Thursday, May 7, 2015

Chord Melody on "How Insensitive"

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Here is a chorus of chord melody on Jobim's composition "How Insensitive". This is a good way to systematically work on solo v...
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Tension Resolution Improv on "Time After Time"

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Tension Resolution (TR) on "Time After Time": One of the improvisational concepts that my students and I were working on this we...

Ed Saindon's Fulcrum Grip

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Past article & videoclips on the Fulcrum Grip. "This grip really changed my playing since I started to implement and develop it ye...
Wednesday, March 25, 2015

Spicing Up A Standard

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Article from 1985 addressing harmonic concepts as applied to Stella By Starlight. Hard to imagine that I wrote this 30 years ago. The great...
Monday, March 9, 2015

Expanding Sound Posibilities

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Practicing today on sound possibilities in executing a line over C-7 F7 Bb Maj7. Focusing on variations with pedaling, dampening, deadstroke...
Saturday, June 7, 2014

Joe Locke on "But Not For Me"

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Here is a transcription of a solo by Joe Locke on the tune "But Not For Me" (Gershwin) with the reharmonized "Coltrane Chor...
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Sunday, April 6, 2014

The Language of Joe Locke

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This is an article recently written for PAS. It addresses a transcribed solo on the standard "It Could Happen To You" performed by...
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Thursday, March 20, 2014

Dave Samuels & Lyle Mays

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Nice clip of a full concert from 1992 with Dave Samuels on vibes, Lyle Mays on piano, Steve Rodby on bass & Will Kennedy on drums (and g...
Saturday, July 16, 2011

Improv Concepts By Ed Saindon

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This was a short clinic presentation at Berklee College of Music on Friday, July 8th. The clinic focused on improv concepts and was present...
Friday, May 20, 2011

Satellite - Joe Locke

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A video clip Joe sent Ed & I over a year ago with my transcription of the first two choruses. This is one of Joe's practice  session...