Lately I’ve been stealing lines from my favorite fusion players and this post takes a great phrase from Greg Howe’s Jump Start and applies it to some common jazz chords.
1, 2, 3… get shizzy
That’s right, we’re Getting Ready to put on a production of Jason Robert Brown’s 13. I’ll be merging the Guitar I & II books, which is one of my favorite things to do!
This time out, I’ll be using a few new toys – the Fractal Audio AX8 and the super light-weight Matrix FR12. Both sounded great in rehearsal last night, but I’m sure I’ll be tweaking things until the last minute.
I hope to get time to do a rundown of the patches to show what the AX8 can do. As you can tell by the lack of updates to this site, it’s been busy around here. More about that later!
All The Things You Are – Jimmy Heath Solo Pt. 2
Continuing on from Last Week, here is the second chorus of Jimmy Heath’s sax solo on All The Things You Are from the album Luminescence with Pat Metheny (iTunes). He really picks up the pace in the second chorus with some fast 16th-note runs.
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All The Things You Are – Jimmy Heath Sax Solo
I’m working on Jerome Kern’s “All The Things You Are” again (still?) and have been working on a transcription of the first chorus of a sax solo by Jimmy Heath from the album Luminescence with Pat Metheny (iTunes).
Thanks to my excellent instructor Mason Razavi for turning me on to this recording!
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Chitlins Con Carne – Guitar Solo
This is a really great lesson in phrasing by Kenny Burrell. Note the use of space and how many of the phrases target the downbeat of the next measure. It’s a challenging bit of calculus to play changes across the barline, but this solo has some familiar blues licks that will comfort players (like myself) that are transitioning from blues / rock to jazz.
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