[mrpeebee]

Very nice take Bill and a good pick.

This medium swing tempo works very well. You kept the playing and mood nice and relaxed, with a tasteful solo and good sound. If I could make one point of attention: you played many short phrases of 1 or 2 bars long. It would increase the overall swing feel (especially in the solo part) if you would play also some longer phrases, or start or stop them not exactly in the beginning or end of a bar, but let them flow over or into a next bar.

 

[mrpeebee]

Fully understand that Bill.

A part of learning to improvise is - besides all the technical stuff - to not be afraid to play wrong notes (sometimes they work out well and if not, nobody got ever killed by playing a wrong note!) and also to trust your ear. That last point can be achieved by listening a lot to the song and get the chord sequence sound wise into your ears (so hear and feel were the important changes are).

 

[mrpeebee]

Here is my old quick and dirty version of September 2017:

 

[mrpeebee]

Peter, let me say one word... impressive. Killing vbrato at start (instantly noted). Then... simply crazy drive from the bottom of the player's gut. What else we need?

Thanks Michael.

 

[mrpeebee]

That is fantastic Peter!

A great sound and so much soul. Thank you very much for sharing that with us!

Bill

Thanks Bill.

My recording actually has an example of using wrong notes because of ear playing, but correcting it by landing on the correct chord directly after that. Check the lick starting at 2:02, at 2:04-2:05 you hear the wrong notes, but the lick starting at 2:06 makes all fit again!

 

[mrpeebee]

Here is my Take 2. Still needs work, but a definite improvement on Take 1!

Bill

https://soundcloud.com/user-826011730%2Fmood-indigo-take-2

Yeah Bill, that's a big improvement for sure!

Played with a very relaxed attitude. The solo was really interesting with nice lines flowing over the scheme, not cut off in small building blocks like in take 1. Can clearly here the late grate Lester in your solo approach, you played some beautiful melodic lines which would have brought a smile on his face! Also nice how you went from the solo into the last 8 bars of the theme, in a free spirit and not afraid of exploring (improvising!) alternative solutions.

Only thing I could give some critic on is that your sound in the openings theme was a bit off in the higher register. In the bottom you sound loud and clear, the upper register was way softer and seemed to have been played on another distance (or angle) to the mic.

So overall good to hear that the work you did put in came out in this second take Bill, very well done.

 

[mrpeebee]

Hey all, good to see things are still rolling here (and some things never change, the perpetual month-end search for a "host"). I haven't played regularly for the last 6 or so years, but I have been getting the odd honk in (playing on 6+year old reeds that I had from back when I was playing more regularly). I am no position to contribute any recordings (I have been playing in an open field next to my office since I have no place to practice since my wife has been working from home). Anyway, thought I would say hi and hope that maybe some here would remember me !

Hey Claude, good to see you back!

Like you I don't have a place to practice anymore, but it doesn't stop me from posting some of my old garbage regularly!