yorgatron Posted November 18, 2011 Share Posted November 18, 2011 [video:youtube] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeffLearman Posted November 18, 2011 Share Posted November 18, 2011 That's the only one, isn't it? You mean there are others? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meisenhower Posted November 18, 2011 Share Posted November 18, 2011 Yup. I know i've heard it a couple of times. Might have even played it once myself. Yamaha C7 Grand, My Hammonds: '57 B3, '54 C2, '42 BC, '40 D, '05 XK3 Pro System, Kawai MP9000, Fender Rhodes Mk I 73, Yamaha CP33, Motif ES6, Nord Electro 2, Minimoog Voyager & Model D, Korg MS10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CEB Posted November 18, 2011 Share Posted November 18, 2011 That is great. I had to repost this. This is funny. I am going to try to play the lick in as many songs as possible tonight. I'll see how it goes. "It doesn't have to be difficult to be cool" - Mitch Towne "A great musician can bring tears to your eyes!!! So can a auto Mechanic." - Stokes Hunt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Loving Posted November 18, 2011 Share Posted November 18, 2011 I will make sure this lick is in everything I play from now on! "Forget it, Jake. It's Chinatown." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sven Golly Posted November 18, 2011 Share Posted November 18, 2011 Nice to see there's very little latency between Facebook and KC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ionian Posted November 18, 2011 Share Posted November 18, 2011 I'm not sure if I ever played it but now I can't get it out of my head. www.frankperri.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moonglow Posted November 18, 2011 Share Posted November 18, 2011 F that. Who's the chick in the short skirt blowing (alto) at around 0:29? "We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing." - George Bernard Shaw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeffLearman Posted November 18, 2011 Share Posted November 18, 2011 yeah, and why can't they aim the damn camera! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tonysounds Posted November 18, 2011 Share Posted November 18, 2011 "The Lick" used to be my screen name back when I did...never mind. Hitting "Play" does NOT constitute live performance. -Me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnotherScott Posted November 18, 2011 Share Posted November 18, 2011 And the funny thing is, the lick is so boring and unmemorable, that anyone can play it without worrying about the audience going, "hey, that sounds like..." Maybe this is the best place for a shameless plug! Our now not-so-new new video at https://youtu.be/3ZRC3b4p4EI is a 40 minute adaptation of T. S. Eliot's "Prufrock" - check it out! And hopefully I'll have something new here this year. ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottasin Posted November 18, 2011 Share Posted November 18, 2011 I'm not sure if I ever played it but now I can't get it out of my head. what he said. now that I know it, I'm sure I'll end up overusing it. I'll sound like a pro jazzer though, right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MuzikTeechur Posted November 18, 2011 Share Posted November 18, 2011 Sounds like the first few measures of "Ornithology." I'm amazed that: * nearly all of them were in the same key, or only 1 step away, * someone took the time to find all these instances, * so many of those players had this look of rapture on their face like they were channeling Yanni or something. Muzikteechur is Lonnie, in Kittery, Maine. HS music teacher: Concert Band, Marching Band, Jazz Band, Chorus, Music Theory, AP Music Theory, History of Rock, Musical Theatre, Piano, Guitar, Drama. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b_3guy Posted November 18, 2011 Share Posted November 18, 2011 That's too weird. . . Steve www.seagullphotodesign.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Griffinator Posted November 18, 2011 Share Posted November 18, 2011 * so many of those players had this look of rapture on their face like they were channeling Yanni or something. A bunch of loud, obnoxious music I USED to make with friends. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary75 Posted November 18, 2011 Share Posted November 18, 2011 I laughed a lot! Use this loads! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Griffinator Posted November 18, 2011 Share Posted November 18, 2011 well, if it's 23454312, and I'm playing in a Phrygian mode (a la Deep Purple stuff), would it be as cool if I played b2345431b2? A bunch of loud, obnoxious music I USED to make with friends. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BP3 Posted November 18, 2011 Share Posted November 18, 2011 I know The Tick. http://www.tinderarts.com/taews/Tickstash.gif Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I-missRichardTee Posted November 18, 2011 Share Posted November 18, 2011 And the funny thing is, the lick is so boring and unmemorable, that anyone can play it without worrying about the audience going, "hey, that sounds like..." You are making one of my points- complaints about how jazz is taught and in turn conceptualized. It may have started with Dennis Sandole, Coltrane's teacher- I'm not sure. Coltrane has been a "hero" of mine, but people imitate his methods without being him ( a very complete musician improvisor blues man ) The Slonimsky book was made popular because of its association with Coltrane. It is a very math like approach a la 2345341 etc. What happened to the exclusively MUSICAL thing called MELODY? Never boring if played right You don't have ideas, ideas have you We see the world, not as it is, but as we are. "One mans food is another mans poison". I defend your right to speak hate. Tolerance to a point, not agreement Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BernMeister Posted November 18, 2011 Share Posted November 18, 2011 I suppose we could add Oye Como Va to the list as well. Oh, you guys were referring to that song... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dana. Posted November 18, 2011 Share Posted November 18, 2011 Player! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jazz+ Posted November 19, 2011 Share Posted November 19, 2011 It's such an obvious pentatonic shape that many will play it... Find 660 of my jazz piano arrangements of standards for educational purposes and tutorials at www.Patreon.com/HarryLikas Harry was the Technical Editor of Mark Levine's "The Jazz Theory Book" and helped develop "The Jazz Piano Book." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frogmonkey Posted November 19, 2011 Share Posted November 19, 2011 Oh, damn. I'm pretty sure that was one of the licks in the textbook from my college "Jazz Improvisation Class". Seriously. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Ferris Posted November 19, 2011 Share Posted November 19, 2011 In all my years of playing jazz and other stuff I can honestly say I've never played that "lick" in an improvised solo. Now I might have read it as part of a big band chart or some other context on an ensemble part. I probably play stuff that could be considered derivative of something else but this "lick" ain't one of them.... https://soundcloud.com/dave-ferris https://www.youtube.com/@daveferris2709 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Alfredson Posted November 19, 2011 Share Posted November 19, 2011 The video is hilarious, but it's missing the most egregious example: Bobby Hutcherson's tune "Isn't This My Music All Around Me?" The entire head is that lick, in various keys, with a slight rhythmic alteration. http://www.crisscrossjazz.com/album/1158.html Keep it greazy! B3tles - Soul Jazz THEO - Prog Rock Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MonksDream Posted November 19, 2011 Share Posted November 19, 2011 I'm amazed that: * nearly all of them were in the same key, or only 1 step away, I know, right??!! That was the first thing I thought when I saw this vid. Instrumentation is meaningless - a song either stands on its own merit, or it requires bells and whistles to cover its lack of adequacy, much less quality. - kanker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stillplaying Posted November 19, 2011 Share Posted November 19, 2011 It's such an obvious pentatonic shape that many will play it... Are you hearing something like this: C D Eb F D.. Bb... C If so why give it a "common pentatonic" tag? I'm the piano player "off of" Borrowed Books. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Loving Posted November 19, 2011 Share Posted November 19, 2011 We should cook up a "licks" thread. A wikipedia for brain dead uninspired improvisers - like me - who need lick assistance. What a resource! "Forget it, Jake. It's Chinatown." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EscapeRocks Posted November 19, 2011 Share Posted November 19, 2011 As an homage to KC, I worked that lick into the intro/solo I play before one of our songs, at last night gig An inside joke just for me.. David Gig Rig:Depends on the day Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh Paxton Posted November 19, 2011 Share Posted November 19, 2011 I've forwarded the link to my guitarist and bass player. We'll see how many times The Lick turns up tonight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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