Re: laerning chords through the use of tunes
Bert Ligon ( BLigon@mozart.music.sc.edu )
Tue, 14 Jan 1997 08:27:09 -0500
>I have always felt that comping is an art? craft?...however we
>define it, it seems that more jazz players should be concerned
>about...not just complaining that chord players get in the way,
>play too many or too few chords etc., etc.....
>
>Soloists (aka hirn players) should also have a sense of how to comp
>so that they can communicate what they like to hear behind them when
>they solo. I don't like being told how to accompany but I do appreciate
>when someone points out general things about the way they hear
>the chords behind them.
>
>I especially like to hear fewer well-placed chrods that give
>my solo a boost...I like when the accompanist takes some chances
>behind me, especially rhythmically.
>
>You mentioned Jim McNeely...he and I used to get together to
>play some duos, especiallyon his tunes. I found hiscomping to be
>exactly what I like in a player. We talked about it some; he had
>some great ideas. But I found it, as a guitarist, very difficult
>to assist his solo in the way he assisted mine.
>
>How does one accompany a pianist anyway?
>
>Ed
Tacet?
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