August 10 update

Final performance has been moved to 1 PM on Sunday, August 28. Please make a note of it. Yesterday we dove into creating background lines during someone else's solo. We talked about how to lead that and the importance of coming up with short repeatable phrases for those. We finished our tune "Leo." I can send you a pdf if you were absent! Homework for Leo - either practice one of the "licks" we came up with over the changes (transpose it over the different chords!) or come up with your own. Options were come up with: option 1) 9 9 1 9 1 4 option 2) 1 3 5 7 6 9 4 or option 3) 7 7 1 9 1 7 6 . Solar: We are playing this as a bossa! In practice your improv this week - see how long you can string together eighth note lines! Can you play for 4 measures? Challenge yourself to keep playing! - Christine Here is the Star Eyes Combo Summary from Tuesday. Today the Star eyes combo worked on reviewing our arrangements on Cashews (the Peanuts themed F blues) and brainstormed ideas for a third tune. On Cashews, we decided on what Paul described as a Bugaloo feel for the head with a repeating funky bassline based on the original peanuts theme. The intro features Spencer and Waylisha on the bassline while Josh, Marcel, and Ella play harmonies on top. For solos, we decided on switching in between swing and the Bugaloo feel for variety. At the end we are doing a tag ending. For another tune we have tentatively decided on Groovin High from the packet, although we reviewed other ideas as well. We played through the head and took solos focusing on expressing musical “ideas” rather than just playing the changes. It is good to know the changes, but ultimately the ideas/phrasing are more important than hitting all the right notes. Remember to keep track of the form of the tune as we play through these. Nice work everyone! This was my last session (Brandt). So I hope the performances go well. It was a pleasure working with you all. Homework: -keep practicing the blues, Star eyes and grooving high -listen to the styles we are playing in: swing, Latin-jazz, and Bugaloo. Notice how we might solo differently in each style -practice the key centers of Groovin High. Each II-V-I is in a key center we can identify and practice. -think about which tunes you would like to take solos on for the performance. Thanks, Brandt