This needs a bookmark too. After being so impressed yesterday with Lucas Brar’s rendition of “Take Five”, my click-stream wound up referencing Lenny Breau, and then Ted Greene, and that reminded me of an absolutely brilliant clip of Greene demonstrating improvisation in the style of Bach, which I saw years ago and figured I should probably bookmark here as a resource.
What’s funny is that I then saw a reference to that very session, along with a little analysis…from Lucas Brar.
Brar’s analysis is truly excellent, I think, and his demonstration is inspiring. Happy to give that its own bookmark.
And also, I can now close the loop on what I remember from the legendary Greene himself. Turns out there’s an entire YouTube channel called TedGreeneArchives, and on that channel there is a playlist to the five-part series called Baroque Improv:
There is so much to unpack there…holy cow. And watching Greene work, in this context, reminds me of watching Oscar Peterson demonstrate his ideas, on a different instrument perhaps (piano), but very much in the same way. Clearly, here, there is a synchronicity of knowledge, skill, intelligence, presence, and availability to the muse, that seems to suggest the word genius.
Anyway, it is now bookmarked, and I’m happy to have it here.
Craftygrass 