anthropology by Charlie Parker

Greg Fleischut and Steve Erquiaga (backup)
Improvisation
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• Anthropology
• Greg
• Fleischut

[lukeman3000]

very nice playing. is that all improvised or do you have every single note you play memorized?

[mgorbis]

The head i got from sheet music. the rest is improvised.

[geoffstockton]

I totally disagree with these people saying you aren't swinging enough. I think people are just in the habit of saying that about jazz players. You're swinging exactly as much as you'd want to. If you swing to the point of a full-on triplet feel, it starts sounding really dorky. I'm assuming you already know that. Nice work. You're ideas flow great over the changes. You have me beat on that right now but I'm woodshedding it hard, so look out! lol

[JaapV43]

Harpo1946: I wish I´d heard your tip 40 years ago! Have you ever heard Diz & the Double Six of Paris? Mindboggling vocals by Mimi Perrin, for instance Bird's famous solo in Groovin' High, not losing an ounce of swing in the process.

[deathinthewind]

man how do you get that nice kind of warm jazzy sound ?

[65daysofslumber]

ahh, another "jazz on a strat player" other than me and my guitar teacher haha. great job, like you, i usually learn standards in 4th/5th position, just seems the most comfortable. great solo too! I still have yet to fully learn this tune, yet i know a bunch of other parker tunes.

[samwilcockmusic]

Nice playing, and you're definitely swingin' there. Always room to improve with swing but yours is pretty good. Good to hear a strat tone too, really refreshing. Comping was wicked!

[Nothingtearsthebeast]

Nice playing, but you're lacking a lot of feel.

[KaRmOdAgUrU]

hey dude your great but turn your tone down for that more smooth, less trebley sound.

[abinopod]

@dehaj2425 Even though the omnibook says 300 bpm, charlie parker played it much slower sometimes, like on Early Bird. This is pretty close to that tempo I believe, maybe a tad slower.

[abinopod]

that's possibly the best walking bassline i've heard a guitar player play ;]

[geoffstockton]

Yeah, I still totally stand by my defense of you're degree of swinging. I think it sounds great. It's been a year so I'd imagine that you've gotten further with it. I've come a long way with this since last year. Check out Anthropology, takes 1 and 2 on my channel. I've worked up to 240 BPM now.

[dehaj2425]

@geoffstockton I think they are neglecting the fact that the original tempo of this is 300 1/4 notes per minute. (taken from the Parker Omnibook) at that tempo swing comes out differently

[BANDGEEKFOEVA]

one of the most outstanding performances of anthropology i've EVER heard!