“Phil Mattson is the greatest vocal jazz arranger on the planet.” – Richie Cole
In the last while, before Phil's passing, he had a dream to form a vocal group. He invited myself, Tama Shutts, Angela Parrish, Christine Guter and Gerhard Guter (and later, Michele Weir) to be his singers, and we called ourselves "5 PM." Phil was commissioned to arrange "Speak To Me Of Love" by Jed Scott, but let us try it out at this rehearsal, which we recorded (thanks to Mark Mattson). It was shot in April of 2018.
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Make sure to watch Part 1 about McCoy Tyner And Anticipatory Pentatonics before watching this video which analyzes the quartal harmony and complexities that make up "that Tyner sound."
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Part two of my interview with Dr. Scott Holden. In this half, we work on Scott's jazz playing and have a blast just talking about whatever happens to come up. Scott could use a boost in subscribers. Please help him out by clicking the subscribe button here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCeQRHV2uHeU_J1FcbtodRcQ
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Scott Holden is a dear friend of mine who knows the piano inside and out. He holds music degrees from University Of Michigan, Manhattan School of Music, and the Julliard School where he was a recipient of the Horowitz Prize. Scott and I met when we were both living in Washington Heights in New York City and it was a pleasure to hang out with him and play/talk about music. Part two is coming soon, when I help Scott out with his jazz chops. Scott could use a boost in subscribers. Please help him out by clicking the subscribe button here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCeQRHV2uHeU_J1FcbtodRcQ
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Merry Christmas, everybody. This is one of my very favorites. I'll teach the piano accompaniment in my next video. Stay tuned!
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On Coltrane's Untitled 11383 from the Both Directions At Once album, McCoy Tyner takes an epic solo that employs a technique I like to call "Anticipatory Pentatonics." Dive deep into my transcription and learn what makes McCoy Tyner one of the greatest pianist that has ever lived. Buy the album "Both Direction at Once - The Lost Album" here: https://amzn.to/2BvafW2
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Live Hang Out Time! If you'd like to donate to my album, please click the following link and leave me a note with your email address in it so you can get the extras I will throw your way! https://paypal.me/aimn. Thank you! Aimee's Gear: Earthworks SV33 vocal studio mic Earthworks PM40 piano mic Presonus Studiolive AR8
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"All new music is terrible. People stopped making good music in the 80s. There's no reason to listen to anything on the radio THESE DAYS." If this is you, I'm asking you to watch this video, and reconsider. If you'd like to donate to my channel, please do so here: https://paypal.me/aimn
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