This is such a fab lick I’m enjoying slotting it into Bossa Nova, but I’m not sure if it’s artistically appropriate !,, does anyone know or have an opinion? this is girl from ipanaema in d flat major , my lick is in and e flat 7 bar then again in G7 . Glad I can play ornithology in bflat I threw that in the end for fun. Really I’m not quite sure how much swing language translates to Bossa, mainly I have to play less notes, slower and more melodic. Does Charlie Parker even fit here as it’s too slow? I don’t know and my band members don’t recognise it as they are in Bossa world… anyway it’s a fun exercise even if poor Jobim would be turning in his grave…

Sounds good. I’m laughing because today I threw in a whole tone bit in the middle of girl from Ipanaema. But when I start doing a whole tone lick I kind of play it in the style of capital letters, like hey guys did you just spot how clever that moment was! Your lick sounds more casual of course! I’ll steal it tomorrow …

This is a great idea, do you mean that we get to play our transcriptions, along with the original , to the group ? I’ve spotted these people on instagram who sing their transcriptions of famous jazz tunes , it’s all fun and shows good timing etc What do you mean by « sharing « transcriptions? I never write mine down, too lazy so I couldn’t share that…

Great I’ll try to be there . Just listened to Victor Hoff’s SG playing it’s inspiring ….

Thanks very much Matt! I’m so glad that I asked you the question, I was practising putting things through the cycle of fifths, ten years ago, but I had completely forgotten that I did that and also had no idea why. So I’m going to go back to it, especially as now I have to play in more difficult keys , in what I used to Call « the underworld » of my cycle , which gets neglected in gypsy jazz for example. It’s such a good point that we are all at different places in our journey and some need to re visit the basics, as I tackle girl from ipanaema in d flat etc etc . Each of us has to work out the right exercise for where we are « now », what we most need to learn, as well as the general workout of those zoom sessions which are basically fun! Ps it ties into my « learning new tunes » question as bringing back the cycle of fifths makes learning new tunes much easier, as you say , it’s everywhere in all music ( that I play )

Hi Matt, I have a question which reflects maybe the fact that I have not had a formal jazz education. When I first started learning Jazz, I learnt the cycle of fifths… now I recognise the cycle of 5 ths in lots of jazz standard chord progressions. And I talk to other musicians who say knowingly about a tune » it’s just cycle of fifths » and I nod, as if that helps! How do we put the cycle of fifths( or fourths going the other way) to good use in our improvisation over jazz standards? .