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nick8801 Veteran Member
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Posted: Thu Mar 23, 2023 9:56 am Post subject: |
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music is music |
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Trumpetstud Veteran Member
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Thanks a lot Ed! π‘π€¬π |
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Trumpetstud Veteran Member
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Posted: Thu Mar 23, 2023 12:07 pm Post subject: |
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I didnβt realize that was Chris. π€©π |
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PH Bill Adam/Carmine Caruso Forum Moderator
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Posted: Thu Mar 23, 2023 12:42 pm Post subject: |
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kehaulani wrote: | You learn Smooth Jazz like you learn any other Jazz - transcribing, seeing how the improvisor played over chords and how he used rhythms; listening to guys who play like you want to play: Botti, Braun etc, and not only trumpeters but guys like Dave Sanborn, Kenny G etc. and copying them. Listen, listen, listen.... |
This. Learning to play any style of jazz (or any adjacent music) consists of doing all the things it takes to have the skills, knowledge base, etc. to play any kind of jazz. It's all the same. Then you listen, listen, listen, experiment, try and fail, rinse and repeat.
It's not rocket surgery. Become the best musician you can become and find role models who do the kinds of things you want to do. _________________ Bach trumpet artist-clinician
Clinical Professor of Jazz Trumpet, University of Illinois
Professor Emeritus of Jazz Studies, Indiana University Jacobs School of Music
Faculty Jamey Aebersold Jazz Workshops 1976-2019
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oxleyk Heavyweight Member
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Posted: Thu Mar 23, 2023 3:04 pm Post subject: |
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onlyson wrote: | Saw him live years ago. Wished the entire concert he would just once step outside the box and play something that resembled jazz. Nope. He does have the most beautiful sound though. Even with all the reverb. Which was a LOT. |
Was that at College of DuPage, by chance? I was at that concert and while his playing was, and is, top-notch I just felt like I was listening to a recording. The only presence I got from the musicians was amplified and engineered to the point that it didn't sound live.
Would love to hear him perform unplugged.
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kehaulani Heavyweight Member
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Posted: Thu Mar 23, 2023 4:34 pm Post subject: |
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PH wrote: | try and fail, rinse and repeat. |
LOL! _________________ "If you don't live it, it won't come out of your horn." Bird
"Well, even if I could play like Wynton, I wouldn't play like Wynton." Chet Baker
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Trumpetstud Veteran Member
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Posted: Thu Mar 23, 2023 5:40 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks PH!!! Great words of wisdom. I was kinda thinking you could do smooth and modern jazz (not real sure of the terminology). Itβs just music. Play it. Is that a thing? ππ |
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Billy B Heavyweight Member
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You are what you eat _________________ Bill Bergren |
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kehaulani Heavyweight Member
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Posted: Thu Mar 23, 2023 10:15 pm Post subject: |
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Botti, Botti the musical fruit.
The more you eat, the more you toot.
The more you toot, the better you feel.
So eat some Botti at every meal. _________________ "If you don't live it, it won't come out of your horn." Bird
"Well, even if I could play like Wynton, I wouldn't play like Wynton." Chet Baker
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Trumpetstud Veteran Member
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Posted: Thu Dec 21, 2023 6:38 pm Post subject: |
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Just saw an interview with Chris Botti and he mentioned he used to play a Bach. Anyone know what model it was? ML, L etc. |
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PH Bill Adam/Carmine Caruso Forum Moderator
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Posted: Thu Dec 21, 2023 8:02 pm Post subject: |
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In college, I believe he played on a Bach 37. He played that with Buddy Rich and when he first moved to NYC. After he started doing a lot more studio work in NYC he moved to some kind of Calicchio. He was still playing the Calicchio when he started his solo career and while he worked with Paul Simon. Sometime after that (his solo projects, and stints with Joni and with Sting), he started playing Martins. _________________ Bach trumpet artist-clinician
Clinical Professor of Jazz Trumpet, University of Illinois
Professor Emeritus of Jazz Studies, Indiana University Jacobs School of Music
Faculty Jamey Aebersold Jazz Workshops 1976-2019
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Man Of Constant Sorrow Heavyweight Member
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Learn from your audiences.
Mix with them, during breaks ... ask them to be honest in their constructive criticisms ... ask them what they would like to hear. Adjust your attitudes. Don't be a jazz "cork-sniffer".
Develop your own arrangements of popular "standards". People identify those more readily. They likes to hear what they like. You can surprise them with creative arrangements.
In-any-event; this "process" has worked for me. Have enjoyed playing the gigs. _________________ Sub-Optimal Hillbilly Jazz |
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