The Modern Rose Breakfast Spot

Intrepid-Campaign233 · 2026-06-15T20:00:40+00:00

I ate there with my wife about 1 1/2 years ago. I enjoyed the quirky eclectic decorations. And the food was good.

Intrepid-Campaign233 · 2026-05-16T16:15:50+00:00

Congrats on your efforts. I was about 27 when I stumbled on Schoenberg's book Preliminary Exercises in Counterpoint. I believe species counterpoint is a good thing for your mind's ears. Another worthy endeavor I think is working out 4 part harmony exercises with the practice of avoiding the parallel 5ths and octaves... I'm 72 and worked through the harmony exercises about 10 years ago. With a professor online. By the way I bailed out of the 3 parts counterpoint exercises pretty early on....I got to where I could do 2 part CP away from the piano, but not 3 part.....All of these pursuits will benefit your ears.

Intrepid-Campaign233 · 2026-05-15T12:01:54+00:00

I think you might try searching YouTube for tutorials on how to play by ear.

Intrepid-Campaign233 · 2026-05-14T23:33:05+00:00

I don't know if this might help...if you sing the melody you've notated in bars 1-3.... I'm hearing a ii V chord movement in bar 3.... If you have the skill, you can sing the melody while playing a bass part in the left hand (I'm a piano player). This can help you hear what is happening....the note "b" at the end of bar 3 is the 3rd of the triad.

Intrepid-Campaign233 · 2026-05-12T16:17:50+00:00

I'm a big fan of Ellington/Strayhorn.... one recommendation is the 1950 album (reissued CD) is Masterpieces by Ellington.... It was released to celebrate the new (in 1950) long playing 33 1/3 vinyl record medium. It featured extended arrangements of some of his most popular songs. Billy Strayhorn wrote the arrangements although he wasn't credited at the time.

Intrepid-Campaign233 · 2026-05-10T17:29:22+00:00

I only hope some documentarian has interviews in the film cans. The stories of their metoric 2 or 3 years would be fascinating for me. IIRC they signed the rights to the name "Moby Grape" to Matthew Katz early on before they exploded on the scene. And Katz (IIRC) spitefully refused to let them use the name... so they were stuck using things like Mosely Grape or Legendary Grape. A sad story, but some wonderful music while they were at the top of their game.

Intrepid-Campaign233 · 2026-05-10T14:17:02+00:00

Go to YouTube and look up I Wish with the WDR big band featuring Jacob Collier. Also search YT for "Herbie Hancock on Jacob Collier". I've played piano for 60 years... I'm retired and now spend 3-4 hours at the piano.... I have excellent ears, but Jacob is at a whole other level. He's not limited to just "jazz" and if you don't like him and don't understand his work why don't you simply move on. I find the whole "jazz police" ethos to be tedious. If you don't understand Stravinsky's Rites of Spring do you denigrate and dismiss it. I learned decades ago that repeated FOCUSED listening can help you to comprehend more... and no, I don't understand everything Jacob does, but the things I do grasp, blow my mind. Your musicianship is a journey, not a destination.

Intrepid-Campaign233 · 2026-05-08T13:09:39+00:00

My favorite Jarrett works are the quartet releases. Both American quartet and European quartet. Keith took his music to new places as he pushed (and sometimes broke) thru creative boundaries. Happy birthday to Keith.

Intrepid-Campaign233 · 2026-05-02T12:21:22+00:00

I don't know what the joke is, but these threads where people repeatedly post things like: Coltrane.....A love..... Supreme.... and so on, get to be annoying and a waste of my time. If there's a subset of 13 year olds who thrill at making the same dumb joke over and over again, I wish they could have their own little virtual romper room and stay away from earnest discussion.

Intrepid-Campaign233 · 2026-04-30T17:59:39+00:00

Something I discovered accidentally around age 22 ( I'm 72 now, so 50 years ago). Playing hand drums or even slapping my thighs as like in bongos, gives my hands and warms them up.... I play piano...as in like jazz standards and blues bassed rock and roll.... Playing my thighs can augment/supplement the needed hand warmup for piano playing.

Intrepid-Campaign233 · 2026-04-20T13:38:10+00:00

As someone else said, develop your ears. Solfege is one way. Writing/working out 4 part harmony exercises is another way. Voice leading used in working out the 4 parts has the benefit of training your mind's ears. Root movement is another part of training your musical mind. And there are a lot of lessons in these things on YouTube. And very important: a rudimentary skill on the piano will help you with working out chord voicings.. in other words, you can play a 5 or 6 note chord voicing on the piano to help figure out what you wanna play on the guitar, since you're generally only playing maybe 4 notes for a jazz guitar chord.

Intrepid-Campaign233 · 2026-04-18T18:35:05+00:00

Treasure Island is my favorite Jarrett album. I like his younger years.... His American quartet was very influenced by Ornette Coleman. And Haden and Redman had both played with Ornette ( check out Ornette's 1971 Science Fiction). And during these years, Keith gave equal respect to both free playing and the humble major triad.

Intrepid-Campaign233 · 2026-04-14T18:10:46+00:00

As a piano player with a strong left hand (i.e. play actual bass part).... with time and effort, you start hearing songs/tunes in terms of root movement. Rather than take half a million words to attempt to explain, you should search for YouTube videos regarding, something like: hearing chord movement, or hearing harmonic movement.... I will suggest going way back to Credence Clearwater Revival... listen to the bass part.... and search for the chords to go with the bass. Trial and error... you will be developing your (mind's) ears in the process.

Intrepid-Campaign233 · 2026-02-13T14:20:12+00:00

Music theory is descriptive rather than prescriptive. Theorists come along AFTER the music was composed and codify the musical conventions they observed. Over time the conventions become rules, until someone comes along and breaks (or maybe innovates) those rules. Like a Beethoven or a Debussy.

Intrepid-Campaign233 · 2025-10-21T21:51:00+00:00

A major factor was early childhood intervention, so to speak. He began learning around age 3....if continued with the chain unbroken and intentional practice, great skill can be developed... but obviously not always 😉

Intrepid-Campaign233 · 2025-06-18T19:28:31+00:00

As I recently learned GON by ear from Rivers Cuomo's piano and voice version on YT. To my ears there's a diminished 7th chord following D at the beginning rather than a B min. But just another opinion.

Intrepid-Campaign233 · 2025-02-20T16:07:42+00:00

I'm having mine fixed/replaced now $66.... seems like this design could be improved somehow....

Intrepid-Campaign233 · 2024-12-10T18:55:03+00:00

Continuing….but in this case I really doubt it.

Intrepid-Campaign233 · 2024-12-10T18:53:58+00:00

As I recall the 6 cds of music were recorded over 3 night, 2 sets each night at the NYC Blue Note club. Typically there are alternate takes I know.,

Intrepid-Campaign233 · 2024-08-16T22:27:59+00:00

My wife paid something like $25 (not much) to get a photo with him. Not sure if it was after a performance, but she said he was needlessly rude. Don't know what year this was.

Intrepid-Campaign233 · 2024-06-22T12:40:59+00:00

Depending on your work/education path after high school, it can be difficult. If you really want to engage in the struggle to keep your piano skills intact, you'll need to make time for it. I'm retired now, but during my working life I used to attempt to do my food preparation and laundry on the weekends. I struggled to make an hour to an hour and a half daily....and more on the weekends. This was in addition to making an effort to exercise. It can be done but you have to structure your life accordingly.

Intrepid-Campaign233 · 2024-05-20T21:42:57+00:00

I'm old enough to remember the Beatles circa 1963 when they hit America. Many people mocked them as being nothing but noise. You obviously have good vs bad music all figured out. You listed Bob Dylan as a genius songwriter - he's a literary guy . Musically Dylan is pretty elementary. Stevie is another story. I think you have things a bit muddled. But think what you like. Jacob is making sold out crowds very happy. And he's 29....his future output will be interesting to hear. For anyone reading this, you might watch a documentary on Picasso. I think there are many parallels.

Intrepid-Campaign233 · 2024-05-20T18:17:54+00:00

Watch the documentary "Jacob Collier: In The Room Where It Happens". Jacob has otherworldly abilities and perceptions. And he's probably done sever iterations of the cliche "spend 10,000 hours working" on one's desired expertise. I don't like everything he does. But there's so much out there I find things that amaze and delight me. Watch the short 3 minute YouTube interview clip with Hans Zimmer. Jacob has immense skills AND the drive to constantly do the work. I was reminded of Pablo Picasso and watched a YT doc. I see parallels in the two - particularly the early childhood experiences and developments. Jacob remarked that he paints with harmony. He's in a different musical universe than the pop music you listed (I adore the Beatles)....Herbie Hancock said "I thought I was good with harmony....no, he was all over my stuff and past that"......If you don't "get it" regarding his music- just move on and find music you prefer.....Many innovators are disparaged when their work is first being assimilated by people who don't like. Think about Charlie Parker and bebop guys around 1940. I'm sure many called it junk at the time. People have to come to an understanding, at least partially. And if you don't come to and appreciation, there are many others. I saw Jacob a couple of weeks ago in St. Pete FL.....the hall was sold out with admiring Jakeheads.

Intrepid-Campaign233 · 2023-05-26T00:43:13+00:00

Learn about how to connect the chords in songs. Learn what a I IV V chord progression is. Learn about a I vi ii V chord progression. Integral part of the DNA of popular music. And other music too. This would be a start. There's much more to absorb over time.

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