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Lango-Django · 2018-02-01 16:24:12

Dennis Chang started me to thinking. http://denischang.com/index.php/2016/02/19/irealbook-the-double-edged-sword/ He was writing about how he hates stuff like iReal books and tablature, but it has become so "normalized" that it is hard to avoid. Instead, Dennis feels that jazz musicians should be using both our ears and…

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Lango-Django Niagara-On-The-Lake, ONModerator

February 2018 edited February 2018 Posts: 1,875

Hey, Russell, that Sondheim/Kern clip is exactly the kind of thing I love! Thanks!

Now, that tune "All the Things You Are"--- obviously almost as major as "Rhythm Changes" for jazz players--- has what I'd call, for want of a better term, 'chordal logic'. And those are the kind of tunes I find easier to memorize!

Paul Cezanne: "I could paint for a thousand years without stopping and I would still feel as though I knew nothing."

Edgar Degas: "Only when he no longer knows what he is doing does the painter do good things.... To draw, you must close your eyes and sing."

Georges Braque: "In art there is only one thing that counts: the bit that can’t be explained."