Jazz #230

[Wade Cornell]

Avant/Free Jazz. Not too tough...some might say there is literally "nothing to it". In Concert E minor (more or less). Soprano and tenor play in F# mior. Baritone, alto and sopranino play in C# minor. First track with Tenor sax. Second track all yours.

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[sizzzzler]

Loops don’t listen to each other.

 

[Wade Cornell]

Loops don’t listen to each other.

I'm not entirely sure what you're saying. Would you like to elaborate? If it's that it's not live interaction well that's a given. These are presented as practices that are NOT standards or "covers". That means that there is no specific expectation of a "predigested" melodic line. It's yours to create and make what you will of this.

There is no replacing a live experience, especially if it's totally improvised and the players are all "locked in".

These exercises are about your hearing what's happening and reacting in what (for you) will be real time. Improvisation is composing "on the fly" which means hearing, anticipating, and playing something that at least fits, or better yet adds and communicates on some level. It doesn't require fantastic technique, but does require your hearing the line you want to play and being intimate enough with your instrument to be able to play what you hear. It's a separate exercise compared to playing standards or charts, where one is totally familiar and has all of the "clues" laid out and won't necessarily HEAR the line they are playing.

If you wish to ever be able to improvise for real (as compared to cut and paste playing), exercises like this are the key.