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RE: not tight, but right.

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Inmate51

In Reply to: RE: not tight, but right. posted by beach cruiser on March 08, 2025 at 00:03:15

Ha! That's a great story.

Improvisation can be a bugger! On the other hand, "free improvisation" is intended to take the musicians into very unusual directions and create something which will never happen again. Once in a while, it doesn't work out well. :)

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RE: not tight, but right. - beach cruiser 13:23:00 03/08/25 (1)
I learned improvisation sitting and watching the jazz saxophonist John Klimmer, best known, by me, for the song "free fall lover".

I had seen guys on country western TV shows improvise with variations on the main theme, but this guy was different.

my underaged self was right below the small light house jazz club stage , watching intently , because I was , at the time playing flute by ear, I certainly couldn't afford lessons, and wanted to see how a professional played a woodwind instrument. I must have been there because it wasn't a school night, I never went because I selected the artist , and the house just allowed me to watch without spending.

the guy was fearless, he would come to the break, and just jump off a cliff, selecting any seemingly unrelated random note and then counting on his skill to weave soothing that would allow him to work back to where it made sense within the song, and then continue playing the original tune. Sometimes it took awhile, but it allowed me to see and understand what he was doing.

the flute is a great instrument for backpacking , and always welcomed around a campfire when everyone else has a guitar . yes, I have stories.
- RE: not tight, but right. - Inmate51 16:18:08 03/08/25 (0)
  Speaking of flute... Waaay back, I went to a Jethro Tull concert. I swear that you could get high just breathing the air in the arena. ;)
  
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