WHAT A WORKSHOP YEAR WE ARE GOING TO HAVE!

GEOFF. DAVE. STEVE T, THIS IS FOR YOU

Good teacher Dave Frank. Not so happy about his playing - he comes from the Lennie Tristano school "The More Notes the Better" school. Classically trained, can't you tell? 

Complex subject, playing outside, but he proposes some simple solutions.  I like the first one based on semi-tone patterns. Play 2/3 notes, same again but outside, then back to the key. It sounds good and not too strange to my ear. 

Forget the 1^st 5mins of the video. His jazz solo on piano, not part of the main theme. Actually the demo starts at 8mins.  

How about if we pick a Blues, do it in F and you three each use some of these ideas in your solos.
Yeah, let's go for it.

VIC, FRANK, STEVE G, STEVE D, THIS IS FOR YOU NOW.

Have a quick look at the video, but I’d like to ask you to do something different.

How about if I ask you to play repeated short patterns in your solos over the Blues sequence. Maybe select a bit from the tune, see what it sounds like. Lets use Billie's Bounce.

That is our starting exercise chaps, what do you think?

We can repeat it later with Blues in different keys, then modal, Milestones?

SONGS
If you workshop folks don't mind I'd like to put some of the old band songs in front of you -  this will give the band a bit of a work out on them before we do a series of 5 concerts in June.

So next Sunday can we do;
(concert keys)
Billie's Bounce in F
A Foggy Day  in Eb
Afternoon in Paris in C
Alfies Theme in C
All Blues in G

I'll circulate the BIAB tracks.
John

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