I know there is a similar thread up in the post a picture section, but I thought it would be nice to have a collection of genre specific videos/mp3's. I'll get it started with this one:
Post a video/soundclip of yourself playing Jazz
I know there is a similar thread up in the post a picture section, but I thought it would be nice to have a collection of genre specific videos/mp3's. I'll get it started with this one:
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Being fairly hopeless at improvising disqualifies me from "proper" jazz, but I have fun playing ragtime and similar non-improv proto-jazz. Here's a rough-and-ready go at "The Entertainer" -- I'm sure I could smoothen up the phrasing a bit with some practice, but my recording/playing time is squeezed into a couple of hours a week on the weekends while the kids are in bed.
Another early-jazz (or sort-of jazz, anyway) standard I enjoy is "La Petite Tonkinoise", written in 1905 but made famous by Josephine Baker's big hit in 1930. Whether the tune is inherently jazz is debatable (it's a polka, essentially), but Josephine Baker certainly had a jazz attitude.
For a jazzier (and very high energy!) take on that tune, here is a fun version by French singer Célina Ramsauer found through the "related videos" panel on Youtube (no mando content, sorry):
Martin
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Hello,
I'll chime in....there aren't a lot of opportunities or videos of me playing jazz. Here is one from a radio spot I did on Jazz 88.3 in San Diego.
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Thanks for sharing Martin and Chris!
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Nice work, everyone! Here's my contribution, an improv on "Georgia" that I had up for a while a year or so ago. (But is it jazz?)
My recordings: https://soundcloud.com/user-724320259/sets
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That was just beautiful, Bruce. My contribution is the old Jethro classic Reuben Sandwich. Shot about a year (and more that a few pounds) ago. Nothing like a video to make you realize you need put in some work, musically or physically.
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Bruce that was a beautiful version of Georgia.
Jordan always enjoy your videos.
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well, my whole utube site would do it....
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A little Django on a nylon string:
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Love the sound of that Nylon Stringed mando Ted. I bet it is a little easier on the fingers too!
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Here is an old new orleans standard, "That's a Plenty". Jethro did a great job with this one. I just hacked around a bit with it. By the way, how do you get the video to show up on the thread? I only know how to attach the the link...Gary
http://www.youtube.com/user/mandolin.../0/-u8t8eloZlU
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Here is my one and only Youtube posting: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=toctqJcml-g
There is life beyond pentatonic scales.
http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/michaelhitchcocktrio
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Here is a video of me playing "Minor Swing"
And one of me playing "Nuages"
Enjoy!
Jason Anick
www.jasonanick.com
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Originally Posted by Miko
Nice shirt!
(playing too...)
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This is starting to become a nice collection of videos...
[QUOTE=Gary S;799798]. By the way, how do you get the video to show up on the thread? I only know how to attach the the link...Gary
This link http://www.mandolincafe.com/forum/sh...+youtube+video tells how to embed the video so it shows.
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I hope this posts. "That's a Plenty"...Gary
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another attempt
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Okay. Who can tell me where the... YouTube video ID is located? Thanks...Gary
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Gary, the Youtube video ID is just the 11-character final part of the URL, i.e. in your case "-u8t8eloZlU". So, the embedded link is:
Great playing and tone, by the way!
Martin
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Thanks for your help Martin. By the way I am enjoying everyones tunes...Gary
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Great videos everyone. I'll play too:
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Wonderful playing there, Jason!
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Nice job, Seth. What intrigues me though is the contraption the fella on the right is playing. I'm assuming the strings are open across the back and he's striking them with the stick? Was this something he dreamed up or is it commercially available and does it have a name?
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Thanks. It's call the JasperBridge and is the invention of guitarist and percussionist Tom Shaper, who is the guy playing it. You can find out all there is to know about it at this web site:
http://www.myjbridge.com/fr_home.cfm
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That is just way, way cool. I wore grooves in the pickup bobbins of one guitar because I went through a phase where I was palm slapping and palm brushing the strings for a sound a little softer but similar to what he's doing on that thing. I see myself having to find a place for yet another instrument...
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