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Ever heard of him?
I’m making a video for YouTube at the moment about more relatively unknown jazz violinists (in the grand scheme of things). I came across this guy Joe Kennedy a while ago and was blown away. Heard his name from time to time and heard him on the Ahmed Jamal record “Listen To The Ahmed Jamal Quintet” Check this recording of him as bandleader. I love his playing, nice tone but a real deep understanding of jazz too.
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Lovely tone! 👌
Feb 9 •
Coquette Etude in full
Today I pieced together the whole of my Coquette etude and learned it properly. Its filled with lots of twists and turns, lots of different harmonic concepts and a few simple Grappelli licks too. I put together something like this each month or thereabouts for my Jazz Violin Practise Club, available for anyone on the VIP package here. Or all of the material we learn in there is broken up and turned into exercises for Premium and VIP members. If you fancy getting a hold of this sort of thing each month, plus full transcriptions of everything, explainers and help along the way of learning everything. Why not try it via the link below. https://www.skool.com/jazzviolin/plans
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Nice! Thanks for the share, sounds great!
Mar 9 •
READ FIRST: How to use this community
1. INTRODUCE YOURSELF Copy this format and comment below: • your name • where you’re from • your musical background • what you’re trying to achieve in your playing 2. MAKE YOUR FIRST POST This could be: • a jazz violin video you like • a question about learning jazz • or something you’ve found helpful to practice 3. BUILD UP YOUR POINTS As you comment and post, you’ll earn points in the community. These points move you up through the levels. Once you reach Level 2, you’ll unlock all of the free courses in the classroom, including: • 5 Simple Licks in G • Jazz Bowing • Honeysuckle Rose • Jazz Listening List •. Harmony Lessons BONUS There’s a poll below this post. Let me know what you’re most interested in improving in your playing, it helps me shape the material in here
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Hello my name is Rachel and I’m based down in a very rural area of South Somerset, UK. I used to live in and around Dalston, North London for a decade or so and played violin and accordion in a relatively successful indie/alt-folk festival band whilst I was living there. I started lessons on the violin aged 11, Suzuki method trained so I have the ear for memorising. Took a big break from playing completely in my late teens and early twenties whilst I was living abroad and then at uni I wasn’t playing either, got back into my playing after University by going along to various open mics and jams and just joining in with the backing band or practicing improv with whoever was playing there. I play with a kinda ad hoc folk ensemble and one or two gypsy jazz styled swing collectives down here nowadays. I can get ‘stuck’ on soloing so I’m here for more inspo on jazz language, learning lines/licks, and just for general improv improvement. Good to be here!
Mar 6 •
Have you heard this?
a great example of Grappelli in his sort of “middle point”. I love Grappelli raw energy when he was playing with Django, however his proficiency seemed to ramp up as he got older. His much later recordings whilst are magic In not always a huge fan of, I felt he seemed to overplay often. (I’m not saying so don’t have this issue myself sometimes!) This point in his playing I felt he seemed the perfect balance of the two. He seemed to effortlessly play amazing Melodie’s that darted around the chords in a musical way and his technique was really on point! What do you think?
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Fabulous stuff! Thanks for the share. 👌
Dec '25 •
Tune of the Month-Coquette
This month in the Practise Club we are looking at the tune "Coquette". Check this excerpt of my etude of the month. (Transcription available for Premium and VIP members) We will be looking at little bits of this etude, taking it apart, practising it in different ways and using it to work on our own playing. 🏆Challenge 🏆 Record a video of yourself improvising over this backing track https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lcx7nV9ntaw For the first person to post a version I will create you a personalised exercise and a PDF with some advice on how to use it to further your playing.
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@Matt Holborn thanks so much for your comments Matt, much appreciated, and I enjoyed the challenge. Thank you very much grapelli solo you attached above, just realised which bit you’re referring to. (2nd solo in). That’s a really good one and I will endeavour to do by ear (both ears )!
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@rachel-coleshill-4385
musician: violin, piano, occasional viola, songs, teaching… and more!
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