Chameleon by Herbie Hancock (live at The Ark Berklee Studio, Boston) by Zak Icaza Boston Quintet 

Agree

I agree. The guitarist is playing too many notes, kind of running out of ideas, in short the way i play myself guitar.

@@robertbriquet It´s terrible when we run out of good ideas ( melodic ideas ). We need to be in a state of mental and spiritual purity to be on the highest level. When you reach this level, when you are on those days, have you noticed that everything you play, even some wrong notes come out well and musical ? On the other hand, when we are worried trying to make our best, most times, we become mechanical, and although the improvisation is correct, no wrong notes, it´s not musical, not melodic, no remarkable. That´s why currently I try to follow Bill Evans advice. He said something like: "Just relax and everything will go the right way". We simply need to relax and ENJOY what we´re doing. If we try to be perfect, we´ll miss the point. All the best.

@@robertbriquet BTW, I have no doubt the guitarrist is an excellent one. There´s a difference between being an excellent instrumentist and playing musical solos. Unfortunately, that "state of grace" doesn´t come always when most of us want, like Keith Jarret, Peterson, Bill Evans, Corea, Hancock make it look so easy...

​@@robertbriquet Absolutely agree. I needed to look it up, and he apparently studied Jazz guitar later in life at Berklee, but I can tell he doesn't have his *roots* in jazz. He also needs to remember and utilize one of the best pieces of advice you can give to a soloist: Don't just play notes; play silence, too. As a drummer, it goes for us, too. I rarely play straight through an entire solo - it just makes you sound like you're either trying to show off or don't really know what you're doing instead of communicating a journey via dynamics, rhythm, notes, and tone. It's an easy way to spot people either new to jazz or coming over from another genre.

Thanks!!

@@zakicazadrummer3678 mm

Yeah man

@@zakicazadrummer3678 why did you change the first snare in the A section... the original one is killer

They changed the syncopated snare approaching beat 2. It doesn't have the same groove

Thank you!!

A Jazz judge once told me, some songs you just gotta play the shit as recorded when it’s that iconic.

So True

Agree. That beat was ground-breaking and is as important to the identity of the song as the bass line and melody

Gracias!!

Thank you!

It doesn’t matter. It’s jazz. The chart is the least important part. Does the drumming sound good? Yes. Does anything else matter? Nope.