Perhaps this is a very basic question.
In this video, at 3:07, the clarinet player explains what New Orleans style of jazz does to a standard melody. "You can't just play the melody the way it's written on the page, or it doesn't sound like very much... That's not so interesting. I like to use pickups to prepare or introduce the phrase of the melody, or responses after the phrase is played, to link the phrases together... Soloing the New Orleans style is really a lot about embellishing the melody".
I know it's improvisation, but it's not just any style of improvisation. It "sounds" unmistakably New Orleans, even without the effects he shows at the end. I can hear that he "fills the space" with a succession of shorter notes while the piano is striding the tempo. But how does one make these extra melodies? What are the notes to play "between phrases" to get these New Orleans embellishments? Is there a "New Orleans" recipe? If there is a book explaining that, could you recommend one?
View: https://youtu.be/4JnXC3xxtww?t=187
In this video, at 3:07, the clarinet player explains what New Orleans style of jazz does to a standard melody. "You can't just play the melody the way it's written on the page, or it doesn't sound like very much... That's not so interesting. I like to use pickups to prepare or introduce the phrase of the melody, or responses after the phrase is played, to link the phrases together... Soloing the New Orleans style is really a lot about embellishing the melody".
I know it's improvisation, but it's not just any style of improvisation. It "sounds" unmistakably New Orleans, even without the effects he shows at the end. I can hear that he "fills the space" with a succession of shorter notes while the piano is striding the tempo. But how does one make these extra melodies? What are the notes to play "between phrases" to get these New Orleans embellishments? Is there a "New Orleans" recipe? If there is a book explaining that, could you recommend one?