To God be the glory for the great things He has done...
Repertoire - Initially, I chose an original comp by Orrin Evans, "Faith In Action", but I think another song would fit the technique I've been working on, left hand comping straight 8ths as mastered by Erroll Garner. The song I'm gonna tackle this week is "Take 5". Brubeck didn't have to worry about maintaining that familiar comping motif and soloing (at least in the version I'm learning) he plays because Paul Desmond takes the melody. So my challenge is to swing it in the left hand and be as silky as Desmond in the right, and he is definitely smooooth as warm butter on that horn. This should be interesting.
Technique - Sad to say I was a little sloppy with the tremolo and Garner's straight eights (I did throw it in toward the end of the recording, but only for a bar or two.) Plus, Brubecks comping on "Take 5" So I'm gonna work on those three this week.
Ear Training -The song is in Eb minor and the melody takes from the Eb blues scale (or some other minor scale). I haven't learned the melody yet, just fidgeted around with it quickly. This is cool because the song from last week was in Eb major...no I didn't plan that. Should be an interesting contrast of sounds.
Improvisation - Storytelling, Motifs
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