Can anybody recommend me jazz harmony book for beginners? I am trained classical musician, i've mastered classical harmony at the university so it does not have to be ,,very'' basic with learning the music theory and stuff. Ihave listed a couple and
Read more…Four faces of swing.
Made with Vsampler, Sample Tank, and Stylus RMX.
Revisited in October 2016 replacing some parts with
Omnisphere 2 and Samplemodeling.
I had fun doing this. Maybe you'll have fun listening to it.
Bye-Ya( excerpt) from Thelonious Monk's album Monk's Dream.
Left channel - Charlie Rouse.
Right channel - me on Tenor Sax from samplemodeling
with USB MIDI Breath a
When harmonizing a melody for simple jazz tunes (i.e: standards), should I still apply common "rules" for voice independence, or will it just clutter up the main melody. Is for example paralell fifths similar motion still to be mostly avoided, or wou
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This is my first Composers' Forum post.
I've been doing electronic music for some years, but am now trying to develop my composing skills more in the jazz field so here's a recent piano tune.
I'd like to evolve it a bit and could do with some fee
Read more…I'd like to see a lot more in here.
In the meantime, here's an original for a 16 piece jazz group called "Thursday" (because It was written on a Thursday).
If anyone wants the score, I'll be happy to post it.
Cheers
Paul "Taz" Bartlett
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I have posted another solo Jazz piano tune here and at my website. I would be glad to answer questions from anyone whether you yourself are a Jazz player or if you play a different genre. I also welcome any kind of critique, positive or negative.
Read more…This is my first post here and I am curious as to what the acceptance of Jazz is on this site. The recording that I am posting is my version of "You Must Believe In Spring" by Michel Legrand. My biggest influence in music is Bill Evans. By listening
Read more…Classical musicians usually know practically nothing about jazz theory. When they do, they tend to throw a wet blanket over it and send it through some sort of blender: a violins and trap-set Osterizer. I might have done this inadvertantly myself, by
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