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Oh right! There’s enough footage now for a TikTok

Cheers to that

Absolutely. I've spent years post Berklee and just plain living in that world of what scale / mode is the player thinking... I've gone back to thinking (speaking) like a child and working on trying to hit chord tones and tell a story. Another revelatory moment was working through this Konitz Tenor solo on Indiana - https://photos.app.goo.gl/xMaMMz9avuAAhEnb8 - and marveling at how he plays w/ the rhythmic nuances of the lines across the bar and STILL hits the chord tones where it counts. THAT'S WHERE IT'S AT FOR ME

Yeah I LOVE Stitt as well. And "Newk's Fadeaway" - Yeah I was working one that one about a year ago. ...gonna pick that one up again!

Hell Yeah! I never saw one of those before until the box came through the other day! Love the gatefold!

Thanks! The "Theme" solo I've been playing longer actually... I'm not even bothering to write these out on manuscript. Right now, I'm internalizing a these licks, mixing/matching and working them into my own lines.

That's exactly right in this case. It's one of these hoarder / collector types who is just clearing space. Good man and he's thrilled that a nut like me wanted them!

Haha! In all seriousness, these solos are really best-in-class examples of how to play this music. I thinking of starting a YT channel to break down and teach but have a feeling 0 people will give a shit.

Years ago when I was a student at Berklee, everyone said, if you wanna learn Bop, dig into Sonny Stitt. I did a bit of that and there's no question, Stitt is one of the great codifiers of the bop language. But! I've been spending some time digging into Mobley's solos on the Rhythm Changes form of which there are many. He clearly LOVED these changes going so far as to use the A section for "Old World, New Imports" and "Three Way Split" w/ different bridge changes for each. Here are the solos I've been working on: The Theme (April 59 w/ Blakey) - https://photos.app.goo.gl/KJ1WDTwv9oAUu7N98 Tenor Conclave (Sept. 56) - https://photos.app.goo.gl/tV1x64oLrUAx64oS8 *I also have the 2nd player's solo (Zoot?) and I'm aiming to grab the Cohn & Coltrane <-YIKES in the near future. Please note these are practice videos so you'll see lots of mistakes and me still working out the kinks so while I'd love any advice / critique on where I can improve - i.e. lay behind the beat more, lighten up on the picking more etc. - Just please don't be cruel :-) W/ regard to the information I'm learning from Hank's lines. Holy fucking wow! This is a man who keeps it simple and the beauty of the line takes precedence over what hip notes or subs he could slip in. However, there are also some very hip ideas that he slips in (Flat Major subbing for V Chord coming out of the bridge leading into the last 8). In summary - I feel like I am really learning the bop language far more fluidly by studying Hank's playing. IMO, he should be positioned at the forefront of essential players that should be studied (following Lester, Wardell & Bird) for students going through the journey to learn the foundations of the bop language. I don't think his name ever came up in any classes I took as a source. Unfortunately, they jump from bop to Coltrane which becomes its own universe. However, if you don't learn this foundational stuff first and leapfrog straight to the advanced harmonic stuff Coltrane was architecting it feels a bit abstract to grasp. Looking forward to thoughts.

A friend tipped me off to a guy who was unloading Mosaic Vinyl boxes: Complete Commodore Vol 1 (23 records) $100 Buddy De Franco /Sonny Clark Complete Verve $20 Edmond Hall//Syd DeParis /Vic Dickerson BlueNote $25 Pete Johnson / Earl Hines / Teddy Bunn BlueNote session $10 Benny Morton / Jimmy Hamilton BlueNote Swingtets $10 $165 Total for all Larger Pic Here Not only was the deal too good to resist, these things have never been played! First stop - LP5 of Commodore V1. Those KC6 records...man oh man! Lester Young just jumps out of the speakers he sounds like he arrived from the future. When he solos, they sounds like an early swing/bop group. Would love thoughts on these sets from y'all, your favorite tracks / sessions from each etc.

Such a great club. Really sad to see it go. I worked for Don Sickler years ago and helped him assemble a couple of shows at the Standard. Here are the pamphlets / cards we put together for those gigs: Here's the collection: https://photos.app.goo.gl/Zd9i2dAjeM9ts5j77 and the individual images below. Billy Higgins True Blue All-Stars - A: https://photos.app.goo.gl/UcfYFFbyA7GVSu7Y9 B: https://photos.app.goo.gl/Lin5u8ny2zwLBLJ28 Kenny Dorham 75th Birthday Festival - A: https://photos.app.goo.gl/iLwNbZs9aTAs5hhL8 B: https://photos.app.goo.gl/j6REmrkPF1usk9KE7 C: https://photos.app.goo.gl/cpmYPuc2K2mi383d8

Here's a little taste - https://photos.app.goo.gl/cUn1ZPnyARYaMtwM6

Excellent insight! Thanks a bunch sgcim! I'd be curious to hear some of the dixie versions using that cycle.

Fantastic record. Caught him playing in Central Park yesterday with bass/drums. Very impressive performance.