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Outside (jazz) In jazz improvisation, outside playing describes approaches where one plays over a scale, mode or chord that is harmonically distant from the given chord. There are several common techniques to playing outside, that include side-stepping or side-slipping, superimposition of Coltrane changes, [1] and polytonality.
Elegant Gypsy was a follow-up album to Di Meola's debut release, Land of the Midnight Sun. The distinctive music on the album is a speedy fusion of jazz and rock, with lightning-fast guitar riffs intermixed with lyrical acoustical passages. The songs include explorations of Latin music themes, including acoustic genres like flamenco.
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings selected the album as part of its suggested "core collection" of essential recordings. [13] According to music critic Tom Hull, the album "cemented his reputation as the top pianist of his generation". [17] In 2000, it was voted number 357 in Colin Larkin's All Time Top 1000 Albums. [18]
When jazz guitar players improvise, they use the scales, modes, and arpeggios associated with the chords in a tune's chord progression. The approach to improvising has changed since the earliest eras of jazz guitar. During the Swing era, many soloists improvised "by ear" by embellishing the melody with ornaments and passing notes.
Jazz improvisation is the spontaneous invention of melodic solo lines or accompaniment parts in a performance of jazz music. It is one of the defining elements of jazz. Improvisation is composing on the spot, when a singer or instrumentalist invents melodies and lines over a chord progression played by rhythm section instruments (piano, guitar ...
This is a discography of Al Di Meola, an American jazz, jazz fusion, Latin jazz, world music, and world fusion guitarist, composer, and record producer of Italian origin. Albums [ edit ]
Musical improvisation (also known as musical extemporization) is the creative activity of immediate ("in the moment") musical composition, which combines performance with communication of emotions and instrumental technique as well as spontaneous response to other musicians. [ 1] Sometimes musical ideas in improvisation are spontaneous, but may ...
Meida started singing at the age of 13 and has produced dozens of albums. In 1986, Kalangkang was released. This album has sold more than 1 million copies. Her popular songs include Kalangkang (Shadow), which became a huge hit and is considered an archetype of Sundanese pop, and Situ Patenggang. Meida also founded Promina Records in Bandung.