My Jazz Quintet Live

Hunted By a Freak · 10-23-2005, 10:06 PM

My Jazz Quintet at school played a concert in the recital hall, which apparently has recording equipment. My professor gave me the tracks a couple days ago, so here they are. I apologize for the silence/talking/clapping in the beginnings, because I didn't edit them. Sound quality isn't great, but whatever.

The last cut, "Sidewinder" has some trading and a short drum solo.

Let me know what you think of all this!

http://www.soundclick.com/bands/pagemusic.cfm?bandID=119246

Hunted By a Freak · 10-24-2005, 07:05 PM

Bump.

FockerTheLopper · 10-24-2005, 07:15 PM

How long have you been playing, been together and how old are you? I'm about to listen to them, listening my future bands songs(hopefully!)
Isn't autum leaves a buddy rich song?
The first trumpet that came in wasn't so strong but overall the song is good(autum leaves) I'll keep updating as I listen further, great work on the drums, you have a good balance and good time. What kind of kit are you on?
Wow, nice drum solo love your phrasing. Nothing too hard but it fits in nice sounds and feels good, you play around with dynamics and overall it sounded good and thats what important. Good job

Hunted By a Freak · 10-24-2005, 07:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by FockerTheLopper

How long have you been playing, been together and how old are you? I'm about to listen to them, listening my future bands songs(hopefully!)
Isn't autum leaves a buddy rich song?
The first trumpet that came in wasn't so strong but overall the song is good(autum leaves) I'll keep updating as I listen further, great work on the drums, you have a good balance and good time. What kind of kit are you on?

Autumn Leaves is a standard done by a lot of people... I think it's written by Johnny Mercer.

I'm 18, I've been playing for 5 or 6 years. I'm a freshman in college. We've been playing together for about a month, but we didn't play together for like 2 weeks before this because people couldn't make it to rehearsal. Keep in mind a lot of the comping and intricate subtle work doesn't show up on this crude recording.

The kit I played on was an 80's Pearl Export with Evans Genera coated heads (If I remember correctly; I'm not too familiar with Evans's product line) 12" and 16" toms, 22" bass... standard sizes. I used a 20" K custom dark ride, 18" HHX China, 16" HH crash, and I believe I used an 18" K custom crash/ride, if I remember correctly.

Thanks for the kind words, though!

Hunted By a Freak · 10-24-2005, 08:30 PM

Yeah, I tried to just stay musical and lay off the chops for my solo; too many drum solos become unlistenable too easily. I tried to put some modulation ideas in there, and played around with the time, which I think is more fun than playing a ton of blistering fast notes.

10-24-2005, 11:42 PM

Sounds pretty good, I like your pianist a lot.

blujelly · 10-25-2005, 03:22 AM

i love jazz keep up the work!

Hunted By a Freak · 10-25-2005, 06:04 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bryan Blakey

Sounds pretty good, I like your pianist a lot.

Thanks man.

Quote:

Originally Posted by bluejelly

i love jazz keep up the work!

Yeah, even though I pride myself on playing many different styles of music, I think I enjoy playing this kind of stuff the most; at least lately.

RushHourSoul · 10-25-2005, 07:14 AM

That sounds great! I love the room ambience you get on that recording. All 4 tracks are very good. Do you have any pictures from the concert? Your playing is pretty steady throughout, and the band is tight.

Also, quick question: who originally wrote the first piece - "Song For My Father", or any recorded versions of it?

Hunted By a Freak · 10-25-2005, 07:30 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Licketysplit

That sounds great! I love the room ambience you get on that recording. All 4 tracks are very good. Do you have any pictures from the concert? Your playing is pretty steady throughout, and the band is tight.

Also, quick question: who originally wrote the first piece - "Song For My Father", or any recorded versions of it?

http://www.miningjournal.net/areaphotos/story/1021202005_aph02-a1021.asp

Hunted By a Freak · 10-25-2005, 02:39 PM

Barumpabumpbump

Hunted By a Freak · 10-26-2005, 09:37 AM

The first piece, Song For My Father is a tune by Horace Silver on the album of the same name.

RushHourSoul · 10-26-2005, 11:29 AM

Thanks

Seems like not many people apprieciate jazz on this forum

Hunted By a Freak · 10-26-2005, 02:56 PM

I guess not... I thought they would at least like to hear another drummer play

Futuro · 10-26-2005, 03:02 PM

Nice playing mang, The rest of the instrumentation was good as well.

drumass04 · 10-26-2005, 03:27 PM

You guys are good, I liked it a lot. I love jazz. I'm not too good at playing it, but I am getting better

Trev · 10-26-2005, 03:47 PM

Brilliant stuff, very enjoyable to listen to. I guess I should really start to play more jazz, a little versatility never hurt anyone.

~~-TheGlassPrison-~~ · 10-26-2005, 03:58 PM

Very tight, i loved the Dynamics with the horns.

Simple Drumming too, fit perfectly...

Really Great Job.

llama123 · 10-26-2005, 04:31 PM

Really nice stuff.

Nice drumming.

metBANS · 10-26-2005, 05:13 PM

Tell your trombone to learn to doodle toungue fast triplets, it'll sound really good. I really liked his tone on the upper register, nice and warm and mellow, but down low he kinda blatted alot. Get your 'bone to study major-minor relation ships, and encourage him to start his solos, and improved phrases with them, as they are easy to come up with, and really make you feel more comfortable when soloing because they are easy, and very hard to mess up. Once he breaks the tension, he can bust out whatever he feels like.

The trumpet solo was a little dry, and sounded written, and he could open his throat a little more to let the tone be a little warm. When improvising tell him to play a little more towards the modal scales, and expand around that using the licks. Written solos are just a bunch of licks that are usually thrown into the music where the chords work. Thats why the licks weren't necessarily sounding too hot. There is nothing wrong with what he did, its just a sugesstion. When he does runs using the scale or appegiated runs, apply dynamics, attack, phrasing, and so forth, it can be just as intricate as licks.

I really liked the bass, drums, and piana.

Overall, I would give it a really good but not perfect, but no one, not even Sean Jones is perfect.

BTW I loved how your set sounded, what are you using?

10-23-2005, 10:06 PM	#1
Hunted By a Freak Registered User Join Date: Nov 2001 Posts: 18,286	My Jazz Quintet Live My Jazz Quintet at school played a concert in the recital hall, which apparently has recording equipment. My professor gave me the tracks a couple days ago, so here they are. I apologize for the silence/talking/clapping in the beginnings, because I didn't edit them. Sound quality isn't great, but whatever. The last cut, "Sidewinder" has some trading and a short drum solo. Let me know what you think of all this! http://www.soundclick.com/bands/pagemusic.cfm?bandID=119246 Last edited by Hunted By a Freak; 10-26-2005 at 10:37 PM.

10-24-2005, 07:15 PM	#3
FockerTheLopper Yeah Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: New York Posts: 5,403	How long have you been playing, been together and how old are you? I'm about to listen to them, listening my future bands songs(hopefully!) Isn't autum leaves a buddy rich song? The first trumpet that came in wasn't so strong but overall the song is good(autum leaves) I'll keep updating as I listen further, great work on the drums, you have a good balance and good time. What kind of kit are you on? Wow, nice drum solo love your phrasing. Nothing too hard but it fits in nice sounds and feels good, you play around with dynamics and overall it sounded good and thats what important. Good job Last edited by FockerTheLopper; 10-24-2005 at 07:28 PM.

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10-24-2005, 07:05 PM	#2
Hunted By a Freak Registered User Join Date: Nov 2001 Posts: 18,286	Bump.

10-24-2005, 08:30 PM	#5
Hunted By a Freak Registered User Join Date: Nov 2001 Posts: 18,286	Yeah, I tried to just stay musical and lay off the chops for my solo; too many drum solos become unlistenable too easily. I tried to put some modulation ideas in there, and played around with the time, which I think is more fun than playing a ton of blistering fast notes.

10-24-2005, 11:42 PM	#6
Bryan Blakey Guest Posts: n/a	Sounds pretty good, I like your pianist a lot.

10-25-2005, 03:22 AM	#7
blujelly Mapex Pro M 10 Piece Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Wickford, UK Posts: 902	i love jazz keep up the work!

10-25-2005, 07:14 AM	#9
RushHourSoul prost! Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: UK Posts: 3,573	That sounds great! I love the room ambience you get on that recording. All 4 tracks are very good. Do you have any pictures from the concert? Your playing is pretty steady throughout, and the band is tight. Also, quick question: who originally wrote the first piece - "Song For My Father", or any recorded versions of it?

10-25-2005, 02:39 PM	#11
Hunted By a Freak Registered User Join Date: Nov 2001 Posts: 18,286	Barumpabumpbump

10-26-2005, 09:37 AM	#12
Hunted By a Freak Registered User Join Date: Nov 2001 Posts: 18,286	The first piece, Song For My Father is a tune by Horace Silver on the album of the same name.

10-26-2005, 11:29 AM	#13
RushHourSoul prost! Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: UK Posts: 3,573	Thanks Seems like not many people apprieciate jazz on this forum

10-26-2005, 02:56 PM	#14
Hunted By a Freak Registered User Join Date: Nov 2001 Posts: 18,286	I guess not... I thought they would at least like to hear another drummer play

10-26-2005, 03:02 PM	#15
Futuro skillin sideways Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 14,178	Nice playing mang, The rest of the instrumentation was good as well.

10-26-2005, 03:27 PM	#16
drumass04 Hiding in Bonham's bass Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 964	You guys are good, I liked it a lot. I love jazz. I'm not too good at playing it, but I am getting better

10-26-2005, 03:47 PM	#17
Trev That's Racist! Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Lincolnshire, UK Posts: 17,421 Posts: 1,523	Brilliant stuff, very enjoyable to listen to. I guess I should really start to play more jazz, a little versatility never hurt anyone.

10-26-2005, 03:58 PM	#18
~~-TheGlassPrison-~~ Banned Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Pwning n00bz Posts: 5,204	Very tight, i loved the Dynamics with the horns. Simple Drumming too, fit perfectly... Really Great Job.

10-26-2005, 04:31 PM	#19
llama123 Registered User Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 254	Really nice stuff. Nice drumming.

10-26-2005, 05:13 PM	#20
metBANS Super Rad!!! Join Date: May 2005 Location: Pennsylvania Posts: 99	Tell your trombone to learn to doodle toungue fast triplets, it'll sound really good. I really liked his tone on the upper register, nice and warm and mellow, but down low he kinda blatted alot. Get your 'bone to study major-minor relation ships, and encourage him to start his solos, and improved phrases with them, as they are easy to come up with, and really make you feel more comfortable when soloing because they are easy, and very hard to mess up. Once he breaks the tension, he can bust out whatever he feels like. The trumpet solo was a little dry, and sounded written, and he could open his throat a little more to let the tone be a little warm. When improvising tell him to play a little more towards the modal scales, and expand around that using the licks. Written solos are just a bunch of licks that are usually thrown into the music where the chords work. Thats why the licks weren't necessarily sounding too hot. There is nothing wrong with what he did, its just a sugesstion. When he does runs using the scale or appegiated runs, apply dynamics, attack, phrasing, and so forth, it can be just as intricate as licks. I really liked the bass, drums, and piana. Overall, I would give it a really good but not perfect, but no one, not even Sean Jones is perfect. BTW I loved how your set sounded, what are you using?