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    Posted: 22 Sep 2012 at 3:45pm
Good evening.
Anyone here playing jazz (either publicly or just at home for him/herself)?

I'm a guitarist myself and I've been trying to play jazz for a while now. Most guitary are probably Django Reinhardt things and of course the great Grant Green's stuff.  But I have to say, I don't see the guitar as a worthy competition to sax and piano.

Anyway: If you have any tips on improvisation, online lessons, sheet music, tabs etc. or just experiences with playing jazz, I'd be happy to hear it.
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I'm a pro musician, but I don't get a lot of jazz gigs. I'm in Memphis now, but i used to work in San Francisco. In the mid-90s, the acid jazz fad in SF meant there were lots of easy gigs for jazz musicians. 
There are very few clubs for jazz in Memphis. I also like playing standards at home for the practice and just for the fun of it.
If you are looking for lead sheets, someone just dropped off a link to a great site the other day.
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Here is the thread with all the sheet music.
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Oh, looks great!

Are you an "educated" jazz player? What instrument do you play?
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I play keyboards, I guess I'm "educated" I know my theory pretty well. I have a couple students who are learning jazz from me, but I'm not really good enough to play bop/standards for money, just funky jazz, fusion, acid jazz etc.
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By educated I meant if you have studied jazz. You have to know your theory to play jazz, I guess. Sorry for not being clear.

Anyway: Who do you play most? Who's your favorite keyboard player?
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Yeah, I do know my theory pretty well, I have a masters degree in theory, but there is still a lot to learn.
My favorite keyboard players are Herbie Hancock, Sun Ra, Theolonius Monk, Herbie Nichols and all the B3 players.
I'm not a great player, but I can do decent RnB/jazz.
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I am not a professional musician. I only always listened to music. However, I bought a drum in the days of a junior high student and played it like a hobby. However, the self-education had a limit. I felt need to take a lesson and performed it for approximately seven years. I kept music as a hobby, but the lesson widened my small range surely. My teacher died last year, but can always meet in a site.
 
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I'm actually a college student studying composition (not necessarily Jazz composition) but I've been playing jazz piano for a few years now. I doubt I can provide much, but my grandfather makes jazz guitar lessons on youtube. His channel is Freddym223, I recommend checking out what he has to offer.
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Has anybody tried to play Grandfather's Waltz from But Beautiful album of Getz and Evans? I cannot find the lead voice anywhere :(
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What exactly do you mean by "the lead voice"? Do you mean a chord chart?
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Originally posted by js js wrote:

Here is the thread with all the sheet music.
Have you tried this site, also, the term you want is lead sheet, a lead sheet is the same thing as a chord chart. A lead voice, on the other hand, has to do with how you voice chords.
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Originally posted by js js wrote:


Originally posted by js js wrote:

Here is the thread with all the sheet music.

Have you tried this site, also, the term you want is lead sheet, a lead sheet is the same thing as a chord chart. A lead voice, on the other hand, has to do with how you voice chords.


Lead sheet now I feel dumb, I knew that.
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I went to that site, it doesn't have Grandfather's Waltz. Bummer.
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I'm a musician but not really a jazz musician. But that's really only cause I'm still learning, and when I get better I want to make some jazzier stuff. 
Looking for an experimental and eclectic hour of free music made by a teenage guy in his bedroom? Then click this!
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Originally posted by Amilisom Amilisom wrote:

I went to that site, it doesn't have Grandfather's Waltz. Bummer.
I hit gold with my first two requests that were standards, so I thought I would try some fusion, but no, they didn't have "Red Baron".
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Originally posted by js js wrote:

Originally posted by js js wrote:

Here is the thread with all the sheet music.
Have you tried this site, also, the term you want is lead sheet, a lead sheet is the same thing as a chord chart. A lead voice, on the other hand, has to do with how you voice chords.


Yes, I've tried that, it was the first thing I did. I'm looking for the notes sax plays, if you know what I mean. Sorry for not being clear once again.
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Yeah, you're looking for the melody and a typical lead sheet or chord chart would have the melody and the chord changes.
I wish I knew where else to look, I guess you tried google searches. There are many sites that offer sheet music for a price.
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Yes, I even tried to search in Swedish (since SWE seems to be the country of origin). And I found this, something I had no idea about:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=apQut5geY5Q


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Interesting, I guess we should get her added to the site.
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