Tuomo Uusitalo
Tuomo is an award-winning pianist, composer, arranger and educator. Having released two albums as a leader, he has established himself in the New York jazz scene and continues touring internationally both as a leader as well as sideman.
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Live Seminar Resources
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- Workshop Handout
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- 'Tune Up' Chord Changes
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Seminar Description
Seminar Description
In this workshop we study melody, harmony, and improvisation over the jazz standard “Tune Up” as well as listening to different notable versions of the tune.
Bruce Jeric says
Nice improv solo at end!!!!
Bruce Jeric says
Thank you for great lesson
alessandro says
Hi Tuomo, I think the method you explained both in seminar and in Advanced improvisation course is extraordinary and can improve significantly the improvisation skills. Indeed, my improvisation always has the defect to resemble like “random notes” played over chord changes, and instead the method forces to give a kind of repetitively. To be honest, also professional improviser often give the impression of continuous changes in the improvisation, that becomes difficult to follow. Previously I learned a different approach to theme improvisation from Gary Burton course: he takes a theme, very short, and play it over chord changes:
My questions are:
Thank you so much Alessandro