Hace unos días escuche este tema a Eva con su cuarteto Swing 23 y me encantó. La melodía es preciosa y la armonía es sencilla pero muy interesante jugando entre el modo mayor y menor. He intentado interpretarlo a mi manera y el resultado es un nuevo crimen perpetrado con mi extraño violín...Pido disculpas...

https://youtu.be/zD4nkh9S_Rw This week I transcribed one of Tim Kliphuis’ versions of It Had to Be You completely by ear both his way of playing and phrasing the theme and his improvisation and use of lines and licks. I worked through it section by section, first at 50% speed, then 75%, and finally at the original 100% tempo, simply listening and playing along. I notice that this process is getting faster and more natural every time. The ear starts recognising faster and faster phrases, accents, note choices and jazz vocabulary more and more quickly. I can only recommend to do this, transcribe, transcribe, transcribe by ear 🌞

https://open.spotify.com/album/3EAQVZK916wlak00xD9Clj?si=NOn_zv2jTPG0qOEWt-JCeQ&utm_source=copy-link Rui Salgado, Jim Monneau and I are very happy to share our first Corda Viva EP with you 🔥 🎶 Corda Viva is our international music project, bringing together traditional Brazilian choro, jazz and improvised chamber music. We are inspired by the beautiful melodies of Brazilian choro: music that grew from European musical forms brought to Brazil and developed there under the influence of local rhythms, phrasing and musical expression. Our shared jazz background, combined with my classical life in the opera, makes this a very natural and exciting musical mix. I already knew Jim from the jazz department at the conservatory, and Corda Viva brought us together musically for the first time. The idea for Corda Viva grew out of an inspiring conversation between Rui and me after a jazz concert by our New York friend Roni Ben-Hur. Over a drink afterwards, we started talking about our musical backgrounds, and the idea arose to explore this musical territory together. The connection was immediate, and it did not take long before we decided to go into the studio. This first EP is the result of that musical encounter. With violin, mandolin and double bass, we create our own Brazilian Choro Chamber Jazz: a meeting of beautiful Brazilian themes, classical refinement, energetic rhythms and spontaneous improvisation. Yesterday, we performed this repertoire, together with even more music, live at Art Base in Brussels, with double bassist Wim Ramon, with whom we will perform again in Ghent on 9 February. More details will follow soon. The EP features three pieces: ✨ Migalhas de Amor ✨ Um Choro Pro Waldir ✨ Inclemencia Now available on Spotify. ❤️🎻 Enjoy listening! Corda Viva — Ann Vancoillie, Rui Salgado & Jim Monneau

Nice style https://youtu.be/vfNC9h6g9ic?is=lCsoes8HjX30jBVx

- PERSEGUIR COSAS QUE NO ALCANZAS - TEMER OTRAS QUE NUNCA LLEGAN - TRATAR DE EVITAR LO INEVITABLE - PERO MIENTRAS HAY MUSICA, SIGUE EL BAILE...Os planteo un reto. He perpetrado el tango "Por una cabeza", (que Gardel me perdone) y me pregunto...Como harían un solo con este tema Django o Grappelli, mas allá de variaciones sobre la melodía, con tensiones, cromatismos, juegos rítmicos. Es un reto para Eva, Ann, Gillaume Latil, alumnos, los amigos de la Jam de Thomas...Os animo a jugar, yo también lo voy a intentar...con la osadía e inconsciencia que me caracterizan. Perdonad si soy demasiado pesado...la vida es corta y en mi trabajo no llamamos a la puerta, la tiramos...