Many ECM recordings have some of the sexiest reverb out there.
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That’s where that sample is from! 
Now I have to remember who it was that sampled it!
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I love this song, but this live version is just other level. Super spacey, with synth pads and crazy delays and stuff, yet incredibly jazzy and funky. I wish fusion had stayed this way. Just an amazing intersection of electric and acoustic sounds.
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sampled for
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I love it! I want to study more music theory in 2023 and practice trumpet so I can get better at playing it. My first-ish attempt here:
and my first real jazz style drumming here (with Model:Cycles on bass!):
I’m a big fan of Ben Allison / I love rock/jazz fusion stuff.
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Here’s a fresh dope gentleman that I want to use for the sample challenges we’re putting up with @natehorn 
Speaking of which, we have a new challenge up that’s very sample worthy, so if you haven’t already had a a chance to do so, check it out!
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I have a feeling you’ve got quite a bit of talent - the sort of person who can take up any instrument and do something musical with it in less time than most people.
Love the sound of trumpet! I’ve been enjoying learning and practicing Clifford Brown’s Sandu solo - first on keys, then on guitar. Just using the Soundslice features on this page - the other solos are great of course: The Easy Way
I’ve seen various instructional materials on scales and soloing. I like Open Studio’s Jazz Scale for Beginners course the best. A lot of lessons tend to say “learn the major scale” and that’s it - this particular course also introduces a selection of other scales - just enough to prevent boredom, but not so much that you would be overwhelmed.
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Such a kind and generous comment! Thanks so much for your words and checking out my work.
Whoa this open studio looks great! uh oh they have a black friday sale, might have to buy a course!
Did you learn music theory/reading sheet music from formal study?
edit: I should check this site for music theory/how to learn theory discussions that i’m sure that are on here
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Yes, I had some private lessons with 2 guitar teachers and a piano teacher, and music theory classes at my university. Our regular routine in theory classes included sight-singing notated music and various forms of ear training.
My 2nd guitar teacher was the jazz specialist and suggested learning famous solos by ear, but I was too lazy to even try until years later. Of course nowadays with Soundclick technology, and other tools for slowing down audio - even the built-in speed control in Youtube - it’s easier than ever to learn licks, solos, etc. by ear.
For peeps who can play keys, I like Adam Maness’ courses at Open Studio. He has a rare gift for explaining how the theory relates to the cool stuff you hear on famous jazz tracks, without sounding too dry/boring, or the other extreme of “just play what you feel bruh”.
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I used to love jazz, I don’t find myself listening to it very much anymore though. It just doesn’t hold the same mystique.
However, Get Up w/ It and Down on the Corner still sound fresh and unique to me.
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This has been my morning tea music for awhile now - it’s like a loved story book to me.
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never listened to this album, really enjoying this track (and omg those GLASSES 
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Huge Art Pepper fan. The life that dude lived. Heroin addict, in jail all the time. Not that’s anything admirable. But homeboy was wasted out of his mind in some dirty/smokey apartment half the time and just whips out his sax and plays the craziest shit.
Love Thelonius Monk. Have watched this performance on YT a hundred times:
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Monk is so legendary. His influence is everywhere. Was just tonight listening to this album that is all Monk tunes. Paul Motian, Joe Lovano, Bill Frisell, Geri Allen, and Dewey Redman. Powerhouse.
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Great compilation!
I thought about this topic a lot the other night as I attended my first synth club meeting. It was kind of awkward, but only due to my anxiety and I didn’t bring a synth to plug in… I was too nervous, so I figured I’d watch first.
As I sat there being half audience member and half student I watched lots of improvisation, even some call and response, all kinds of sounds trying to melt together… sometimes working out, sometimes not so much… but it was the freedom of expression… at that moment it was clear that this was a type of jazz, just being played with non-traditional instruments in the jazz world. People adding elements here and there. It was a very industrial yet organic experience… like flower growing out of asphalt. Anyway, I kept thinking of this thread.
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Double-posting this here for archival purposes, and to find out if anyone knows anything about this band? There isn’t much information about them on the web.
We’re using this for our new challenge that is open to anyone who wants to zone out and twist knobs with us 
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