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I thought the "mistake" sounded kinda cool. If they would have played it off, I wouldn't have known. Of course, I don't know this particular tune.
man, after listening a few more times. I could easily be convinced that it wasn’t a mistake.. but he install looks back at Larnell and has a moment..
I think he was early.
He’s so dang good.
It's jazz, there are mistakes? I mean, besides playing jazz?
If you play a set of music, and that's your worst mistake, you're doing just fine.
Yes! A laugh goes over much better than a grimace when you make a mistake onstage.
I often say:
Top level players are not mistake free
They just recover with style and make it work
Top level players are not mistake free
They just recover with style and make it work
I watched a Phil Keaggy (e-gtr player) concert many years ago. Small room, packed with maybe 80 people. Just him with a looper. Up close, nowhere to hide. In the middle of a solo, he played an obviously bad note. I mean obviously. So bad it derailed the phrase.
He stopped for a moment, gave a shoulder shrung, and launched back in as if nothing had happened.
He stopped for a moment, gave a shoulder shrung, and launched back in as if nothing had happened.
. . if it wasn't for bad notes . . I wouldn't play no notes at all
I’m not sure they played it off, he makes that face kind of the whole show. It’s weird.
I make mistakes constantly when I rehearse and play with my uke group. I used to grimace and comment on it to everyone, until one member said I should not acknowledge it so obviously, so I stopped. Since then I keep getting compliments for my bass playing. Turns out, I'm able to cover up my mistakes better than prevent them.
I listened to the track a couple of times and I can't even sense a mistake. I am sure that says something about me (or Jazz, LOL), but it's important to acknowledge that unless you completely poopie the bed, most people won't even notice.
One of the most important skills when playing live music is to let poopie go and keep moving. Don't stop, just try to keep playing - the song will come around again soon enough and you can catch up.
One of the most important skills when playing live music is to let poopie go and keep moving. Don't stop, just try to keep playing - the song will come around again soon enough and you can catch up.
I don't hear it.
The trumpet player was messing with the time in his solo break, and the drummer looked at Mike like "Are we going with him?", but Mike kept the same pulse throughout it.
You can see the drummer watching Mike to see where he comes back in. (which is basically in the previous tempo)
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At 1:21, they were evidently all supposed to come in together. Where you hear the bass by itself, that is not supposed to be there. Again, I think it sounds pretty cool.
