Just the melody.

[Bobby Hutcherson]

You should join up and ask em. :P

[lawson-stone]

Deja Vu all over again.

[John A.]

Deja Vu all over again.

I've got a playlist of Jimmy Smith and Bobby Timmons tunes, and I was thinking of adding some Bobby Hutcherson to it. Even though I know they're all different people, I get this eerie sensation that they're not.

[kris]

I think I will play melodies on the MIDI guitar using a vibrafone sound.

[lawson-stone]

I've got a playlist of Jimmy Smith and Bobby Timmons tunes, and I was thinking of adding some Bobby Hutcherson to it. Even though I know they're all different people, I get this eerie sensation that they're not.

Perhaps there is just one single Jazz Spirit that binds us all together. You are Jimmy Smith. I am Jimmy Smith. Bobby Timmons is Jimmy Smith. So are we all until one of us gets banned then I guess we're all out?

[Bobby Hutcherson]

[John A.]

Perhaps there is just one single Jazz Spirit that binds us all together. You are Jimmy Smith. I am Jimmy Smith. Bobby Timmons is Jimmy Smith. So are we all until one of us gets banned then I guess we're all out?

No, you’re thinking of reggae. Jazz is 2 and 4. I don’t think I have the bannedwidth for the rest of this conversation.

[Bobby Hutcherson]

[Ukena]

Another tune with some intervallic challenges.

You Make Me Feel So Young:

[AllanAllen]

[AllanAllen]

[Question]

Ukena,

very nice.

I think Ukena is illustrating some overlooked and important points about articulation.

He says in earlier posts that he sees himself more as a singer who accompanies himself on guitar.

I can hear in his playing that he has sung this melody many times and knows the words.

I say that because of the length of the notes, he is often phrasing the length of the notes as they relate to the words.

When discussions arise about guitar articulation it is often mostly about slides, hammer-ons, pull-offs, legato etc.

I have never heard anyone talk about the length of the notes.

Not just long and short but where in the rhythm do you purposely cut off a long note.

A good singer has control over their phrasing, articulation, and diction.

Especially words that end with a vowel, you need to know where to end it to make it swing.

The fact that Ukena is also a singer gives him an advantage over those of us who don't sing or never listen to vocal music.

I am not a singer but have played with many and find myself often hearing their phrasing in my head when I am playing a melody.

On page 10 of this thread I posted a version of Willow Weep for Me, in which I am hearing in my head the phrasing of a great singer that I worked with for several years.

I think that might be a pretty good example of what I am talking about regarding when to rhythmically cut off a note and its effect on the groove.

My 2 cents. Carry on.

[AllanAllen]

Willow Weep for Me

Ah yes, this was a great one.

[kris]

Donna Lee-melody:



Box

[Question]

@Mick-7,

as I wrote in my original post; I recorded myself playing it on the drum-kit that you see in the background.

(maybe you are seeing the re-post from Alan that omits the explanation)

[John A.]

End of a Love Affair with a Phil Wilkinson backing track.

[Mick-7]

End of a Love Affair with a Phil Wilkinson backing track.

Does Phil know you've ended the affair?

Donna Lee-melody:

Fire the piano player, he can't keep up with you.

[kris]

Does Phil know you've ended the affair?



Fire the piano player, he can't keep up with you.

Great piano player Mark Levine in salsa style...

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[kris]

Yardbird Suite-melody:



Box

[ragman1]

Another golden oldie. I let it run on for a bit because I wanted to try the improv.

Bossas are quite hard to improv over properly. Joe Pass was the best non-Brazilian guitar improviser I heard. Meditation on his Intercontinental album is a real gem.

[AllanAllen]

Is a Charlie Byrd Brazilian?

[kris]

Is a Charlie Byrd Brazilian?

+1

[John A.]

Another golden oldie. I let it run on for a bit because I wanted to try the improv.

Bossas are quite hard to improv over properly. Joe Pass was the best non-Brazilian guitar improviser I heard. Meditation on his Intercontinental album is a real gem.

Joe Pass was certainly great at it, but there have been many others, Charlie Byrd, Gene Bertoncini, Earl Klugh, Joe Beck, Barney Kessel, Jim Hall, Pat Martino, to name a few. All different, all great.

[lawson-stone]

End of a Love Affair with a Phil Wilkinson backing track.

Definitely had the special sauce on this one.

[lawson-stone]

Here's Donna Lee; made the clip some time ago but it fits for this thread