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Re: Jazzy Stuff
« Reply #15 on: January 22, 2015, 01:09:27 PM »
I love this thread <3


BTW Caitey, feeling lost?


Try some Metallica to help find your way!


https//www.youtube.com/watch?v=7U7EEHujbSM


And that's jazz! 
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Re: Jazzy Stuff
« Reply #16 on: January 23, 2015, 08:55:39 PM »
Have to admit, my preference is more for big band and swing, but occasionally I'll find a jazzy song that I can really get behind.


Like this one! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g47cExvf2zM


So energetic that I can't help but like it.
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« Reply #17 on: January 24, 2015, 03:08:12 AM »
Yes!! I love big band and swing!

Oh!
Now, majority of you know that I play the baritone saxophone, and maybe you didn't know that there is a song with a Bari feature. (Critical Mass - Jeff Jarvis)
Well, after our competition on Wednesday, the judges had told my band director that there should really only be one Bari playing during certain parts of the song. So, as first Bari, I get to play the feature by myself, and get to stand during my "solo" part of the song.  B)

Our next competition is on Monday.
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« Reply #18 on: January 24, 2015, 01:35:26 PM »
Big band music is awesome!


But how much I like the songs and how much I like the band leader aren't always in sync.  Like I love Duke Ellington as a composer, but Count Basie is such a personality.  Glenn Miller copped a lot of criticism for being too commercial, yet in truth he achieved the sound he wanted and was very successful, so I figure that makes him a great arranger and band leader.


What band leaders do you guys like and why?


Here's a fave Basie tune of mine btw
One O'Clock Jump - Count Basie (1943)
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« Reply #19 on: January 24, 2015, 03:14:22 PM »
It's hard to explain why I like certain composers and band leaders more than others. But I really like that song you posted Trix. It's one of my favorites too!
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« Reply #20 on: January 24, 2015, 03:58:19 PM »
The first time I was asked to play piano for a (small) big band, I really didn't know what I was doing and it wasn't great.  I was used to being the bass, melody, rhythm... everything!  So playing less, leaving space, listening to my band members that was all foreign to me.  Let alone fragment voicings... so much to learn.


Anyway the first song we tried was this, and despite the crimes I committed against it, I still like it.


Count Basie - Jumpin' at the Woodside
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« Reply #21 on: January 25, 2015, 04:46:59 PM »
I have a particular interest in improvised jazz.

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« Reply #22 on: January 25, 2015, 05:07:42 PM »
Ah, yes. Improv. I'm not very good at that because it isn't concrete. But, then again, that isn't something I practice every time I play jazz.
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« Reply #23 on: January 25, 2015, 05:51:25 PM »
I love to improvise!  In fact I find it hard to bother practicing something to play it the same way every time, I tend to practice familiarity with the piece and different variations.  But I get bored easy so I like to mix it up!
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« Reply #24 on: January 25, 2015, 07:40:38 PM »
I enjoy listening to solos of any type honestly. Especially Bari solos.  :* Bari is the best saxophone, I have declared it so!
But tenor gives a better warmth in a solo.
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« Reply #25 on: January 25, 2015, 07:43:21 PM »
Yeah, I have to agree.  I love the sound of a bari in a band, but i love a tenor solo.


Soprano sax is an abomination :P
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« Reply #26 on: January 25, 2015, 07:45:31 PM »
Clarinet >>> Soprano sax

Honestly, I'd be ecstatic if I had a jazz clarinet in my band. I would make sure they had everything and that I didn't cover them in my majestic bass sound.
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« Reply #27 on: January 26, 2015, 01:35:12 AM »
Clarinets are maybe the most beautiful woodwind I think... So versatile yet each style is as great as the next

I learned Blue Moon once on clarinet
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« Reply #28 on: March 07, 2015, 08:32:03 PM »
Salutations!

I'm unsure of if I made mention of this, but my jazz band is first in our district class of 3A!! We have a state level performance for a chance to be first in the state! How cool!

Also, I recently collected some old jazz records from the 30s and 40s. My only fault with them? I have now record player for the 80+ records I have.  :'(
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« Reply #29 on: March 26, 2015, 01:32:06 PM »
I was saddened to hear that trumpet player Clark Terry died in February.  A true legend!


Check him with the Oscar Peterson Trio doing Mack the Knife


Mack The Knife/Oscar Peterson Trio+ One(Kim Anderson(photos)
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