How to Trade Solos in Jazz, with the Eric Reed Quartet

Trading solos with your bandmates allows you to enhance communication among the members, exchange musical ideas, and vary the flow of a performance. Eric Reed and his quartet demonstrate to you ways that you can incorporate this into your playing!
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Eric Reed - Piano and Instructor
Seamus Blake - Tenor Saxophone
Matt Clohesy - Bass
Willie Jones III - Drums
Eric Suquet - Director
Bill Thomas - Director of Photography
Jessica Paz - Sound Engineer
Richard Emery - Production Assistant
Seton Hawkins - Producer
Recorded June 12, 2013

[@theps3god12]

That pianist really digs monk

[@lukepowell1477]

totally using this as an example in a paper I am writing for my Organizational Communication class on the topic of dialogue.

[@NathanLevMusic]

Oh my gosh! I love seamus blake! He played in the mingus big band!

[@NMranchhand]

Kinda the classic blues question and answer format.

[@ChiFan8324]

the tenor player had clearly taken inspiration from the improv style of John Coletrane

[@willrandall4012]

What makes you say that? I didn't hear trane at all in his playing

[@owenbrennan5031]

@@willrandall4012 the fast, spurts of notes in chromatic-like patterns, you can definitely hear it

[@jman12849]

more charlie rouse than anything

[@pbenson56fran]

This was great information

[@geddylifeson5136]

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