That's a topic I was always looking for an answer for; what percentage of the solos you hear on the albums are actually 'improvised'? I mean if you learn, compose and practice licks and put them in your solos is it really improv or just a large vocabulary in your muscle memory?
The power of improvisation is just not overthinking it and being surprised with something you wouldn’t do otherwise. A pitty you see improvisation so negatively. It can be a tool to give you new ideas for you’re compositions.
@@blow-by-blow-trumpet i ‘m not shure if I missed the point. He feels that his musical mastership is not recognised if people categorise his performance as an improvisation and not a composition. He is capable to compose in such fast pace that it looks like an improvisation. But for me only the end result matters. And if that is made by somebody who needed time to compose and search the best notes or somebody who just followd his feelings and improvised it on the spot. I would respect what they have done equally.
@@karlderdelinckx I view his point as there’s a tendency to focus too much on the latter, trying to come up with ideas spontaneously in the moment, and I agree with him in the sense that many could benefit from not totally but more of a mindset of studying and inserting into the solo with certainty.
@@karlderdelinckx I think the deeper point is that what we think of as "improvisation" is actually spontaneous composition. Remember that proficient "improvisors" have spent thousands of hours practicing, so they can't not be aware of what they are playing and what comes next. I know people who play up and down a single major scale over a jazz standard and think they are improvising. It sounds horrible because they are not making informed choices in real time, but rather just waggling their fingers.
"The only time I improvise is when I make a mistake." Perfect!
You are so right on this Gary! We played together in Spain way back, I play Tenor. Live in Denmark.
It is awesome to be able to listen to the ideas of jazz greats!
very instructive teaching from a great master! THANK YOU Mr Gary Bartz!
That's a topic I was always looking for an answer for; what percentage of the solos you hear on the albums are actually 'improvised'? I mean if you learn, compose and practice licks and put them in your solos is it really improv or just a large vocabulary in your muscle memory?
The power of improvisation is just not overthinking it and being surprised with something you wouldn’t do otherwise. A pitty you see improvisation so negatively.
It can be a tool to give you new ideas for you’re compositions.
I think maybe you missed the point.
@@blow-by-blow-trumpet i ‘m not shure if I missed the point.
He feels that his musical mastership is not recognised if people categorise his performance as an improvisation and not a composition. He is capable to compose in such fast pace that it looks like an improvisation.
But for me only the end result matters. And if that is made by somebody who needed time to compose and search the best notes or somebody who just followd his feelings and improvised it on the spot. I would respect what they have done equally.
@@karlderdelinckx I view his point as there’s a tendency to focus too much on the latter, trying to come up with ideas spontaneously in the moment, and I agree with him in the sense that many could benefit from not totally but more of a mindset of studying and inserting into the solo with certainty.
@@karlderdelinckx I think the deeper point is that what we think of as "improvisation" is actually spontaneous composition. Remember that proficient "improvisors" have spent thousands of hours practicing, so they can't not be aware of what they are playing and what comes next. I know people who play up and down a single major scale over a jazz standard and think they are improvising. It sounds horrible because they are not making informed choices in real time, but rather just waggling their fingers.
May I ask where can I find more videos of Ari Roland's lessons? his harmonic vocabulary lessons are incredible
I'm with you on that ‼️
Would love to hear Gary and Wynton discuss together whether we need to use the term "jazz" to define this kind of music.
So true
For a split second I thought this was Fred Sanford.
Benson and Galah Eastdelete it
Vincent and Gala plays tenor sax
t to one