I made a pretty silly video last week. Trying to work out who is the greatest out of Grappelli and Stuff Smith. I even used the power of this community to help work it out. My life is weird but extremely fun!

Ok i must share this. Today in the morning i posted couple of videos at jazz fb site in Vienna And i wanted play with somebody. French guy wrote me And invited me for the gig. I played couple of songs with them and i was absolutely terrible.got Lost in the solo, shit sound etc. EVERYTHING went Wrong. One time came guy to play with us who plays with Stochello Rosenberg,i was told😂.i Guess i pissed the v uys off a bit...Its nice to record videos at home and pretending to be able to play. Nice clash with reality...Now Its time to start properly practicing ang going to jam sessions everywhere.

i´ve spend so much time last few months in disgusting keys such as Eb F and Bb, that dusting off this piece in G suddenly feels kindof easy even in 270bpm. (dont get me wrong please theres still lot to be worked on) after a year of intense practicing i can finaly let loose at least for cppl of seconds. dont have to think about every single scale run, at least in this one. feels good, i guess we all have a good teacher who can motivate people the right way 😉😎🙏

This solo is incredibly fun for violin. The heavy, almost glissando-like vibrato is super engaging and Desmond’s ability to just come up with these overarching melodies and lines is something you just don’t see in all musicians. Here’s my crack at it. I’m a new member, and happy to be in the community! If you all know of some other great ballad solos like this please suggest them to me! And overall, how should a jazz violinist best approach a ballad solo? I’d love to hear some tips on how you all improvise this kind of stuff.