Activities
To accompany Miriam Ast's 'Introduction to Vocal Improvisation' video
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- Task 1 : Come up with 2 or 3 other 1-bar patterns that you sing on the blues form. Write them down and practise singing them
- Task 2: Start manipulating the patterns rhythmically (double time, syncopated) or melodically (find melodic variations). Sing a few choruses and get creative, this will help you to start improvising
- Task 3: Listen to the following jazz and scat singers over the next couple of weeks. Learn a scat solo by one of your favourites and sing it along to the record!
Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughn, Carmen McRae, Anita O'Day, Chet Baker, Betty Carter, Jazzmeia Horn, Diana Krall, Mark Murphy, Bobby McFerrin
Also listen to these iconic jazz albums by the great masters of improvisation:
Kind of Blue - Miles Davis
Chet Baker Sings - Chet Baker
Saxophone Collossus - Sonny Rollins
Blue Train - John Coltrane
Somethin' Else - Cannonball Adderly
Ellington at Newport - Duke Ellington
Ella & Louis - Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong
