Jazz Improv I

Down to the Bone

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Kevin Burns Sullivan
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This is Down to the Bone at the EFG London Jazz Festival.  The trombone is the first solo and my favorite of the set. I thought he emitted a good flow of energy and I liked the vibe. The piano/synth solo was one I was very unfamiliar with, since I am so used to traditional piano solo. The sound was very different and I could tell he was using a lot of contemporary techniques. For example, the sliding drone around 4:45 especially stuck out to me.  I liked their group communication, you can see the piano/synth player signal to the bass to take over on a groove. I’m also impressed when the piano/synth went to adjust or fix something around 6:00, but still laid out the chords with his other hand while not looking.  Drum solos are not what I typically go for, but I have got to say the drummer was very into his bit and I enjoyed his groove. I am interested in seeing what Saiganesh and Brandon have to say about the guitar solo.

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  1. saiganeshravikumar Avatar
    saiganeshravikumar

    I really like the bass player’s groove in the intro. The song also shifts between smooth jazz in the melody to funk for the solo sections which is interesting. The synth solo is crazy, I actually thought it was a guitar using a reverse delay at first. He makes really good use of a pitch shifter on the keyboard to make lines legato. It could potentially be running through digitech whammy pedal but I couldn’t see the keyboardist’s feet to be sure. The guitar solo started out with a really cool note sustain. I noticed he uses “the lick” from the video Prof Motley showed us at 5:50 which I thought was funny. The guitar solo uses a lot of blues/pentatonic motifs, giving it a nice jazz-rock sound.

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