Klarinet Archive - Posting 000171.txt from 1995/05

From: Sal Lozano <Solzano@-----.COM>
Subj: Re: Improvisation
Date: Thu, 4 May 1995 18:55:24 -0400

To:Fred Jacobowitz

Thanks for responding to my statement. I still think listening to players,
transcribing, playing through and emulating pharses or inflections is clearly
a worthwhile process in learning improvisation.

Finding phases that go with chord changes or even taking apart these phrases
and using only part of them in a solo......telling a story through your horn.
Learning tunes. I did'nt learn by a book. I learned and played with the
greatest teachers of all time. The guys on the records. Listen to what they
do and either copy it or play something like it. When you stand up to blow a
solo, I don't think you will be able to refer to a book for any ideas on what
goes where. It takes actual playing to have the ideas come out of your head.-
Any responses?
Sal Lozano