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<DIV><SPAN class=510240710-22012003><FONT size=2>Shalom Jazz
Fans,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=510240710-22012003><FONT size=2>I'm jumping into this thread
kind of late, but I had an interesting experience at a recent gig that others
must have had too but nobody has mentioned yet.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=510240710-22012003><FONT size=2>My band recently added Basin
Street Blues to our repertoire, and we were performing it in a restaurant gig
(yeah, we really got one--looks like it will become a weekly job for awhile!).
We had a young, very young Israeli girl from the audience who asked to sing it
with us, and we let her, and she did a great job on the vocal. Then it was my
turn with the trombone. Playing in Bb, I took a deep breath, did an arpeggio up
to the high D, and just held it for something like 6 of the first 8 bars. All
that was behind me was banjo and drums doing rhythm and straight chords. I
varied the volume, tone color and amount of vibrato, and eventually resolved it
back into the melody of bars 7 and 8. Well, out of all the solos that got played
that night, this simple thing is what drew applause (aside from at the end
of whole songs, of course) -- one long note artfully executed. You can't get any
simpler than that, except maybe the solo on 4:33 (the "song" that's 4 minutes 33
seconds of silence).</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=510240710-22012003><FONT size=2>So a solo doesn't have to be
complex to be good. Then again, you can't do this too often or you wear out the
effect.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=510240710-22012003><FONT size=2>Elazar "I'm a professional;
don't try this at home" Brandt</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=510240710-22012003></SPAN><SPAN class=510240710-22012003><FONT
size=2>Misrad HaJazz<BR>Doctor Jazz Band</FONT><FONT size=2><BR>Jerusalem,
Israel<BR><www.israel.net/ministry-of-jazz><BR>Tel: +972-2-679-2537</FONT>
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