Week 5

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Great performance at Romeo's on Wednesday! It was a fun session. Shout out to Brady and Benson for holding it down all night!

I would like everyone to bring in a recording of a "sound model," a player on your instrument who you think has the perfect tone. Bring a recording with you on your ipod or a CD and we will play a few in class every week. If you don't have a recording in mind, actively search your record collection, and streaming recordings on line. If you already have a sound model, keep searching and try to find an even better one!

Continue to work on the Chet Baker solo

I'll be out of town this week teaching at the CWU jazz camp so Dugdale and Taylor will run the show. See you all next month.

-ST

Sea Jazz Gig -- Moved due to Rain -- to Romeo's (by EWHS) Tonight - 7-23-2014 from 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm. Setup at 6:30.

Due the rain in the forecast, we have cancelled the Sea Jazz today, 7-23-2014,  from 5-8.

However, we just moved the gig to Romeo's by EWHS and will play from 7p-9p tonight!

See you all there!   We are setting up at 6:30 at Romeo's.  We will be there to help this Gig happen and Steve Treseler, Alex Dugdale, Peter Bennett, Max Bennett and Nathan James will all be there see it all goes well!

Call Peter Bennett if you have any questions:  425-299-1340.

Week 4

Reminder: we have our first Jazz Colony Performance next Wednesday
Wednesday 7/23 from 5:00-8:00 in the Plaza Behind Anthony’s Home Port in downtown Edmonds (456 Admiral Way)

Assignments:

• Learn to play the trumpet introduction and vocal melody to Chet Baker's "But Not For Me" on your instrument. Work on singing the trumpet solo.

• Get together with one other musician from jazz colony and work on the following improvisation and listening exersices:

     - One musician begins to improvise, and the second musician:
             a) Imitates how the other is playing
             b) Provides drastic contrast
             c) Accompanies the other player
     - Alternate who leads and who responds
     - Experiment, take chances, and try new things
     - Record some of your improvisations if possible

Check out these recordings of "But Not For Me":

Judy Garland from the original musical Girl Crazy 

John Coltrane

Lyrics for "But Not For Me."

Lyrics to But Not For Me

They're writing songs of love, but not for me.
A lucky star's above, but not for me.
With love to lead the way
I've found more clouds of grey
Than any Russian play could guarantee.

I was a fool to fall and get that way.
Heigh-ho! Alas! And also, lack-a-day!
Although I can't dismiss the memory of her kiss,
I guess she's not for me.

I was a fool to fall and get that way.
Heigh-ho! Alas! And also, lack-a-day!
Although I can't dismiss the memory of her kiss,
I guess she's not for me.

Provided by Man on the Street -- Peter Bennett

Memorize the words so you can sing it....

Week 2

Assignments:

- Learn to sing along with the trumpet intro and vocal melody of Chet Baker's "But Not For Me"
- Additional listening questions:
       - What is the form of Chet Baker's version of "But Not for Me?"
       - How does Russ Freeman's piano comping differ from the accompaniment from the bass and drums?
       - Can you figure out the rhythmic arrangement when Chet's voice enters after the piano solo?

- Practice melodies around the circle of fifths (counter-clockwise) 
1, 2, 1
1, 2, 3, 1
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 
1, 3, 5, 3, 1

Steve's beginning improv lab:

Here are the drum groove practice tracks:
Shuffle
Medium Swing