Jazz Ballads

On two occasions I got a recording of my mom and myself playing jazz tunes. The first time was when I had recently learned the tune "Soul Eyes". I enjoyed giving my mom jazz lessons. I think the lesson I gave her was to help her provide clear rhythms while accompanying. I got her providing a clear downbeat as well as playing straight 8ths and triplets. The product was so pretty I thought it would be fun to record it and play it back to show how much of a difference it made. I stop us in the middle because she kept forgetting to go to the second ending because she was concentrating on the exercise. Also, at the end you can hear my Mom exclaim "One time I didn't play *anything* on the first beat."

Soul Eyes

The second time was when I recorded myself playing "Here's That Rainy Day" (inspired by Freddy Hubbard) for Amanda when she was out of town. I originally recorded the bass and piano part myself but eventually asked my mom to replace the piano part with one of her own since my playing is a lot weaker than hers.

Here's That Rainy Day