Dude the bass was soooo groovy. But playing that drum groove with those triplet rolls in the beginning and the sixteenth notes on the hi-hat with accents on the bell of the ride is more my thing!
Band director: do exactly what this drummer did Me: exactly everything? Band director: yes Me: listens to this at 50% speed Song:garbeled mess *next day* Me: plays random stuff at retards for fills Band director: great job!
1st trombone, and one of the best memories of my life so far, when I played it perfectly for the first time, and as I continue w/ those high f notes, I looked at my conductor and his face was just shining as he stopped conducting shakin his head. Thank you Pee Wee Ellis, Jaco Pastorius and Kris Berg!!
Yeah I played the 19th triangle I know you can't really hear it but tri gang just doesn't get the recognition they deserve also I'm only 6 months old and we won the nobel prize and I was playing with a blindfold and my little cousin had the triangle at the same time :)))))))))))
Just here to say that it's scary when there are 4 trumpets and at least 1-2 trombones playing that crazy hard middle section at 2:08 in unison... I guess that is what we get for having 7 trumpet players in Jazz Band. I'm on 3rd trumpet, but that doesn't stop it from being a smokin' part.
woah people play this song with upright basses? how does that go? i'd actually be really interested in a version of this song with upright's if anyone has a link :P
Sight read the piece today with my school's jazz band. Me: "Oh derp, it's just a bass part, there's probably just like quarter notes and all gud" *looks at music* Me: "Aw dang." *Gets to measure 7* "WHAT IS THIS?!" *Gets to measure 47* Director: "Sam, how about we have you play the horn part solo on the bass." Me: "..." *bawls uncontrollably*
I played 2nd Trumpet on this piece in junior year of high school. I played played 2nd Trumpet in the middle quartet part (same as first but harmonized lower in some places). Learning to play that very well was almost the best part of my life. I love this piece.
Experiment with the chords, instead of including the root note in every single chord you comp with, try replacing those with 7ths, 9ths, 11ths, and 13ths, Just have fun with it! but don't try so hard to AVOID using the root note. As far as rhythms and comping, it's ok to add more chords to your comping when playing more modern styles of jazz. When playing old school jazz literature, limit the amount of chords you play, and keep notes shorter. In general, play more on offbeats (ands) than on downbeats.
The description is wrong. Kris Berg did not make this song. Alfred "Pee Wee" Ellis made the song and Jaco Pastorius made it popular by adding his own musical attachment to it, called "The Soul Intro".
yea I was pretty sure jaco wrote the intro. seems like that would have happened too far after the original but what do I know..Anyways around the same time Michael Becker breaks out w.that style, goes with it, and every one follows. then you get SNL.
2nd tenor on this. I'M SECOND FOR A REASON WHY DID THEY GIVE THE HARD PART TO SECOND TENOR WHY. It's fun to play, I just can't do it unless it's way slower. Let's just say, I've been cooking this chicken for months and I'm still gonna get sick.
Literaly played this in middle school on 1st trumpet and died. Thankfully we played with the high schoolers and no one could hear me just trying to plat absolutely outta my range.
I’m playing piano in this song, and I’ve only played piano for a semester, and it’s almost time to perform. It’s not too hard, it’s just memorizing the harmonics really. And you can never hear me. I’m used to it though because I play the flute too. So... nothing new I guess. :,)
When playing the with my high school jazz band, I played a mix of part 1 and part 2 trumpet. I played part one for everything except when it got to 47, which is the aids part, I’d switch parts.
At 47 for Trombone 1... 11 measures of this song with the French Horn for company. Almost all sixteenth notes. My band director was just like "Skip it."
in my band the 2 trumpet was supposed to duet with the trombone but she was did not like fast parts so the trombone did it as a solo I she did very well becuse she was confident with herself so even if you make a mistake make it with pride becuse that is all it takes to have a good player
+dalemon 1265 the song is by Alfred "Pee Wee" Ellis, popularized by Jaco Pastorius, the song wasn't made by Kris Berg. Berg just did this version of it.
haha playing this in my 3rd grade jazz band XD im a 1st chair trumpet and ive only been playing since june (it’s august now) and i can play this song lol so easy