“Crazy Rhythm”! Great tune!

Hehehehe oui c comme ça!

En fait, j’ai souvent l’impression que les “accompagnateurs” (piano, guitare, contrebasse, batterie) n’ont pas envie d’être accompagnateurs, ils veulent tous être solistes en tout temps même pendant le solo d’un autre.

@@DenisChangMusic Mais oui ! Voilà ! C'est tellement ça ! 😆 Alors que si on jouait AU SERVICE de l'autre, si on était dans l'ÉCHANGE mutuel, tout le monde s'y retrouverait 😉 Bon, ça arrive parfois bien sûr ! Mais c'est très rare... trop rare (je trouve)

It’s not Japanese players haha it’s every where around the world, but I go to one in Tokyo called Jazz Spot Intro. It is world famous and the most famous jam session in Japan. Most of the drummers don’t know how to accompany, even the pros. They are all actually very talented but they are maybe too technically advanced. They try to do too much, and sometimes they are not even in tempo. They are especially very bad when a singer wants to sing a simple old style song. They think they need to make the song more complicated than necessary. Usually the hosts back up the singer though, so usually the hosts at Jazz Spot Intro are good. I used to go to that jam session with a French friend of mine, and we always tried to guess who would be unlucky and get a bad rhythm section. In general, in Japan the level of technique is very high, and bass playing level is particularly very high actually, but sometimes even if the bass player is good, they don’t always know how to adapt to a bad drummer. If I play with a bad drummer , even if my tempo was perfect, I have to follow the bad drummer so everyone can be together. I think because of how Japan’s music scene works, people are used to playing alone so they get very good at playing alone but don’t know exactly how to play with a bigger ensemble. I noticed a lot of piano players don’t know how to comp when there’s also a guitar comping. At Jazz Spot Intro, I feel 70% of the rhythm section musicians are trying to sound like virtuoso soloists to stand out. But my favorite jam sessions in Japan are in small cities with older pro musicians who are not trying to prove anything. In Tokyo, my bass player friend hold a small jam session , he has good musicians in the rhythm section, so that’s fun too.

The correct term is Djang Bangs

@@DenisChangMusic corrected

The world needs more Djang Bangs. 🎉

That’s great! Actually, I want to be proven wrong! Please note that I do say “unambiguously altered scale”, there are certain sounds that are ambiguous and can pass as many things. If you can give me 5 clear examples of it, I would be very very happy to take back what I said

You can sound however you want! Bach and Chopin are actually a huge influence on me as well!

Go for it! 😊

I think they should still be available! I find it to be a fairly versatile guitar if you can just ignore the “Gypsy Jazz” label. I was the one who initiated the project and gave them multiple ideas but they weren’t able to implement most of them for various reasons. If they had implemented my ideas, then it would be much closer to a GJ guitar

Thanks, @@DenisChangMusic 😊

Dark Funeral - shadows over transylvania

I’m not very knowledgeable about metal subgenres. Is Satyricon black metal? They’re the only band I really know because the former guitar player is also an incredible Gypsy Jazz guitarist.

I think George was a bit of an “outlier” guitarist, but lots to learn from him for sure!

I think he threw that in just to see if we were listening. 🤣

maybe he meant Wes

Can't wait till Kanye drops his next bebop album, he's so talented on the soprano sax it's unbelievable

I don’t really think anything in particular, it’s a way to make it sound a bit more modern, but what I don’t like is when rhythm players try to use it interchangeably during a performance. Doing that forces a soloist who is attentive to go in certain directions.

@@DenisChangMusic yeah, can be a fun variation if you've gotten bored of Minor Swing but you do have to adjust your soloing to it. Probably not everyone's cup of tea all the time tho