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Posted by: Staffy Jan 28 2010, 01:39 PM

Since I've been preparing an upcoming Student-Instructor lesson on the topic "contemporary jazz improvisation", I made a take to accompany the article. I may be excused for the playing in some spots, since I didn't really played jazz for some 20 years or so.... *lol*
Anyhow, its not the normal kind of playing found here, but I think that maybe some of You may find it interesting.

Posted by: Emir Hot Jan 28 2010, 01:44 PM

Awesome man. I love how you're moving through arpeggios to match the chord changes. Very nice

Posted by: Pedja Simovic Jan 28 2010, 01:45 PM

Very cool Staffay !
Nice voice leading ideas, melodic approach, pentatonic scales, tetrachord soloing, chromaticism, arpeggio, motives, sequence. Great stuff man

P.S. Your guitar sound is leaning towards Pat Metheny

Posted by: Sensible Jones Jan 28 2010, 01:48 PM

Great stuff mate!!
Consider yourself excused!!!

Posted by: Emir Hot Jan 28 2010, 01:50 PM

No Tapping though

Posted by: Staffy Jan 28 2010, 01:55 PM

Thx. Pedja! Yeah, I really like the more mid-range sound... but this is not investigated really yet since Im trying to find my "own" sound in this genre, and haven't really succeeded yet....



Thx. Jones!



Oh well, that will maybe come in version 2.000.033

Posted by: GrindGuer Jan 28 2010, 02:00 PM

Wow ! That sounds really great Staffy. I love it

Posted by: Caelumamittendum Jan 28 2010, 02:13 PM

Very cool, Staffy! I enjoyed listening and watching that a lot!

Posted by: Marek Rojewski Jan 28 2010, 02:19 PM

I am not familiar with Jazz, but I enjoyed Your playing:)

Posted by: Ramiro Delforte Jan 28 2010, 03:27 PM

Man, I really enjoyed listening to your solo on that cool tune!

That video is great!

Posted by: Emir Hot Jan 28 2010, 03:48 PM

haha I was just joking because Pedja spotted 10 different things about your style and technique

Posted by: Pedja Simovic Jan 28 2010, 03:54 PM

Haha crazy Emir

Posted by: Staffy Jan 28 2010, 06:33 PM

Hehe... yeah, I noticed that too... Even that I pretty well know what Im playing, I really dont have a clue what "tetrachord soloing" is.... Probably something that I have another name for.

Posted by: Pedja Simovic Jan 28 2010, 06:42 PM

Soloing in groups of 4 notes!
You know how every scale/mode has lower and upper tetrachord? Do re mi fa , Sol la ti do for example C D E F , G A B C. But that is just tetrachords for Ionian, there are so many more for other modes as well

Posted by: Staffy Jan 28 2010, 06:51 PM

Aaahhh, now I know what You mean! I use to refer to them as just "clusters" I think....

//Staffay

Posted by: Tolek Jan 28 2010, 07:01 PM

This improvisation is really good! Well done, Staffy! Didn´t know you played jazz so well.


Pedja, could you please explain the term of tetrachord? I googled for it, but I didn´t get it.

Posted by: Fran Jan 28 2010, 07:28 PM

Great playing Staffay, you are the man!

Posted by: Ivan Milenkovic Feb 4 2010, 12:55 AM

This is great Staffay, I like your jazz style of playing!

Posted by: Daniel Realpe Feb 7 2010, 06:41 PM

to me that sounded great!

I know I could learn a lot from a lesson on this material

Posted by: playaxeman Feb 7 2010, 07:22 PM

Hi Staffy,

That was great.

Didn't know you had this talent for jazz!!

Your LP sounded great for this track

Why not do a gig at the North Sea Jazz Festival in Holland?

Posted by: Staffy Feb 7 2010, 07:41 PM

Thx. Daniel! There is a lesson in the "Student-Instructor" -thread that matches what I'm playing here. Actually the vid was made for this lesson.

//Staffay



Hehe.... Northsea would be great, but I dont think I ever will get that good.... and I don't really play jazz anymore more than occasionally...

//Staffay

Posted by: ruben_mcn Feb 7 2010, 07:59 PM

Really nice Staffy

Posted by: JamesT Feb 7 2010, 09:41 PM

Very cool Staff!
Awesome playing.

I noticed that you have a TC Konnekt 48 in your studio. I just bought one this week. Great sounding unit and very flexible I'm learning.

Posted by: Staffy Feb 7 2010, 10:46 PM

Yeah, I've been using it for nearly a year by now, and its really great sounding with top-notch pre-amps and AD/DA 's. The remote control is very handy and I use it all the time, even that I had to study the manual deeply to really get a grip on it. I have always loved the TC-stuff for its quality, even that they are a little more expensive than their competitors. Congrats to Your unit, I KNOW that You will have most fun with it!

//Staffay