A reflection on how one learns to play jazz and how to develop one's own original musical language. http://www.leoravera.it/2014/10/09/come-si-impara-a-suonare-il-jazz/ I hope you will inter...
Christian Sands & Oscar Peterson Kelly's Blue 2006, a nice encore during "Kelly's Blues": Oscar decided to get up and join the fun. Here are some videos!
hello everyone! i am writing here even if the topic is not strictly jazz-related, but it is probably the right place to reveal a mystery that keeps me awake at night! Subject: the song "CHE...
I have transcribed and analyzed John Coltrane's "My Favorite Things", an intense and beautiful record in perfect balance between innovation and tradition. I hope that my guide can be a usefu...
Hi guys, i wanted to share this video. It is a short harmonization tutorial on the theme Bye Bye Baby. It is one of the last videos by Maestro Tino, before he left us (1925 - 2013). I apolog...
Hi guys, I'm new, I studied up to the 5th year, and I have studied jazz as a self-taught musician; there are many things unknown to me, and I know that alone it will take me a lifetime to un...
How can this bass line be harmonized with the melody? In the second measure Dmaj7, I find a B natural and a C# that I don't know how to fix. The harmonization, besides the bass and the melod...
Farewell to Juan Formell, soul of the Cuban group Los Van Van http://www.repubblica.it/spettacoli/musica/2014/05/02/news/addio_a_juan_formell_anima_dei_cubani_los_van_van-85022409/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=27dOh6zzM9g in April, Jazz becomes a World Heritage of Humanity Strongly advocated by UNESCO, it is a well-deserved recognition of one of the most fascinating...
The challenge of Campanella and Girotto: classical music and jazz meet http://www.online-jazz.net/wp/2014/04/15/la-sfida-di-campanella-e-girotto-la-musica-classica-ed-il-jazz-si-incontrano/...
Keith Jarrett Solo piano ā Rome, Auditorium Parco della Musica, 11 July 2014 http://www.keithjarrett.it/lang/it/solo-piano-roma-auditorium-parco-della-musica-11-luglio-2014-solo-piano-rome-a...
I have published a musical game, based on rhythm: http://www.leoravera.it/2014/02/15/la-cassaforte/ I hope you find the game fun and not too easy, I thank in advance those who want to play w...
I have some doubts about the rhythmic figure that develops from measure 8 onwards; up to that point it seems quite simple to me... how would you write it?
Given the success achieved by the first edition, I am moving forward with a second question: N.B. I pose these questions not (only) for the purpose of bothering you, but because, even if pos...
hello everyone, i am trying to identify the title of a famous jazz track, often used as background music in some films by Pupi Avati. the films in question are: - LA RIVINCITA DI NATALE (the...
Hello everyone, i wanted to propose this little strumming session dedicated to Maestro Luttazzi.... I hope he doesn't send me curses from the other side :D