Jam session: trumpet solo at Vitoria Jazz Festival 06

[ChrisJericho29]

"This Guy" is Terrell Stafford and yes he is a BEAST!!!

[somedude8403]

2 minutes and 30 seconds of pure nice-ness. This guy can play. I love his work.

[jazzanova68]

i suppose it's four, isn't it???

[TboneWertman]

thats what i hear....well at least in the changes and he make quotes in his solo on four

[nunchuckification]

@jazzanova68 yep



[Doumbeck]

NOPE.,.. all blues is in 6/8 time for one thing..this is straight ahead 4/4 the tune is: FOUR ..done up tempo Miles did write that though

[vervelabelmaster]

This is truly an inspiration!

[socredude17]

ya thats true

good advice

[socredude17]

notice how he stays in his blues progression for the most part. if you want to be a good trupet jazz improvizer like this guy practice and memmorize all 12 major scales. then do them all in a row without stopping. when you can do that then start skipping like do every other note in the scale in all twelve. by that time you will be able to improve well.

PS i jam at the blue room in 18th and vine often

[coolstruttin1]

I'm from Kansas and jam there too. Not only do you need to know all the scales - blues, major, minor, variations - in every key, but you have to know how they fit with certain chords. It's one thing to have the scales down, it's another thing to make them sound good :)

[doudeman]

I usually go up there with my friends to watch the jam nights.

[Doumbeck]

not a blues progression

[msailors]

this isn't a blues.

Knowing all of your major scales doesn't mean you're a good improviser. It just means you know your major scales.

[chucksmusicworld2010]

@msailors dude its terrell staford! he killed that white boy befor him on trumpet.

[msailors]

@chucksmusicworld2010

Stafford. Two F's...Why do you have to bring race into the conversation?

[greengrocer11]

That's a trumpet solo!!

[kalbaandrius]

great

[playerpianodoc]

As a trumpet solo, that-al work. who-wee! I take inspiration from that!

[dwardtrumpet]

soloing to four like that...he is a hero! i love his playing, its so descriptive, quality stuff!

[iaotrumpet]

what a player

[Blitz225]

i agree with copanewbe about the drummer but the soloist was great

[linuxwulf]

If you listen to the intricate conversation going on between the drummer and the soloist It sounded pretty clear that the drummer was taking Terrel's vocabulary and it complimented his playing well.. That's just me tho.

[nomedeutilizador]

well actually in this particular solo the drummer wasn't so much 'talking' with the trumpeter but just keeping the rhythm with the piano accents and the contrabass.

And of course doing the normal phrase-ending breaks. He has a good Al Foster/Elvin Jones 'agressive' style.

[xxshazzmannxx]

simply amazing...

[lconnell1000]

im only 13 and have been playing trumpet about 4 years now and that was inspiring. does anyone know anywhere good on the net to teach you to improvise?

thanks for posting awsum

[Trombone0817]

A good way to improve on improv is doing what you just did. Listening to other players. Devote some time into doing that. Don't take any time away from your practice sessions, but maybe when you're done, or it's too late to practice or something, you can devote an hour or two every day to just listening. And listen to it a LOT. Transpose stuff. Study chord/key changes, memorize tunes, ect., ect. It's really uncanny how much listening to other players can improve your OWN improv style.

[nb734]

agreed, that is the best advice to give a young kid, i honestly wish someone gave me that advice when i was 13.

[scoggles]

YouTube.

[richardhibert260]

That was awesome

[copanewbe]

Great playing, a little to "inside" for my taste. The drummer was pretty obnixious to me. Seemed like waaayyy too many hits, like he was in his own world not listening to the soloist.

[heyitsme83]

"copanewbe" should stick his head in a toilet.... after he pisses in it.... the last thing the world needs is another Jazz Critic.

[msailors]

LOL

[pignoseface]

aggressive trumpet at its best wonderful

[brownie8188]

when i was in high school, terell came to our school to do a clinic. not only is he a fabulous trumpet players he is also a great teacher, really motivating! go terell!

i also saw him at the lionel hampton jazz festival in idaho... he blew all the other tpt players away... well except james morrison... haha

[jacobo11515]

dang that is good it would suck if 1 ov his valves stuck tho

haha

[Elliot84]

Terel just killed it! Guys a monster.

Elliot

[BrightstarJungleClan]

Wow. Awesome.

[trumpet38416]

pretty good.

[deolm]

Raul...Hey guys don't give up Keep on Keeping on and...Keep encouraging....blessings

[jbquintet]

i'm Jamie 14 years from mid wales great vid love the solo, i'll just keep on workin hopefully i'll be that good 1 day!

[crazedman44]

the drummer rox. Im the best drummer among most kids from wales round here. I miss there. CANADA IS COLDER!

[cyrix01]

As Freddie Hubbard would say... "woot woot that cat can blow!"

[weaselfork]

Damn, that's nice...

[jazzmanta]

Jim Rotundi, Dave Weiss, Eddie Henderson (think he's on a TT now but played an 80J for awhile), Leroy Jones all play the 80J I think. I had one and loved it. I sold it to one of my students and he loves it to.

Terrell is smokin as usual. He really tears up live performances!

T

[hetane]

Hey

I've got a question:

Do you know any musician from U.S. or Europe 

that plays on SELMER-PARIS Chorus 80J Bb trumpet? (just like the one that Terell uses )

[jazzcat87]

everyone is a critic all bein a critic does is prove you cant play worthshit if you cant find the good in the music fuck thebad everyone screws up enjoy people im im so sick of everyone who dosent have a video tryin to talk about someone eleses shit so shut the fuck up damn

[Luv2Drum86]

yeah T

[dmjl1]

Nice, nice work and chops except for the last little bit. Should have stopped while he was ahead.

[AndrewMcIntosh]

mhm Terell Stafford taking no prisoners...

[HubShaw]

word.

[primetimebmx]

He eats up them Four Changes!