Most people don't realize that most jazz outfits do not rehearse! They think it's a well kept secret but I can tell you if you listen closely, it shows!!! I will be shot for saying that.
I don't like to play by the rules, I like to do my own songs and pop songs which most jazz guys wouldn't know. A good example, I guess I should bite the bullet and show you... Ok, I will show you how a lack of rehearsal ruined my segue idea. In the video you will notice how between Whisper Not and Blue Skies, they ignored the fact I was setting up a different tempo.
It's frustrating when, through lack of rehearsal a good idea fails. Rehearsal isn't for learning songs, a good jazz musician will know the song or have a high level reading skill. Rehearsal is to blend artistic ideas and temperaments. Just so the same Standards that all jazz bands do can be done with fresh ideas. For next week, I've put 3, three song segues into the show! The boys are going to have to really pay attention.
Of course, keeping good jazz musos on their toes is essential!! Here's a clip of a great tune called An Occasional Man. Oh and I'm wearing a cute little Cue dress with Italian cloth lavender boots.
2 comments:
1 That last song was too short, I could have listened and watched for a lot longer . Her voice and intonation match up so well, that I begin to see what some of the former greats like Ella Fitzgerald and Sarah Vaughn were really "reaching" for. With an apparent ease that is as smooth as fudge, Ms. Lansberg reaches those ephemeral dazzling heights where sight and senses meet up in seldom seen rendezvous of visual-audio fantasy land. I could easily watch and listen to video after video and allow myself to be carried away in this rare display of multi-dimensional ecstasy ..
1 That last song was too short, I could have listened and watched for a lot longer . Her voice and intonation match up so well, that I begin to see what some of the former greats like Ella Fitzgerald and Sarah Vaughn were really "reaching" for. With an apparent ease that is as smooth as fudge, Ms. Lansberg reaches those ephemeral dazzling heights where sight and senses meet up in seldom seen rendezvous of visual-audio fantasy land. I could easily watch and listen to video after video and allow myself to be carried away in this rare display of multi-dimensional ecstasy ..
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