Joe Holt - On the Sunny Side of the Street

This is the "realm" in which I do much playing (performing), but few see. This was recorded on 8/9/07 in a nursing home in Denton, Md. As (now) a "music therapist" (MT-BC), I have more access and opportunity to make connections and provide benefit to seniors in nursing care. Much of what I do in this environment though remains, essentially; entertainment programming. In a group setting such as this, I rely solely on the music to make the connection and provide the benefit.

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Instruction: http://www.lessonsforthethoughtfulpianist.blogspot.com

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• jazz
• Sunny
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• Caroline
• Nursing
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[yuckfou312]

love it! and that's awesome how you're a music therapist. i'm studying to become a music therapist

[joeholtsnotes]

@yuckfou312 Cool! It's awesome to make connections that can help and bless people. Thanks!

[AuCafeDeLaMarmotte]

The intro is so perfect !

Congratulation for being such a good musician ! And thank you too piano511 for the notes !

[joeholtsnotes]

@AuCafeDeLaMarmotte Thank you!

[hanojekcim]

hi, you playing is soooo great! i'm a jazz pianist myself as long as i can think :D

how do use the scales? which scales do you use? major and minor (in the minor part of course) or mixo. or anything else?

so keep swinging :)

[joeholtsnotes]

@hanojekcim Thanks! Your assumption is that chord scales (introduced in the be-bop era) underlie all jazz improvisation. I came up in a different "school". Never before in music history (to my understanding) was musical performance/composition conceived using this thinking. Playing music should be a similar process to speaking, or conversing. Use whatever you have available to you in the moment. Seek to grow your vocabulary, but place no agendas on performance. Hope this is helpful.

[inadaptado88]

yeah, yu got the blues nigga!

[hanojekcim]

@joeholtsnotes oh thank you mr :) yes it's really helpful.

thanks allot, greetings from germany

[joeholtsnotes]

@FortFrozen Thank you!

[FortFrozen]

Very Well Done! I nice classic :)