The Sermon is a blues written and recorded in 1957 by jazz legend, Jimmy Smith. I haven't learned the complete melody yet but I thought I would take a stab at playing it from memory. After all, it's just an F blues. Watch on Vimeo The Sermon … [Read more...]
Music from 12-14-05b
[tag]Practicing[/tag] [tag]walking bass[/tag] and soloing over [tag]Bb[/tag] [tag]rhythm changes[/tag] on the [tag]Hammond[/tag] [tag]organ[/tag] at [tag]195bpm[/tag]. [tag]jazz[/tag] [tag]Perdido[/tag] [tag]bebop[/tag] [tag]organ … [Read more...]
Music from 06-13-05b
Cleaned up 120bpm [tag]electronic[/tag] groove in [tag]Dmin[/tag]. It's multiple takes of me playing over top of everything else. 0:00 - [tag]Apple Loop[/tag], [tag]Step Freak Beat[/tag], [tag]rhodes[/tag] 0:07 - Dark, tense, hypnotic … [Read more...]
Music from 12-16-05c
[tag]PRACTICING[/tag] [tag]Bb[/tag] [tag]rhythm changes[/tag] on the [tag]Hammond[/tag] organ at [tag]130bpm[/tag]. 0:00 - [tag]Walking bass[/tag]. 1:30 - Right hand comps. 2:30 - [tag]Perdido[/tag]. 3:40 - [tag]Organ solo[/tag]. 7:15 … [Read more...]
Music for 06-22-06b
I'm focusing on two things here. Hand interdependence and phrasing with little or no regard to pitch. So motion and rhythm basically. 205bpm. Very choppy. 1:35: Walking bass. We'll see how it goes... 2:45: Slowing it down because I'm not … [Read more...]
Music for 06-22-06a
This is a warm up on a cool and dreary day. 0:56: Turn around into the blues in Bb. 75bpm. 1:57: Working on my hand interdependence here. 3:55: Charlie Parker's bebop classic Parker's Mood. I should memorize this solo better because it's … [Read more...]