[Dixielandjazz] Sitting in

[Dave Hanson]

Jim makes a great point about "sitting in", even if you can even FIND a place that will let you do so. When I was a lot younger, learning how to improvise, there were many jazz venues, but few now, and most don't want to see you coming in with a horn case.

If you are ever in Atlanta on a Tuesday night, I host a "session" at the Union Hall, 7:30 pm. It's open to all musicians regardless of their Union affiliation.

Please don't "flame" me for mentioning the dreaded "Union".(sm)

Dave Hanson
Vice President
Atlanta Federation of Musicians
Local 148-462






----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Jim Kashishian 
  To: Dave Hanson 
  Cc: Dixieland Jazz Mailing List 
  Sent: Saturday, December 15, 2007 11:23 AM
  Subject: [Dixielandjazz] Sitting in


  The sitting in theme has been raked over & over on DJML, but I will add
  another bit now.
   
  It has been suggested before that sitting in with working bands is the way
  to learn.  I'd like to add this to the subject Bob Ringwald just wrote
  concerning practicing in front of an audience.....
   
  ........so, imagine there's a working, all together band honking away at a
  pay gig, and in walks a sit-in with the usual entourage that they tend to
  bring along with them (for morale support?).  
   
  Then, it goes like this, "yeah, great...you got any favorites you want to
  do?"  The answer is "no...just give me the key".  My immediate reaction is
  "time to worry!"  The song begins, but the sit in finishes his solo after
  the bridge (after honking through a half dozen choruses (when the guys in
  the band do one or two).  
   
  "Give a nice hand for....", etc., and back to the band as it should be, with
  the sound that the band has worked hard to achieve (in private practice!),
  and that the audience expects to listen to.
   
  Is that the recommended way for the younger ones to "get their chops" in the
  professional world as suggested in the past on DJML?  .......at the expense
  of those working?
   
  Granted, it doesn't always go that way, but more often than not, it
  does....unfortunately.
   
  Jim
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