"Driving home one night with Steve Swallow, I said, 'I'm just so hung up in judging myself while I play. When does that stop?' "
The great Dave Liebman talks about his book, A Chromatic Approach to Jazz Harmony and Melody, and shares with us his thoughts on chromaticism and improvisation. We also talked about his time playing with Miles, the influence of 20th-century classical music on jazz, and his thoughts on developing skill at playing jazz.
Be sure to watch my recorded interview with Dave that ran on Tuesday. This live conversation gave me the opportunity to ask questions I didn’t get the chance to ask in that earlier interview, and the audience asked some terrific questions of Dave as well.
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