I wonder if anyone has any tips for finding the 3rds (and 7ths) in a chord from the chord name and in time with the melody etc. I can play the whole arpeggio no problem but picking out a specific note seems to addle my brain!

ok here is a funny story of mine. cca 8 months back, i had no idea about jazz, the interprets etc. went for the first time to jazz club here in Vienna. im there and some local band is playing(thats what i thought it was) quite well. suddenly two guitarrists come on stage, both in their late fifties i guess. they start to play and im just petrified...incredible- and im telling to myself- jeez two grandpas from Vienna and they´re playing like there´s no tomorrow. totally mesmerizing. got home in the middle of night and had to google the guys up. one was called Wawau Adler and the other guy´s name was Biréli Lagrène , only than i realized i was actually watching 2 top notch gypsy jazz superheroes :), really nice first jazz live experience video is just illustrative 🖖 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C8dvuQdAdg4&list=RDEM0HBYHAEGekpF0sKZ2cioOw&index=10

https://youtu.be/_M0Rgji92zE?is=wCyvKuFOnM8zErCp Could it get possibly better than this? dont think so. Pure Joy...

Benet Maclean might be one of the best in the world. He ls based here in London and is a true musical genius. He plays jazz piano and is an extremely good classical violinist too. I don’t know him very well (we violinists hardly ever get to meet) but really love his playing and have a lot of respect for him for his true artistic dedication! Check this really cool example (perhaps the only example Iv ever seen that actually works) of using a loop pedal in jazz.

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.