My review of our May challenge. Great work, everyone!
Members Play Stan Getz’s solo (or Bob’s etude) on The Girl From Ipanema
My review of our July challenge. Great work, everyone! Beautiful tones all around.
Bridging the Gap: How to Get Transcribed Vocabulary Into Your Own Playing (Stan Getz on “TWNBAY”)
This lesson explores a technique for converting material you discover via transcription into your own practical language. We’ll use 3 specific moments from Stan Getz’s solo as examples.
Member’s Play Stan Getz’s Solo on “There Will Never Be Another You”
My review of our June transcription challenge. Great work!
Listening Lab: Stan Getz – There Will Never Be Another You
A masterclass in melodic phrasing over a “must-know” standard.
Members Play Stan Getz’s Solo On “Stella By Starlight”
My review of our short and sweet march Transcription Challenge. Nice work, all!
Stan Getz’s Palm Key Exercise
This palm key exercise was given to me by George Garzone, who in turn got it from Stan Getz as a young man. Use it to clean up technical glitches in the high register of your horn.
Case study: scales in thirds in a Stan Getz solo (over “500 Miles High”)
Hear Getz utilize this concept inside a solo + my suggestions for how to add this to your playing.
Stan Getz’s beautiful Lydian riff over Moonlight In Vermont
A couple really nice sounds—and the theory behind them—from a gorgeous Stan Getz solo. Try using this!