Me playing solo jazz guitar

badb · #1 05-20-2011, 03:13 PM

Hello, I've recorded some solo pieces today

It's at the local cafe in Nice France, where I live at the moment. I'd like to hear what you think, and what to improve in this exiting and challenging style!

There Will never be another you
YouTube - ‪There Will never be another you - à Nice 20 mai 2011‬&rlm;

Autumn Leaves
YouTube - ‪Les feuilles mortes 20 mai à Nice‬&rlm;

tuxtux · #2 05-27-2011, 03:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by badb

Hello, I've recorded some solo pieces today

It's at the local cafe in Nice France, where I live at the moment. I'd like to hear what you think, and what to improve in this exiting and challenging style!

There Will never be another you
YouTube - ‪There Will never be another you - à Nice 20 mai 2011‬&rlm;

Autumn Leaves
YouTube - ‪Les feuilles mortes 20 mai à Nice‬&rlm;

Nice to see and sounds very very good.
My compliments

Regards
Clavan

ps:
I have a Gibson ES-175 too ;-)

mr. beaumont · #3 05-27-2011, 04:30 PM

Loved it. Although I'm very jealous of your location.

NSJ · #4 05-27-2011, 04:34 PM

Ah, very nice, "Les feuilles mortes" nice in Nice, no less.

The ability to organically integrate chords and single note lines is an art form, no? Great job! My feeling is that Barney Kessel was one of the best at this, integrating chords and single note lines.

Question: as a general observation, how come the solo choruses of Autumn Leaves are generally more lively, swinging, and uptempo than the head? (not addressed to you, but in generally. I've always felt the head itself should be taken more seriously and interpreted with conviction and passion, not just rattled off by rote as a perfunctory exercise to jump off into the solo section.

I thought you integrated the head beautifully at the end, too! Thanks for posting.

mr. beaumont · #5 05-27-2011, 04:41 PM

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Originally Posted by NSJ

Question: as a general observation, how come the solo choruses of Autumn Leaves are generally more lively, swinging, and uptempo than the head? (not addressed to you, but in generally. I've always felt the head itself should be taken more seriously and interpreted with conviction and passion, not just rattled off by rote as a perfunctory exercise to jump off into the solo section.
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I think you kinda hit the nail on the head...it's a beautiful melody...and it responds so well to being played slowly and "thought out."

But then, the changes are a lot more fun to blow on if you pick them up a little...

It's sort of like the tailor made song for "start slow, then swing."

Jazzpunk · #6 05-27-2011, 04:57 PM

Very cool!

Kman · #7 05-27-2011, 05:52 PM

Hey Bad, very nice.

The videos immediately made me pick up my guitar and try to do what exactly you were doing. I guess you insprired me !

KB

StevieB · #8 05-30-2011, 11:05 AM

Loved it! Sounds great, what little amp are you using?

nado64 · #9 06-01-2011, 08:14 AM

make your videos outside is very cool !
Play "la vie en rose" near Grasse is a good idea, I smell them.

VersatileJazzGuitarist · #10 06-01-2011, 03:53 PM

Badb,
Very nice playing.

I would make one suggestion.

You are using a lot of straight major and minor chords (meaning triads, rather than sevenths). If you want to sound more like jazz and more contemporary, try to eliminate these chords from your playing. Instead of an A minor, play an Amin7. Instead of a G major, play a G major seventh. Even better, play Amin9, Gmaj6/9, etc.

And use altered dominants: 7#9, 7b9, and so forth, instead of straight dominant seventh chords.

Does this make sense to you?

Reg · #11 06-01-2011, 06:21 PM

Does to me...

badb · #12 06-03-2011, 03:49 PM

Hello everybody, and thanks alot for your replies, it's a great help and motivation to hear your opinions! It's fun, but indeed a challenging style. I got my first "solo gig" at a wedding in Italy in July, so I'm working hard on my repertoire, mainly more popular (but good!) songs. Beatles, C'est si bon and "Volare" of course

Today I played for the first time solo guitar on the streets. I went Ok, found a good spot and got some good responses and some euros. But af 20 min a guy came with big amplifiers, accordion and backing tracks and played insanely loud not far from me, hard to compete with that (talking volume)!

@StevieB : Hello, thanks! it's a "Crate" a battery amp i bought here in France. Almost everybody who plays the street use it. I liked it, easy to carry and good sound. And affordable (about 200 euro)!

@VersatileJazzGuitarist: Thanks for your critique, and your right on. I try to tell my self to remember to add some more colours to my voicings, but in the heat of the moment I often tend to use the old triads. Thanks for watching and pointing it out, it definitely something I have to work on!