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Notice that he plays the chromatic II V on bars 7 and 8
Dexter Gordon
Drummers, listen how the drummer (Daniel Humair) plays WITH the melody. Learn the melody so you can play with it. For more about that, check out this workshop with drummer Joe Farnsworth.
Sonny Rollins
The rhythmic freedom of Sonny Rollins!
Charles Mingus
Very interesting way to use dynamics as an arranging device!
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I played that tune at a local gig yesterday 🙂
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8nFCTnTY6h4
No, the arpeggio exercises. I try to get them starting in both octaves to utilize the full range of the horn. The altissimo makes it a real challenge; not as smooth as you do it!
Not so easy at that speed! Also, on tenor, playing, starting in both octaves (tough low range, tough altissimo range).
hey Noah Osnos, what exercise are you referring to? the phrase to transpose?
Here is my video transposing the Dexter Gordon phrase chromatically, on the entire range of my instrument, with the metronome only on beat 4:
Here is my video of the voice leading challenge!
wow great!
Thanks a lot Alex. May I suggest having a look to New Real Book 1 Bb page 157&158. You will find the shout chorus as played by Mile Davis and the harmony lin for 1&2 3&4 bars as played by Tad Dameron.