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Track
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Title
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Description
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1
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Motown |
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Eighth note R&B groove |
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2
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B-Funk |
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Driving rock / funk groove (See Video of Track 2) |
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3
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Ruby Baby
(Leiber/Stoller) |
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Triplet shuffle groove (See Video of Track 3) |
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4
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Marcus |
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Moody slap bass tribute to Mr. Miller (See Video of Track 4) |
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5
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Loop Groove |
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Get creative! Loop drops out at :50 - comes back in
at 2:17 |
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6
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Boogaloo* |
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Try different beats with this old-school groove |
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7
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Bossa |
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Give the Bossa Nova practice with brushes and/or shakers |
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8
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Samba* |
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Try not to play this authentic-feeling samba too heavy |
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9
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But Beautiful
(Jimmy Van Heusen) |
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Perfect your brush work on this standard ballad |
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10
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Emily
(J. Mandel) |
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Same idea, but in 3/4 time with a waltz feel |
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11
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Medium Swing* |
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2 feel at the beginning, then a walk until the 2 feel
at the end |
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12
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Stella by Starlight
(Victor Young - ASCAP) |
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2 feel in the beginning again, practice going from
brushes to sticks |
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13
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Green Dolphin Street
(Kaeper) |
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Goes from Bossa Nova to swing many times - make the
conversions comfortable |
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14
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Cherokee
(Ray Noble - ASCAP) |
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Medium swing that goes double time - try to feel the
double time in half notes |
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Musicians: Tony Axtell electric bass, keyboards, programming;
Gordy Johnson upright bass; Chris Lomheim piano.
All songs by O'Day / Axtell except * by O'Day
/ Axtell / Johnson or where otherwise indicated. ©2003 O'Day Productions |