{"id":31,"date":"2003-09-13T23:15:00","date_gmt":"2003-09-14T06:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jazzpianocafe.com\/piano\/31"},"modified":"2009-05-01T00:44:46","modified_gmt":"2009-05-01T07:44:46","slug":"vancouver-jazz-vocalists-concert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jazzpianocafe.com\/piano\/vancouver-jazz-vocalists-concert","title":{"rendered":"Vancouver jazz vocalists concert"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday I went to a concert at the Vancouver Public Library as part of the Sweet Basil Jazz Festival &#8211; vocalists Kate Hammett-Vaughan, Karin Plato, and Jennifer Scott, singing with the Chris Sigerson trio featuring Rene Worst on bass and Tom Foster on Drums. I especially enjoyed Jennifer Scott&#8217;s version of Felicidade by Jobim. Funny, I found out later that this was the first time the group had played together, and was the first time the trio had seen these arrangements.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sfu.ca\/~gpeters\/weblog\/photo\/sweetbasil.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Had a lesson with Chris Sigerson today. Worked on a Cedar Walton tune called Holy Land. <a href=\"http:\/\/cgi.sfu.ca\/~gpeters\/cgi-bin\/redirect\/redirect.cgi?link=http:\/\/www.sfu.ca\/~gpeters\/weblog\/midi\/holyLand.mid\">holyLand.mid<\/a>. This one is like a jazzed-up gospel tune, with a classical-style piano interlude in the middle. I also had prepared There is No Greater Love, for which he showed me a cool &#8220;deceptive cadence&#8221; Ab7 A7 BbMaj7 instead of going directly to BbMaj7. And we worked a bit on All Of You, where he showed me this really cool #11 voicing for Bb7b9 (B,D,E,Ab), as well as pedalling over Bb for the A section. An exercise he gave me for improving my sense of time is to look at my watch and try to count 15 seconds without looking, and check to see if I&#8217;ve kept good time. This will be fun to try whenever I&#8217;m waiting for the bus. A phrasing tip he gave me was to make up some nonsense words that have a rhythm to them, and think of them when playing.<\/p>\n<p>Today I saw the Metronomes at the Silvertone on Commercial Drive. Colin suggested we go, since the guitar player, Neil Cruickshank, plays in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.newmusiccanada.com\/genres\/artist.cfm?Band_Id=7319\">Leisure Lab<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sfu.ca\/~gpeters\/weblog\/photo\/metronomes.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Very funky, inspiring stuff. Makes me want to JAM!!!  The pianist had a good setup &#8211; a Rhodes\/Synth combination &#8211; it was interesting to observe his technique: at one point during a funk tune he was moving his whole forearm up and down rapidly, playing in perfect syncopation. He was also doing very interesting moves with his left hand &#8211; not just filling in chords but rather adding a tasteful rhythmic element. Too bad the audience turn-out was not too great &#8211; most of the audience members were musicians themselves. I wonder whether you have to be a musician to appreciate this stuff.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday I went to a concert at the Vancouver Public Library as part of the Sweet Basil Jazz Festival &#8211; vocalists Kate Hammett-Vaughan, Karin Plato, and Jennifer Scott, singing with the Chris Sigerson trio featuring Rene Worst on bass and Tom Foster on Drums. I especially enjoyed Jennifer Scott&#8217;s version of Felicidade by Jobim. 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