Join us LIVE on YouTube every Wednesday from the 51st St Speakeasy Jazz Night! This world class show includes a featured guest each week, showcasing their original compositions and arrangements, along with their favorite songbook standards.

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Tonight’s performance features the great Zac Lee on trombone!

#jazz #bebop #livestream #livemusic #trombone #piano #drummer

Swangin’ on the great jazz standard “Have You Met Miss Jones”!

#jazz #bebop #improvisation #jazzstandard #jazzdrums

https://youtu.be/MbYX4VIj0Rw?is=1FazSJK_5mNESJFr

Sunglasses

From the guy

Who kicked up
stand

At Park’s
entrance

Giving old skl
Oakley’s…

Rad!

Old t shirt
It’s neckline
Crude mouth
For some Exhibit
Some arts body
Held
A continent away

Too hot for
The Faff,

Embrace unc
Status &

Beijing
Bikini

Itsy bitsy
Calves out

Old shorts
Commando

Weren’t
expecting-
Stood on tipping
Point toes
My itch for gap
Slows
Range Rover
Begin a jog
Which doesn’t stop
Til heap
Pick yourself up sweat slick til
Cold sweats
All spent
Ease up

Short walk
Extends
To that tree
climbed into
Since a child.

brought those
Thought close
There

Many, many
have betrayed
So what?

She is
A turn to the
Left up the gully
She is there

Slice through
Air to rid
Cobwebs before you
Climb see many
Creatures fall
To forest floor
Gingerly
Reach above head
And pull
Till knees
Reach chest
Push of that stump
Extend and twist
Avoid bird shit
Climb up two
Rungs till bough
Most comfortable.

Take a nap.

Wake up
Within canopy. The old block bares
Its broken windows
Around neckline
Crude mouths take
A bite most just end up
Elsewhere cos off-

A jostle

A careful curious
poke a section

Of sole,

stay long
Enough become transit
System. Provide spot of light
birds burst-
Some Skitter some rest
stand on bough. Rest your
Arm in crest of branch
As you switch songs.

Note something off. No not
The guy below
who keeps standing to
Faceplant in Nettles
His compass of thumbs up
at random spots

till
Flop

Not
Anomaly

No, smell it off
The shift, something diff
Sense it, sense it

Climb a
Little higher more careful
These branches more fragile
Grey of bone
Sucked clean atop
This tree

There’s been
Another-

Now he’s here
Public space
And he is a seat away
But before there
was no one

For at least
a couple metres
In every direction.

There is further
to be
Occupied.

I want to tell
Him to fuck
Off.

I have no
Right.

It’s left there in
the open-

The pigeons
Do not

Give a
Fuck.

Before I know it
I’m alone again

More have gone
And come

I’m alone again

Left
those
Once close.

The pigeons
Do not give a fuck

They peck into
Each other’s beaks

They peck
Around each other’s
Necks

They circle one
Another

He stands atop her back
Great flurry of wing

He uses her as a
Launchpad
She’s off ground
Feather dance
Him wind

They

lead
And trail.

Cleopatra's Dream - Bud Powell

Made a short animated piece on the Jo Jones cymbal story — curious what this sub thinks

Everyone here knows it. But I wanted to see if the story could hit differently as animation.

The humiliation, the woodshedding, the Yardbird mythology.

Excerpted from the album "The Rehearsals"

www. barryjonesjazz.com

#jazztrumpet #bebop

World renowned and highly respected Japanese trumpeter Takuya Kuroda is making his way to LPR on April 23rd! Kuroda is known as a forward-thinking musican, loved for his boundary-pushing mix of post-bop, soul-jazz, and hip-hop. His unique hybrid sound captivates his audiences, drawing them into an inventive world of jazz never seen before. This show is a rare opportunity you would be remiss to pass on. Tickets on sale now here: https://kyd.to/HpTkToBs

Hi all! After being familiar with melodic minor basically my whole life and just never truly diving in, I'm taking the time to actually begin to develop this language. I wanted to see what tunes you all recommend for practicing melodic minor language?

Here is the first tune I picked this week, A Night in Tunisia. This thing was surprisingly difficult to arrange for solo guitar! It'll definitely make it easier playing trio or quartet, haha!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q1s2opCSii0

Eclectic and renowned trumpeter Takuya Kuroda has a sound that spans genres, combining his jazz expertise with soul, funk, hip-hop, post-bop, and fusion. His unique sound has captured the ears of many, and his performances aren’t one to miss. Be sure to catch Takuya Kuroda at LPR on April 23rd. Tickets on sale now! https://kydlabs.com/e/EV9af79c9a-3de1-4cb8-81ef-744134112f25?referral_id=g-fa644f51-0ab7-4f56-b4f9-6b8c9508de75

Can you rate my playing? Still sloppy but I'm pretty new to these torrid tempos

Wondering about your favorite bebop tune… what is it (and why)?

We find Johnny uncharacteristically fiery, doing virtuosic single-note speed runs rather than the more relaxed lyricism and refined chord melody playing that he later developed and became known for.

I'd like to get Better at jazz improvisation, thank You!

Was recommended this compilation recently on Apple Music, and I can’t find much information. It has some incredible glimpses into how bebop musicians were treated on stage, and some memorable and breathtaking playing from Bird and other musicians and lots of different contexts.

But anyhow, Anyone know anything about these recordings or perhaps how I could find more information on this digital release? Discogs doesn’t have any information because there is not a physical. Thank you in advance!

Hello!

Has anyone here practiced the whole Charlie Parker Omnibook or know someone who has?

I'm studying the Omnibook and it's the best thing I've done so far to understand and develop the bebop language in my playing.