Milt Jackson on Bag's Groove - the FIRST jazz vibraphone solo you should learn!

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Milt Jackson's 'Bag's Groove' is one of his most famous compositions, and it is performed at jam sessions countless times around the world every day. (At least that's what I assume!)
0:00 About the recording
1:21 Listening to Milt’s Solo
1:59 Reaction
3:02 Analysis of first chorus (bars 1-4)
4:50 Bars 5-8
8:15 Bars 9-12
11:16 Analysis of second chorus (bars 13-16)
13:16 Bars 17-20
14:19 Bars 21-24
15:23 Jazz Cat
There are many recordings of this song, but today we're going to listen to the version with Miles Davis from the 1954 Prestige recording session featuring, Miles (trumpet), Thelonious Monk (piano), Milt Jackson (vibes), Percy Heath (bass) and Kenny Clarke (drums).
This solo is the first Milt Jackson solo I ever transcribed and tried to play - and it was the doorway to understanding bebop. There are great lines that outline secondary ii-V chord progressions, passing diminished chords, bebop enclosures, and straight up blues greatness from the master himself, Milt Jackson.
In this video you will learn the inner workings of the language used in the solo, so grab your instrument and join me!
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Thank you for watching!
-Tim

Пікірлер: 32

@charliebarredafriends61 4 күн бұрын

Thank you for the video analyzing the solo. And thank you for sharing your knowledge. Cal Tjader and Milt Jackson were my heroes, when as a student I got interested in playing Vibes. I went to see Milt Jackson and Ray Brown at the Keystone Korner in San Francisco, a very intimate Jazz club and I was blown away by Milt's playing - great music and great solos coming out effortlessly through his mallets - non stop!!

@PianoMan10-4 6 ай бұрын

This is awesome, Milt Jackson is one of my favorite vibes players of all time! Another song i recommend if you all like this solo is the Modern Jazz Quartet, Softly as a Morning Sunrise! It’s my favorite song, and you all will probably like it as well!

@dariam3106 6 ай бұрын

My lesson teacher had me learn this solo and I cannot describe how much it has helped me as a musician!

@AgentNight1 Ай бұрын

your videos are pure gold

@CaptainDarkFlex 6 ай бұрын

Oh I’m going to try this later! Thanks!

@ikeruriarte8669 6 ай бұрын

❤ Mr. Collins for president!

@dariomulonia3480 4 ай бұрын

ahahahah good bro

@CaptainCummerbund 6 ай бұрын

this really helped me as a classical percussion start to understand an approach to jazz solo analysis. i love the visual overhead, incorporation of singing, playing yourself, and audio recording! thanks

@kurikokaleidoscope 6 ай бұрын

Very brilliant Mr. Collins. ❤

@svensvensson6705 6 ай бұрын

What the fuck. Open Studio needs to step up their game. This is really good. You are so in to music

@zacharyhadley2156 6 ай бұрын

I really like that suspended 4th-maj 3rd in Milt's line at the end of the 2nd chorus for some reason-a natural way to signify the resolution of both the chord and the chorus itself I guess. Sometimes its the simple things that stand out in many ways! Thanks for your continuing contribution to jazz education, Tim!

@TimCollinsVibes 6 ай бұрын

There are so many little details like that that I love too! So much information packed into relatively few notes.

@insidejazzguitar8112 6 ай бұрын

Perfect. Thanks Tim

@aquahbeale3289 3 ай бұрын

What a treasure. I've had that solo memorized by never analyzed. Thank You.

@yeet4837 6 ай бұрын

Great video

@balaganinalex 4 ай бұрын

Thanks a lot! It's perfect!

@impeter3719 Ай бұрын

cool, friendly vibe *cough* with the cat and all, cheers

@julienvanlindt 6 ай бұрын

thanks!

@WyattLite-n-inn 6 ай бұрын

Love it, thanks Tim!

@MARCO-yj3jr 6 ай бұрын

gran análisis maestro, muchas gracias!!

@mer1red 6 ай бұрын

Very nice solo. Contains a lot of elements that have become standard part of the jazz language. I'm not a vibraphone player, but I'll have a closer look at it on my guitar.

@TimCollinsVibes 6 ай бұрын

Milt started playing with Dizzy Gillespie and Charlie Parker in 1945, so the influence of their bebop language is very strong.

@cannolivibraphone 6 ай бұрын

Crazy timing man. I was assigned to transcribe and learn this solo this semester here at UNT. I love the lines where he includes the 4th resolving to the 3rd

@TimCollinsVibes 6 ай бұрын

Haha- well, you should still learn the other 8 choruses too :)

@cannolivibraphone 6 ай бұрын

@@TimCollinsVibes oh don’t worry I did. It took a long time to write out lol

@TimCollinsVibes 6 ай бұрын

Now play it in all keys! :)

@cannolivibraphone 6 ай бұрын

@@TimCollinsVibes ah you got me