kiyoshi koybayashi jazz song book why so expensive ??
kiyoshi koybayashi jazz song book why so expensive ??
He must have a program that writes books. Enter a few ideas for the topic, and the program does the rest. : ) Look at all the books he's written, many on physics. Amazon has sixty-six!
https://www.amazon.com/Books-Kiyoshi-Kobayashi/s?ie=UTF8&page=1&rh=n:283155,p_27:Kiyoshi Kobayashi
I am not sure of the answer to that, but my first goal is to sound as though I am playing Jazz. (Fake it to you make it). Maybe one day I will transition to actually playing Jazz. I am reading about Jazz and beginning to understand a bit more all the time. I am not sure when my musical skills and knowledge will allow me to just go improvise on the fly. That’s my ultimate goal.This raises an interesting question. What is the difference between playing jazz and learning to sound as though you are playing jazz?
This raises an interesting question. What is the difference between playing jazz and learning to sound as though you are playing jazz?
Jelow1966,
Don’t forget that you should also be able to play any song in any key, make substitutions for every chord, and play appropriate modes while improvising over any progression, and do it all with soul and beauty.
Jazz is improvisation.
There are many, many forms in the genre that is jazz. From Dixieland to Big Band, Bop, Hard Bop, Free Jazz, etc. A huge mountain of musical knowledge and various skills.
When asked, the common thread that many famous performers, composers and historians all stated that jazz is all about improvisation.
If I learn a Charlie Parker (Insert the name of any jazz player here) solo, note for note, I will sound as though I am playing jazz.This raises an interesting question. What is the difference between playing jazz and learning to sound as though you are playing jazz?
Jelow1966,
Don’t forget that you should also be able to play any song in any key, make substitutions for every chord, and play appropriate modes while improvising over any progression, and do it all with soul and beauty.
I see the foundation of jazz more in comping with a myriad of tetrad chords (as opposed to the limited number of triad chords in "traditional" music). So the uke with its four strings really is perfect for this as it allows clean playing of many of those "jazz" chords. Now I just wish I had the patience learn this stuff too ...
Some keys are avoided. A truly versatile player can play any key, but you don't have to be fluent in any key to play jazz.
On a Charlie Christian album, there's a cut made while the musicians were warming up and waiting for Benny Goodman to arrive at the session. You can hear one musician say, "Hey Charlie, let's play the blues. Let's play the blues in B." Charlie starts playing and after a few bars, you can hear a musician (probably a horn player) say, "What the hell's he playing in B for?"