July 14, 2005 at 1:44 AM

Today was my 5th meeting with ron, my new jazz piano friend, i failed to mention he also plays claitinet, flute and sax. He had to teach today so we had to cut our rehersal today short.

and

We worked on these pieces:
Stardust - a standard once played by django reinhardt

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Joan - a gorgeous ballad that Ron wrote

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Treasure Map - a composition of mine that I wrote about 10 years ago

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We also played these tunes:
Django - as played by the modern jazz quartet

and

There will never be another you - this is a jazz standard in the real book vol 1, it is one of our favorites to play already

and

Autumn Leaves - the first jazz standard I ever learned about 15 years ago, also in the real book vol 1

and

Blue In Green - a tune by miles davis on the famous cd kind of blue, this is the second jazz tune i ever learned and it is probably the most familiar and comfortable jazz tune for me to play

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Afro Blue - a tune coltrane played on the live at birdland cd, truly stellar improv on that disk!

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Next week we will study these works:
Very Early - composition by bill evans who is my favorite jazz pianist

and

Waltz for debbie - another composition by mr evans, this was played by ralph towner, one of my favorite jazz guiratists, this is in a book of towner transcriptions that is still available

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My Foolish Heart - a standard that mr evans enjoyed playing frequently

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My romance - another standard that mr evans enjoyed playing frequently, this is also in the real book vol 1

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The Sigh - a piece written by ralph towner, also in a book of towner transcriptions that is still available

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what im trying to do is write music for violin that merges jazz with classical; improv with structure, im trying to do is study as much music as i can to make the music i write more robust. My goal is to write original music and then find a violinist to perform the music with me accompanying them and trading solos so that we can play a whole night of interesting original music, the trick is to try to find your own sound and that doesnt come easy

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im not a good violinist but i study violin music to better understand the instrument and also because i love the music, because i dont play violin well maybe i shouldnt be posting at violinist.com but at a site called peoplewhowritemusicforviolinbutcantplayviolinwell.com or something like that?

and

I finally ordered that oistrakh cd with the vitali chaconne on it

and

a band just offered me a paying gig as a bass player, not sure if im going to take it though

and

no more and!

cheers
scott (muggle violinist)
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From Pauline Lerner
Posted on July 14, 2005 at 2:29 AM

Scott, I love reading about your ventures in jazz. I'm sure that studying jazz in addition to classical will enrich you as a musician and composer. I have one question: What is real book vol 1? I know it's different from fake book.

Do you like the Rampal Bolling Suite for Flute and Jazz Piano? I've been listening to it for years and I love it. Sometimes I try playing along with the CD and then I learn about the music from the inside. I can relate to Rampal's musicianship as a classical musician venturing into jazz.

From Scott 68
Posted on July 14, 2005 at 7:17 PM

originally, there was no book written with all the jazz tunes written out so someone created one, written by hand. This is the original fake book, it was hand written and is smething you got from other musicians, there was no place to buy it from what i heard. The idea behind the fake book was to read the chord charts and you could fake your way through playing some songs you have never tried to play before aka faking it, hense the name fake book.

Years later someone converted the handwritten notes to a more official organized printed book and corrected the mistakes, hense the emergence of the real book.

The real book is not hard to find and there are now several volumes, just go to amazon and do a search for the real book

From Scott 68
Posted on July 14, 2005 at 9:27 PM

ive never heard the bolling suite but im very aware of mr rampal and his ability to play jazz and classical, Im a big fan

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