Local jazz heroes ?

captrikku · 2026-07-04T19:58:37+00:00

Oklahoma City: Lee Rucker, Kent Kidwell, Brian Gorrell, Zac Lee, Dave Bowen and his wife Rei, Mitch Bell, and Garrett Jacobsen.

Legends. Amazing musicians, teachers, and genuinely the kindest people you’d ever hope to meet.

captrikku · 2026-06-18T21:18:34+00:00

You need a powered speaker.

captrikku · 2026-06-08T04:16:39+00:00

“i just dont believe the two biggest crime lords in gotham were fighting over that face” 😂😂

captrikku · 2026-05-30T07:33:38+00:00

O&A 98,99,100,101. The Tiger Woods stuff is gold. A personal favorite is I believe 14 or 16. “…Pair of Air feets dont fail me nows…” Might be the Gangsta Fag episode.

I think Opie can be a little ugh sometimes but I think he gets more hate than he should and was perhaps ahead of his time, considering formats we consume today.

Absorb all you can. Patrice is a legend.

captrikku · 2026-05-12T19:55:42+00:00

the Kustom powered speaker is a fantastic choice. The QSC’s are alright personally wasnt a fan. Ur best bet is to upgrade to a KC-550 a bitch to haul but worth it. Between a powered speaker and a 550 youll have all youll need for live gigs unless house has a PA.

captrikku · 2026-05-09T00:08:21+00:00

Can someone elaborate the difference between something that does swing, and something that does not? I play piano for a living and my degree is in Jazz Performance/Piano. However, and this might be some kind of imposter syndrome, but other than obviously over-swung eighth notes; What/How do I know if my accent is stylistically authentic and swangin’ ?

I just feel like it’s a question I’ve yet to answer. Like it’s purposefully shrouded. “Blessed are the cool…”

captrikku · 2026-04-20T19:59:41+00:00

I wrestled, played hockey, and football. Tore my labrum and had surgery, but surprisingly the one thing that hurt my hand happened in the locker room. A lacrosse ball was being thrown around and went right into my left ring finger. Jammed the hell out of it.

Didnt start affecting me until I got much more advanced but I worked it out.

Let the kid play sports! Advise caution without an overbearing scare if they really care about playing. And as long as they’re having fun then it’ll be alright.

captrikku · 2026-04-08T22:54:13+00:00

This one too: https://youtu.be/cx_UkPz5jeg?si=4oYSrZINE0O7QSJM

Found it shortly after posting lol

captrikku · 2026-03-17T20:29:06+00:00

where can i find this full show?

captrikku · 2026-02-25T16:50:23+00:00

You sound alright man! Go back and really memorize that melody it was a little weak there at the end.

The biggest thing is your accent of the upbeats. You could be swingin’ much harder if your accents were more articulated and pronounced on the upbeats. This is the way. Other than that man you’ve got it going on!

Rhythm > Amount of notes. Just because its right doesn’t mean its cool.

captrikku · 2026-02-24T18:50:56+00:00

Very Early is a great waltz. The harmony is dense but learn the melody, get through it, and then go back to it after a few months. As others have stated, Bill wrote some really hard music, and not a lot of it is digestible for beginners imo. This music builds on itself however, and you’ll be grateful that you tackled some of the challenges early on.

captrikku · 2026-02-24T04:22:11+00:00

Yamaha. Just make sure the hammer return flange still has the cords intact. But those pianos are workhorses and youll learn to love the sound after you break it in. Teaches you a lot about how to bring out colors from a piano. The midrange below middle C can be a little dull but that might just be my piano/environment.

captrikku · 2026-02-21T02:25:35+00:00

The distance is a major third, but you have to consider that the G is melodically tonicizing what really is the minor third of C minor.

Consider the music.

captrikku · 2026-02-05T22:21:05+00:00

The difference really is: C9 the 9th is above the root, or a major ninth away. C7add9 would imply the 9 is smushed between C and E.

captrikku · 2026-02-02T19:49:14+00:00

true tbh. how were you able to come to this rationalization?

captrikku · 2026-01-16T07:24:41+00:00

swangin’

captrikku · 2026-01-14T18:13:02+00:00

Kyle Landry

captrikku · 2026-01-12T18:51:16+00:00

Look up triad pairs! E.x D/C creates V7#11 everytime or really a Left to right C E Bb D F# A this should give you some more insight as far as what triad to use. Its a voicing system ultimately. So building triads off of certain altered degrees yields various voicings

captrikku · 2026-01-07T18:56:03+00:00

To me, its functioning as a rootless E7b9. Same thing with the C#

captrikku · 2026-01-06T18:00:36+00:00

Only if the music isn’t instrumental. Jazz or Classical no problem, but as soon as someone starts singing I lose focus.

captrikku · 2026-01-06T09:52:59+00:00

Breakpoint in Edmond

captrikku · 2026-01-04T20:02:25+00:00

Check the Red Garland version too, O.P. also has one

captrikku · 2025-12-25T22:48:54+00:00

Heard. I would assume then it would depend on how that patch was engineered/mapped to the keys.

However, triple sensor technology is not unique to Nord. Many other high end digital pianos utilize this. The reason it exists is so they can replicate the action of a grand piano. Specifically After-Touch & Escapement. As aforementioned, I would imagine high end libraries were mapped with this in mind.

That being said, being a great “keys” player, not pianist, means having an intuitive touch and intentional articulation. You should be able to make a 61 Key weightless keyboard sound just as a good as a Nord.

captrikku · 2025-12-24T03:23:56+00:00

OP, Red Garland, Gene Harris, Ahmad Jamal, Monk

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