JAZZ IS DEAD? QUINCY JONES INTERVIEW

Quincy Jones. 2 years older than me. One of the jazz greats. (Dizzy Gillespie, Ray Charles, Peggy Lee, Ella, Sinatra, Michael Jackson - "one of the most influential jazz players of the 20th century" wrote Time Magazine. He and I have so much in common. Mostly years.

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We'll have a chance to welcome two new players on Sunday and maybe a third the following week. Best behaviour lads. No rude jokes, they might be Vicar's sons. No binge drinking during the workshop, no shooting up either. No lewd behaviour. Kevin Chris and Reg, come on in.

We had a wonderful time last Sunday, one of the best ever for me. Andrew produced some really sweet and interesting  arrangements for playing tunes, and Geoff played some of the nicest lines I've heard him play. We all could work a bit more on this business of feeding each other in exchanges.

We have not had a chance to play on pentatonics, although we planned to last week. Lets try another go on Sunday.

(For reference. On maj and 7 chords they are 1 2 3  5 6 and on minor chords they are 1 345 7
It is the easiest scale you can use for improvising) For the hotshots, we'll ask you to play some short patterns outside.

Lets do it on a regular 11 V 1 song. Why don't we try it on I've Grown Accustomed to her Face in Eb con. This is a lovely song from My Fair lady - I'm thinking of doing tracks from this show for next year's Smugglers concerts. Song seems to use every mode of Eb concert.

Ain't no Sunshine Am con. Wasn't this great last Sunday? It came out of nowhere, Paul suggested it and wow! we were off in a funk version. Must be something to do with the drummer. Or maybe Vic's new bass, breaking the time. Whatever it was it worked.

Beginning to see the Light in C Con. This moves around a bit. Geoff do you want to see if the harmonies can be simplified a bit? Slightly awkward key changes as they stand in this BIAB version.

Black Coffee in Db con. A raunchy old blues, which shifts around semi-tones.


Blue Bossa. Lets get everyone trying out hand percussion. Looks easy but it isn't.

John

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