Jazz
Christmas
Video Game
I just bought an album from trumpeter Ambrose Akinmusire, saxophonist Walter Smith III, pianist Gerald Clayton, bassist Harish Ragavhan, and drummer Justin Brown. The music is powerful and moving- I couldn't help but send out a link. Here's the album's opening song.
-wes
Now's the time to start the polyrhythm, although "polyrhythm" may not be the right word to describe 7/4 time signature. Pretty much every single jazz standard in 4/4 can possibly be transformed into 7/4 (4/4 + 3/4 repeating alternately) but here's some examples: Like Someone in Love and The Girl from Ipanema. One of my friends once asked a pro drummer how he felt it at a fast tempo. The answer is blowing in the wind, but he said he felt and counted it like a Clave (see music sheet of Like Someone in Love).
alternately repeat 4/4 and 3/4 for each bar.
music sheet: Like7.pdf
divide a bar into two. count the first half as 4/8 and the second as 3/8
music sheet: will never come. just figure it out yourself.
Chords in typical jazz standards progress by the variation of the dominant motion. II-V or III-VI-II-V are the representative. This is strongly an instinctive resolution, however, the drawback is that it sometimes sounds a little too inelegant. The history of jazz (or general music) might be seen as the history of replacing this progression by something more sophisticated.
The Coltrane change, as seen in Giant Steps, is jumping of the tonality by the major three interval (B to G, then to Eb, and back to B). There should be more precise definitions but I'm lazy enough to ignore them. The song sounds somewhat like an etude. Maybe it is. If you perfectly master the Coltrane change, you may also be able to use it for ad lib reharmonization in another song.
A typical Coltrane change based on the melody of Confirmation. A little more tranquil than Giant Steps.
music sheet: 262.pdf
also see: MT_26-2.mp3
http://games.soe.ucsc.edu/sammys
WEAR ALL BLACK!!!
Meet at 4:30 to run through tunes and set up, then take a 45 min break for dinner.
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MUSICIANS (of the Terminal Degree Jazz Band):
Guitar: Wes
T. Sax/Flute/Synth: Sherol
A. Sax: Josh
Flute/Piano/Bassoon: Devon
Cello: Daniel
Bass: Yu
Djembe: Trav
Trumpet: Ben
Arranger: Peter
Piano: Raj
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SAMMY AWARDS SONG NOTES!
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TETRIS
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Cello Intro
Bass at Measure 17
Everyone for 1 chorus
Solos for 1 chorus
2 choruses out (speeding up)
ENDING: Ritard on last 2 measures
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FANGS
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1) Synth, trumpet
2) Alto, cello
3) Synth, cello
ENDING: on first three measures of chart
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MARIO 2
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Everyone for 1 chorus
Solos for 1 chorus each
1 chorus out
ENDING: on last 4 bars x2
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SUBSIST
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1) Guitar with Bass
2) Alto with Piano and Bass
3) Alto, Cello, Piano, Bass
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ZELDA
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T. Sax intro
1 Chorus everyone
Solos for 1 chorus each
1 Chorus out
ENDING: with last 2 bars x3
End on the major chord
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FARMVILLE
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Guitar only, 1 chorus
Guitar solo, 1 chorus
every other solo, 1 chorus
Guitar out, 1 chorus
ENDING: Piano ending
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PORTAL
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1. Synth and Guitar first
then Bass
2. Alto and Trumpet
with everyone (add piano)
3. Flute and Guitar
Cello harmonies
4. Everyone
ENDING: with Synth (vamping the last chord)
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MARIO BROS
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Bass and Guitar
Ben on the youtube sounds
Someone on Djembe
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FINAL FANTASY MEDLEY
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WALTZ FOR THE MOON
A) Cello, Flute
A) Cello, Flute
B) Trumpet and Alto
(Cello backgrounds)
WALTZ DE CHOCOBO
A) Bassoon
B) Alto (with cello backgrounds, add bass and guitar)
A) Flute (cello backgrounds)
B) Alto and Trumpet (cello backgrounds)
MAIN THEME
A) Alto
A) Flute
B) Cello
A) Alto (cello backgrounds)
A) Flute (cello backgrounds)
B) (Trumpet with Cello backgrounds)
Take the ending
