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#31
03-08-2011, 09:24 AM
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It's great to see the improvement. And also important to realize that some things can be improved quickly but others take more time. One thing keeping track does is let you know how long it takes you to learn things. For example, it takes me a long time to get an arpeggio study (-ATTYA, Just Friends, Autumn Leaves) under my fingers. I *thought* they would come more quickly than they do. Conversely, walking bass line comps come much more easily than I thought they would. Some tunes are easily absorbed but others keep me fumbling for what seems like ages. But as I look back, I gain insights and have a better sense of how to set goals for myself.
__________________ "I can not overemphasize how important it is to sing what you play or play what you are singing. You do not have to be a singer. You don't have to sing loudly, or even above your breath. Scatting, as this is sometimes called, directly improves your ability to play what you heard, which in turn sounds less like someone playing memorized patterns." Herb Ellis     |
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#32
03-10-2011, 04:37 PM
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Barney Kessell as a sideman ...... I just got "Anita O'day sings for Oscar" which also has Anita O'day with the Buddy Bregman big band. there are twenty or so tracks, and Barney is on all of them. lots of guitar featured on this album. outstanding album in every way. (Anita O'Day..... really like her.) |
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#33
03-10-2011, 04:44 PM
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__________________ "...there are people out there violating the marijuana laws. Musicians. And I don't mean good musicians; I mean jazz musicians." -Harold Anslinger testifying before a Senate Committee in 1948 |
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#34
03-10-2011, 11:23 PM
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| I only saw Barney once live: he was part of a guitar concert series in Pittsburgh in the early '90's. He came out on the stage with a bassist and drummer, and he had a blond Gibson of some sorts (looked like an es150) with a Charlie Christian pickup in it. As soon as he sat down on a bar stool kind of thing, he pointed to the band to say "hit it", and immediately started tearing up some heavy be-bop! Man, he could still rip! Though he practiced like mad, I remember making a lighthearted comment about how he should have practiced more (he was talking about something specific, though I don't remember what) instead of skipping lessons to shoot pool! Barney will always be one of my all time favorites. Jazzola |
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03-11-2011, 06:55 AM
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__________________ "I can not overemphasize how important it is to sing what you play or play what you are singing. You do not have to be a singer. You don't have to sing loudly, or even above your breath. Scatting, as this is sometimes called, directly improves your ability to play what you heard, which in turn sounds less like someone playing memorized patterns." Herb Ellis |
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#36
03-11-2011, 08:00 AM
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sorry it's herb ellis on the oscar peterson accompanied tracks, there's eleven of those. there are 24 tracks, Barney is on the rest it is an amazing album, best sixteen bucks you will spend. It's on a label called "Poll Winners Records" album 27231. it includes what was originally "Anita O'day sings the most" and "Pick yourself up with Anita O'Day" absolutely outstanding music. |
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03-11-2011, 01:03 PM
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__________________ "I can not overemphasize how important it is to sing what you play or play what you are singing. You do not have to be a singer. You don't have to sing loudly, or even above your breath. Scatting, as this is sometimes called, directly improves your ability to play what you heard, which in turn sounds less like someone playing memorized patterns." Herb Ellis |
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#38
03-11-2011, 05:39 PM
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