This is the homework for week 2 of the Coursera Jazz Improv course I'm taking: the assignment is to play six scales/modes and improvise on them. I've labeled the modes/scales in comment form along the track. 

I also made a private challenge to myself to use the altissimo range in every scale and every improv, since I'm fighting to master that range and to make it useful in improvisations. I'm new to altissimo, so that's essentially insane, but I figured I might as well push my boundaries a little more. :) Therefore please pardon the occasional squeak or rustiness up top.

Also, I'm having issues with my recording equipment, so there are some weird things, like a phaser-effect sounding thing near the end, which I can't explain -- there's no phaser, so I'm not sure what's causing it. 

Week 2 Assignment: Modes/Scales and Improvisations

A simple blues tune (with backing horn section curiously made up only of tenor saxes -- yay overdubs) submitted as part of my final homework assignment for Gary Burton's online Jazz Improvisation course offered through Coursera.

Miss Jiwaku's Blue Shoe Blues Coursera Jazz Improv Homework, Week 5

Respect to Holger Czukay. A tribute.

Guten Morgen, Herr Czukay!
Willkommen in unserem Sanatorium.
Nichts hier ist normal.
Der Pool ist heiß.
Lass uns ein paar Filme anschauen.
Ich habe popcorn!
Festhalten, Holger!
Wir freuen uns, dich eine Weile bei uns zu haben.
Immer eine Freude.
Auf wiedersehen, Herr Czukay

Auf Wiedersehen, Herr Czukay

"Bein' Green" performed live at The Lobby Bar in downtown Little Rock on November 22, 2014.

Vocals: Erin Martinez
Piano: Mark Binns

http://www.erinmartinezmusic.com

Bein' Green (Live at The Lobby Bar)

the hermit (demo)

John Coltrane-Loonie's Lament

im eternally doomed to a profound feeling of melancholia and an abyssal sensation of nothingness

wysteria

Thanks so much for the support on Beyond The Streets!, I couldn't be more happy with how it's been turning out!
I wanted to give everyone this track, it's a song that was planned, but didn't make it onto the EP,

Hope you enjoy!

Week 2 Assignment: Modes/Scales and Improvisations

Gord Sellar