured in the Main section of today’s Review-Journal. You can find the article online here as well as an accompanying video here.
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Tweet I’m working my way through Hank Mobley’s solos on The Jazz Message of Hank Mobley and this is the next installment of sharing that process. Cattin’ is a 12-bar blues in Bb written by Mobley. As you can see on the leadsheet, the 5th-8th measures have a note to play an improvised fill. On [...]
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TweetCheck it out here. Photo by Jimmy Iles.
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TweetI’ve been home from the Moksha Denver trip for a couple of days. It was a great time and I had a blast playing and hanging with everybody, as always. Peter Apfelbaum, Jennifer Hartswick, and A.P.O.S.T.L.E. all killed it! Photographer Jimmy Iles from the Denver Examiner was at one of the shows and took some [...]
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Tweet I’m heading to Denver for a few days to play with Moksha at Quixote’s True Blue for Phish afterparties. We’re having special guests Peter Apfelbaum, Jennifer Hartswick, and A.P.O.S.T.L.E. I will be holding down the baritone saxophone chair and I’m really excited to play with so many great musicians again!!! Back in a few [...]
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Tweet I just finished writing out Hank Mobley’s solo on There Will Never Be Another You from The Jazz Message of Hank Mobley. I’ve been working on and learning this solo for a few weeks now and made sure I had it down in a really solid way before committing it to paper or even [...]
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TweetBefore Lenny Pickett was playing up in the stratosphere, there was Earl Bostic. He is completely raging on the track on this video, Up There In Orbit. This is a showcase of altissimo, both in terms of extreme range and technical fluidity.
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