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Jimmy recently lost his wife. There's probably both monetary and "try to get back to some sense of normalcy" behind his motivation for getting back out there.
I think my question would be: If there is a #11 or a b13 … … are you playing the fifth anyway? and I guess to answer the question directly, I don’t think Orri is using the best chord symbols...
Reg the way you describe it... I think I need to set up a real book jam or something... A weekly thing where I can play with some guys and get more work on my ensemble ear. Too much solo studying, ...
This is more for Allen.... chords or chord symbols on charts are not in isolation. Part of being a jazz player, playing a jazz chart or just playing in a Jazz style is being aware of what the rest of...
Are we talking about the same Jimmy Bruno? Oscar the Grouch is basically Santa Claus next to Jimmy Bruno.
Here we go again... I can't help but notice all 4 of Orri's options use a natural 5th... So Reg, do you think of the #11 as a b5 and the b13 as a #5? Why is one chord so complicated?
Arriving on time (which means early) and sober, 80% of success. Amazing how many people fuck this up.
What not to do on a gigArriving sober isn't a bad start... :cool:
I made this guy an offer but he's firm on price. Roger's got another batch of 120s finishing up in a few months. My experience buying used, high end guitars on the internet without playing them...
I don’t follow what this means. I do see that Jimmy says he needs money. But at least seems super duper happy and stuff. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
This is more a statement on the “small world everyone knows you” nature of even the biggest jazz scenes, rather than the overall availability of gigs.
Yea... if you have good rhythm... and then know how to use that good rhythm structurally within Form.... you can use all the flavors and everyone still thinks your vanilla... For the record.......
Hello, I love my little jazz but lately it's been giving me some problems live. The volume potentiometer makes a scratchy noise. Sometimes the volume goes down and goes up on its own. The reverb is...
But he’s saying he’s having trouble finding gigs. He said it plainly.
5 over 4 legato diminished, synthetic pentatonic...
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