How to Improvise on a SOLO BREAK
​(on "Like Someone in Love")

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16th notes are great to build intensity, esp. going from the 1st to 2nd chorus of a solo as the drummer might switch from brushes to sticks. But your 16th notes have to be precise during a break so the band knows exactly where the time is and can come back in.

*Note on Phrasing (esp. for those who saw the last video): notice how we continue our line THROUGH the start of the chorus and we end the phrase several bars into the new chorus on a tension chord: Gmi7, the iimi7 in a 2-5.

This excerpt is from “Like Someone In Love” (Jimmy Van Heusen) from the recent Bijan Taghavi Trio Residency at Cliff Bell’s (Detroit, MI) ft:
Bijan Taghavi 🎹
John Webber 🎻
Keith Hall 🥁

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