Misc recording Apparently it's summer.... so time for some Summertime

[mrblackbat]

View: https://youtu.be/Cv_tlUuLDeY?si=aT88Yo296FZZoQvA

 

[Hoosierken]

Excellent interpretation and execution. Unfortunately here in the the land of Hoosiers our high temp today was 63 and the forecast low for tonight is 46 Fahrenheit. Not very summery 🙁

 

[mrblackbat]

Yeah it's not summery at all here either!

 

[Greg Strange]

Here in the mighty Waikato It is officially Winter Time (apparently the 1st of June) and it is about 18 degrees Celsius and a nice sunny day and overnight maybe a bit cold could be 3 degrees Celsius...15 degrees variance difference...

Nice playing Summertime is a great tune...

Greg S.

 

[sax panther]

I'm playing this in a couple of weeks. 2nd clarinet in a symphony orchestra, accompanying an opera singer for a fundraising gig.

I have two notes, both semibreves, in the whole tune... Your version sounds much more fun. Lovely tone as always.

 

[Hoosierken]

Yeah it's not summery at all here either!

Even worse this morning, we missed the record low temp by 1 degree. Our average low is like 62f. Forecast is for 90f on Sunday.

 

[mizmar]

It's cold and wet here... So a normal summer day.

But with a nicely done rendition of Summertime you can close your eyes and just taste a cold glass of lemonade...

 

[mrblackbat]

I'm playing this in a couple of weeks. 2nd clarinet in a symphony orchestra, accompanying an opera singer for a fundraising gig.

I have two notes, both semibreves, in the whole tune... Your version sounds much more fun. Lovely tone as always.

Ouch! I hate arrangements like that. The only thing worse is when it's 40 semibreves, all subtone and below bottom C. With no spaces. At 40bpm.

Thanks for the kind comments on the tone!

 

[Acan_9526]

Funnily enough I just did a version for the German language website…..

Summertime

Soprano/Alto/Tenor Saxophones Piccolo/Flute/Alto Flute/Bass Flute

on.soundcloud.com

It’s definitely not Summer here in NZ but man there are some strange things going on with the trees. There are a few in our garden that haven’t lost all their leaves but are sprouting new ones it’s as if they really aren’t sure what season it is. It’s been very mild and on some days very warm even though it is officially Winter. Climate change? I guess so. Maybe we won’t need to move to Spain for year round sun after all😉
And if it’s not appropriate to put this on your post Matthew please delete and I can post it separately 😊

Thanks for listening if you have time.

Alex

 

[mrblackbat]

It's always appropriate to hear you play, Alex! Loving the blend of the QTron on the intro and then laying back to let your soulful tone sing!

I reckon it's probably nicer in NZ than here in the UK at the moment..... we got to a whopping 10 degrees C and drizzle today. Hah.

 

[Honkin Ron Howe]

I enjoyed listening to you play that ...

 

[eb424]

Trying to learn this at the moment..oh to be able to play it how that sounded. Lovelly great tone and improv..

 

[mrblackbat]

I enjoyed listening to you play that ...

Trying to learn this at the moment..oh to be able to play it how that sounded. Lovelly great tone and improv..

Thanks very much!

 

[hedgehog]

Lovely!

 

[eb424]

Can i ask how is improv like that learnt...

 

[mrblackbat]

Can i ask how is improv like that learnt...

Yes, you can ask, but I might not give the best answer. @Acan_9526 will do a far better job of guiding!

An awful lot is done from listening. I'll admit I haven't done as much transcription as I'd like, but that listening still rubs off, and in some cases I surprise myself when I sit down to transcribe something and realise I already know the solo mostly from listening and singing along over many years. I can't stress that part enough; listen to jazz music and sing along (doesn't matter if you aren't perfectly in tune).

And then time learning the theory, the scales and arpeggios, alterations on those, blues licks and so on.

Lastly: just doing it. You have to practise improvising itself, in the situation that you play. I find each one is different, if I play to a track in practise I'll play differently than if I'm recording, and same again if live. Each setting gets better the more you do it and the more you relax whilst doing so.

But hopefully Alex can chip in too with some suggestions!

 

[Acan_9526]

Not wishing to detract from the thread but just to say thank you Matt for suggesting my name as a possible source of help.
I think any help/advice can only be given after hearing the person play although what Matt suggested is as good place to start as I can think of. Anything more specific would be be easier to work on after hearing a solo by this person over a track of some jazz based theme……..

Back to normal Summertime service 😉

 

[skeller047]

Very nice version of this lovely old tune. I have many fond memories of playing and hearing it, thanks for invoking that nostalgic, slight melancholy yet peaceful and blissful feeling. Well done Matt!

 

[mrblackbat]

Very nice version of this lovely old tune. I have many fond memories of playing and hearing it, thanks for invoking that nostalgic, slight melancholy yet peaceful and blissful feeling. Well done Matt!

Thanks Steve, appreciated!

It got called by a singer at my jazz night.... but unfortunately somehow the key got communicated as Ab rather than Eb. 😒

She did a great job despite clearly being uncomfortable where it was at.

 

[Honkin Ron Howe]

Can i ask how is improv like that learnt...

Easy answer is, familiarity with the song key and filling the long note spaces with spills, lifts and turnarounds ... just let your fingers fall down across some notes. Don't worry too much about hitting wrong notes. Maybe try playing it by ear in say A and try using notes from the A and or F# Major pentatoinc scale, chucking in the G# ... ... just play around with it. Experiment. Start C#, A, C#----