Deep Dive With A Chet Baker Line
Taking a line from Chet Baker's most famous solo (But Not For Me), we discuss how to REALLY internalize an important lick and make sure it becomes a DEEP part of you forever.
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Forget The Form! Solo Over The Tag!
https://nebula.tv/aimeenolte See this video on Nebula for free (and get the pdf) and then sign up if the spirit moves you! Using examples from Miles Davis's and Dizzy Gillespie's bands, I talk about what it's like to solo over "a tag" and actually solo over one for over 11 minutes on the piano. 1-6-2-5, 3-6-2-5, and other variations are such an integral part of the jazz vocabulary!
How Pros Start Their Solos
My favorite jazz players don't show me everything at once. They have the courage to leave me wanting more...waiting to see what they will do next. Finding truth in your improvisation is KEY. Recorded using Earthworks SV33 Earthworks PM40 5'3 Hallet Davis Baby Grand
Soloing - It Isn't What You Think It Is
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The Future Of Jazz: How To Take A Neo Soul Solo
Rob Araujo is an up and coming jazz/neo soul star and I'm so fortunate to know him! Hang out with me as we deconstruct one of the hippest solos ever and discover how Rob's bebop and Glasper roots have shaped him into the player he has become.
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There Will Never Be Another You - SOLO
Just a fun improvisation on this wonderful tune. Congrats to Santiago who was the first to transcribe it!
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This Masquerade Piano Solo
In 1973, The Carpenters recorded This Masquerade and released it on their "Now & Then" album. Richard Carpenter took a masterful solo, rich with bebop language and harmonic and scalular devices. Hang out and analyze this solo with me and let's discuss the genius of this duo.
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What it MEANS to “TAKE A SOLO?”
Using famous solos by Eddie Van Halen, Mark Knopfler, George Harrison, and Slash, we look at what it takes to actually "take a solo." What goes on behind the solo, what is in the mind of the performer - the chords, the form of the song, and the confines and freedoms that go into soloing.