Originally Posted by
achase4u
All I can say is that I can relate. I recently started some gigs with a N.O. Trad jazz group where the "stuff" I play is very different to my usual jazz duo gigs where I do all the post bop stuff. I have a different guitar and mindset to do the rhythm stuff in this quartet(I'm the only chordal player) so 90% of the time I am chugging along doing spread triad chunks. However, because there is only one horn, a drummer and a bassist, I have to solo to allow some "scene changing" and give the horn player a little break. This is a big change to suddenly go from really hitting the guitar for as much acoustic sound as I can get to the more fine motor stuff of a solo. Top it off with the fact that I basically know zero Allan Reuss stuff so my chord soloing is lacking. If I switch to single line it's pretty difficult because I'm also trying to mentally filter out any bebop or post bop language that regularly just comes out as part of my improvisation. It all winds up being very difficult. I'm just hoping that with time I can get a little more of that stuff in my hands. I'd prefer one solo a set, honestly. I just don't know the tunes so I am reading this whole time, too.
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