Blues Walk: Andy Laster Sax Solo from Lyle Lovett and his large band

Here is the first of 2 solos from this track. I picked these solos because they were short and this New Years Resolution came quite late in the month. I also like solos that get to where they need to go in a limited time. Like big band guitarists of old; they got 4-8 bars to say it all. George Benson is brilliant at this. Anyhow, short and sweet commercial jazz. Lots of diminished in both solos. It also reminds me of living with David Estey on Sydney Street. We listened to this CD a lot.

Comments

There will never be another you: Chet Baker Solo

I have come to the conclusion that I stray too far from the melody when soloing. This is a perfect example of melodic development and embellishment. Very short, but great little solo. Didn't put any great effort into the notation... but oh well.

Cheesecake_Dexter Gordon

Love this one but still a work in progress. 80% speed...barely. A lifetime of work to take from this. I really need to go back and mine both Dexter solos for vocabulary....

May Madness: Like Someone In Love etc

So this month was about working on taking some licks around the cycle and playing through Like someone in love as well as this short and sweet solo by John Patitucci on Like Someone in Love. I had some struggles notating the last 4 bars but really got a lot out of the solo especially the fast double time lick over Dmin7/ G7#5 at first ending. That is one of the licks I took around the cycle. Also kept playing previous solos from this year and worked on blues ideas. I am just posting the solo for now.

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