"Twinkle Twinkle" Jazz Trombone Solo (Impressions)

[magdalinamonkey]

This is absolutely fantastic. I'm working towards being the next Harry Watters in trombone. Any practicing tips?

[thesocietysuicide]

what key is this in?



[theomegachibiboy]

I like how you hold your trombone. Does it help in any way? Or is it a habit?

But anyways, good playing!

[Trombonefan12]

Excellent job here!

[Mr1234gogogogo]

at first i kinda didnt like it, but once you got into it u did a great job man. Well Done!!!

[DanSelsick]

Nice concept

[Joshthedude7074]

What Type of cup mute are you using? Cause... It sounds great!

[ScanlonJazz]

@Joshthedude7074

It's a Harmon straight mute with a cup attachment. Thanks for the comment!

[scruffylover2010]

wow very good!

[TheKuneho69]

nice music

[patrickmalabuyo]

i love the fluidity of your playing. I like mess ups too, you never know what you could do with it and end up playing something cool.

[Halloojj122]

everything is like out of tune lol

[Dizzwooz]

Hell yea

[stutzand000]

is this brian scanlons youtube???

[1111spanky]

Impressive!

[cabaretlover]

im trying to compose a 40's big band version of twinkle twinkle little star, and turn it into a tap routine for the troupes. sound stupid? proabably, but i think it will rock! great inspirations here.

[CoryGarnett]

sick

[davephy]

Now do #16 from the Packet!

[tbonewizard]

interesting, fluid and nice playing.great work man.

[SeybertGuy]

stop hating on this guy. His style, ideas are fantastic. His twinkle motif works well with impressions and he admits to trying this idea and developing it. Great job man. You sound exactly like Fontana.

[LLJtbone]

Gez, that sounds pretty good brother!!

[WatrousJr]

how long did it take you to be able to improvise that well. Any tips as to how?

[freeeeeeedy]

I know it's all subjective, but i think the only bad thing in this is the Twinkle Sminkle quote. It may well fit, but it's corny as hell. The rest is all very promising. Keep playing, relax and play what you mean, not what you think is clever, and you'll be great. Good luck.

[Glooomp]

his point was that he was trying to fit it in as much as possible as a challenge

fuck some people are dumn

[freeeeeeedy]

If that's the case, he would have fitted it in a lot more than that.

Fuck some people are dumb, Glooomp.

[Glooomp]

read the description

[freeeeeeedy]

The one where it asks for comments? There's no point practising things that are not going to be required in reality. I don't play Coltrane to my daughter when i put her to bed. I read nursery rhymes.

[thegunsmith87]

boos ur still let bomb buddy

[SBtrombone]

Really nice solo, and perfect articulation. Could you explain your tonguing techinque?

[sljorm]

ok im in jazz band and im the bomb but your the bomb diggity

[keitherboo]

*knock knock*

Hey man, it's uh... after midnight. And yeah I mean its a little loud and you know... it's after midnight... So you know could you uh... quiet down a little? Cuz, uh... it is after midnight...

[SeybertGuy]

I'm a fan man. good ideas nice twinkle riffs. Maybe try to side step a little more especially in Eb- section. just some variety. Especially liked that you used your head rather than range to sound interesting. Awesome job dude.

[patricksmith2]

very good...now can you help me??im in the jazz band and just dont kno how to play solos...idk..i just dont..idk..please help.

[cj614]

improv solos come from the souuuullll maaaaann lol.

just learn the scales.

[BenskyBen]

Lol I don't really use the scales to improvise, I just tend to use my ear =)

I agree heaps with 'Improv solos come from the soul man' =P

[jl3tbone]

The best thing you can do is learn riffs in all 12 keys. Stuff that fits over 2/5/1's and 1/6/2/5's is a good place to start. Also, to learn jazz you have to listen to great players! If you're a bone player, guys like Frank Rosolino, Carl Fontana and Bill Watrous are definitely good for increasing your improvisational vocabulary.

[ianfluffyhair1]

sweet!

[JazzMike88]

Very nice! Solid trombone playing! The Motif definitely works on impressions, I would be surprised if i accidentally quote that in my next modal solo! hope you got a good grade on it brotha!

[afonny]

i like this

[jazztbone2b]

nice work. i've been working out of bob mcchesney's book as well and it's an important asset that i think everytrombone player should have. i'm curious, what type of horn is that? and your tone is good too. nice job.

[ScanlonJazz]

Thanks jazztbone2b,

The horn is an Edwards. The bell has a satin finish instead of the usual laquer finish. I had it custom made at the Edwards factory and have tried other models (Jiggs Whigham Kings, etc etc) and I love this horn a thousand times more. Highly recommend doing the same if you are serious about playing music.

[greenbrassplaya]

ok i have three things to say,

1)if that was the doodle tonging technique, then how can i learn it for playing jazz.

2)i like ur cup mute it sounds warm

3)i dig ur solo its definitley outside the box with an element of simplism. cool licks too.

[ScanlonJazz]

1)It is doodle tonguing. I would suggest buying Bob McChesney's book on Doodle Tonguing. Also, just listen to swinging eighth note lines and try to mimic it with your voice (i.e. Doo ooo doo ooo, doo duh la, etc.)

Thanks for your nice comments.

[sitrombone]

In my opinion, trombonists don't need to use doodle-tonguing - there are other ways to play fast on the trombone that sound more like you are playing a trombone, eg single or double tonguing!

[ScanlonJazz]

You're absolutely right. JJ Johnson never learned to doodle tongue. I think my tonguing leans more towards a fast single tongue. With that said, the doodle book is good to practice your speed with whatever tonguing style you're using. Best advice is just to try stuff and see what works for you.

[narb182]

Nice man,

I have a question for you.

What kind of things do you think about when you play lines over modal tunes?

[tubasmarties1992]

very nice :)

[JPMcAdara]

Great feel man!!