Jazz Comping - A Difficult Conversation With Aimee Nolte
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- Опубліковано 31 лип 2024
- Comping is one of the most fun parts of playing Jazz, but comping with both a piano and a guitar is incredibly difficult and the source of many frustrations!
In this video, I visit Aimee Nolte and we have a long and difficult conversion about comping, and we also play some music but most of that is on Aimee's channel:
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Content:
00:00 Intro - A Difficult Conversation
00:48 Piano & Guitar - The Jam Session
04:26 Take The A-Train
05:53 Finding Your Space In The Music
06:27 How To Not Get In The Way
06:54 The Power Of Riff-Comping
08:24 Going Along With Solo Ideas
09:35 Comping and Fills
10:42 Practical Advice On Piano Fills!
11:09 Pick The Right Range
12:13 You Don’t Have To Comp!
14:44 Using “Sounds” As A Guitarist
15:54 Freddie Green
17:10 Arranging Your Way Out Of Trouble
17:31 Bossanova Grooves
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Thanks for coming over, Jens! It was blast to chat and make music with you!
Such a great video! I loved being able to sit in this instructive jam session.
Stuff like this is what is so great about the internet
Thanks to you both for the conversation. It seems, as always, that it's really about how to listen...
Great how easy it is to make music together, and it is nice to read the comments and see that the video is useful 🙂
That was delightful, and insightful. Thank you both!
Unbelievable! Do you know each other?
Jens - PLEASE, do more of these conversations with other musicians. Your very good at it! Thank you for all you do in the Jazz Community. Have a great day my friend!
Thanks Chris!
Unfortunate choice of conversation topic. This is bad and worse if you have it with a thin-skinned purist like the one you spoke to here.
I respect and admire ALL instruments, but Guitar and Piano are my favorites hands down.
This is the collaboration (or maybe 'Clash of the Musical Titans') we need.
that is exactly what i was looking for! the guitar-piano duet
Great 🙂
How wonderful to enjoy the sharing of wisdom from 2 admired teachers.
Thank you Paul! 🙂
This was a joke and YT algorithmic is totally rubbish.
10:40 Octaves! (like Bill Evans solos with Jim Hall.)
This is probably one of the most (if not THE most) important jazz education videos I've ever viewed. This was a subject probably every ensemble guitarist in the world would appreciate! Thanks Jens from southern California!
Jens and Aimee on the same stage? Yes, please!
Jens, I don’t mind confessing, I’ve had a shitty day at work, but sat in the bath, a glass of wine and checking out yours and Aimee’s duets on her channel, is like a shot of vitamin C for my ear holes. A very sincere thank you to you both. 👍👍👍
That is really great to hear! Glad it could turn it around 🙂
The best single tip I ever got about comping is simply being told what "comp" is short for: compliment. If you just keep that full word in your mind, decisions become easier. The goal is to make the ensemble sound better.
My two favorite UA-cam educators chillaxin.
Good conversation, thank you both! There's no reason for guitar/piano not to comp together in an interactive call and response format. All it takes is checking both players' egos at the door. Try playing 1/2 as much. Everyone in Jazz has creative ideas, and everyone needs a chance to express their creativity. I don't buy this concept that guitarists need to subvert their creative ideas to keyboards all the time. What if we said keys need to yield to guitars all the time? Either approach unnecessarily limits the possible tonal colors and textures. Aimee talked about discussing/planning taking turns comping for different sections of the tune. This could also be done comping via alternating phrases. Listening sympathetically is all it takes. Unfortunately, that is all too rare. Thanks again!
Nice to see you both ...
Amazing conversation, we all, the watchers became richer. Thanks a Lot, you both
So cool to see you two talking! I've leaned a lot from both of your channels!
I’m 100% with you on this one. When both instruments are in the mix the piano is the ultimate comping instrument. It has everything going for itself in this realm while we are struggling with the limitation of standard tuning, less digits available to play actual notes, as well as the overall timbre of our instrument being not as globally inviting as a piano is.
Thanks Chris! 🙂
this is really awesome! I tend to think of comping on guitar as acting like a snare, I find this helps me avoid over complicating rhythms
If the piano player is any good then he/she should actually do the same in Jazz, so for comping together it doesn't really solve anything. However, for comping and locking in with the band it is the highest truth and the best advice! 👍🙂
Awesome to see you doing collaborations man. Seeing two great minds of music sharing perspective and advice is something I'd say is definitely vital to the growth of musicianship for all. Cheers guys.
My two faves in one place .. unreal.
So I've recently started playing in a trio with a Pianist and percussionist. This was very enlightening video. I've always found most pianists have no concept of leaving space. Leaving me as the guitarist to try to figure out where I'm supposed to be but often find that I'm either being stepped on or stepping on. In my particular case she is so used to being all the music to being the entire musical score that she's not comfortable leaving extra space I think the best advice I heard here was think like a horn player. Also good communication and understanding who has the lead line and who has the Rhythm comping needs to be worked out. Thank you both for such a wonderful video
A horn player once told me “horn players solo and piano players comp, and guitarists do both worse.”
What a great segment! For a "difficult conversation", you both made it sound effortless!
This is so great we need more of this
I never comp with the piano - we always stick to different songs or alternate between A and B sections of most standards. Seems to work much better.
That was so helpful and insightful! Thank you both so much!
Outstanding! Many thanks!!
This is so good, two of my favorites in a conversation we all need! Wonderful!
Great crossover on a very important topic by two wonderful communicators!
Thx Jim Hall & Bill Evans?! Jens &: Aimee, you two my favorite UA-cam buddies!
Glad you like the video! 🙂
wow. two absolute legends!!
Thank you! Very helpful!
That's really an amazing conversation and very helpful!!
Wow. My two favorites together in one video
Fantastic and very useful conversation, Amy and Jens!
Looking forward to more of these!
And lovely playing!
You two are awesome, I love learning from you
Yes!
Very interesting ... will have to replay - thanks Jens and Aimee
Thanks for the great discussion of comping…so helpful. Please try and do more of these discussions with other musicians.. really great
great conversation !
A great example of adding "sounds" on top of piano comping is Mike Moreno, look for the Smalls live videos or the Kendrick Scott albums. Adding soundscapes on top of the piano.
Excellent!
great video by two absolute professional musicians
Fantastic. Two of my favourite Jazz youtubers. Most of what you talk about is way over my head but some of it usually seeps in, and always a pleasure to watch two masters of the craft.
Very nice I've been watching both of your channels for a long time.
This was fantastic!!
Great conversation!
Great job by both....a most important concept and great demonstration
Greaaaaat topic, you guys!!
Oh, great to see two of my heroes/heroines together!!
Omg my TWO IDOLS! 😱😱😱😱🥹🥹🥹🥹 so happy
6:18 really good enclosure licc
Thanks Jens, great stuff.
This is an absolutely fantastic set of topics that dive into some of the un-said social minutia of playing in small combos. I'd love to see more topics like this featuring other parts of a combo.
This is awesome! love both your channels! 💛
I think this is really useful for a lot of people that are just starting to get into playing jazz with other people, or coming from rock like myself where I’m used to being the guitar player in a trio - I had to play pretty much all the time. It lays out the situation and approaches you can take really well. Great video!
This is a great collaboration. It is cool to play with other musicians that stay out of each other's way. Also, I was so happy to get a picture with you this year at NAMM Jens. It is a great experience, and artists like yourself are so kind to us fans. 😃🙏
I love this!
Aimee you should do the same type thing with Rich Severson. This is great !
There was so much good information in this collab. This was needed!
I really like this format Jens. Excellent
Thank you, Ben! I hope to do more collaborations, with Aimee and others as well.
Dream team!
Luv the crossover with you two.
Wes and Wynton could play at the same time and it was brilliant because they listened 🎵
You’re both amazing!
Thank you for this crossover and the useful information
Glad you like it 🙂
Beautiful! You two are great! Thank you.
Thank you Michael!
Thanks to both of you! Indeed two great teachers but together,.. this is special!
Glad you like the video 🙂
This was terrific!
I watched the performance by you and Aimee on her channel before watching this video. While watching, I was thinking to myself about how great the communication and listening was between you two. It made me smile to see that this video is all about communication.
Very needed.thanks
You are welcome!
This is awesome! A very inspiring conversation and some great examples. Thank you Jens and Aimee for taking us inside and sharing some useful and practical aspects on comping and supporting,
Glad it was helpful Niels! 🙂
20 out of 10 score on this conversation. Thanks
This is so glorious!
Glad you like it 🙂
What a great video! Thank you!
Glad you like it!
Two of my favorite musicians together.....wonderful video!!!
Glad you enjoyed it
Pretty easy coversation, indeed! (as we all would expect), Wonderful,
Man i love this! Your both incredibly talented, its also amazing to hear your combined spontaneous thoughts.
Thank you Chris!
Nice conversation !
Very informative and fun to watch!
Glad you like the video! 🙂
I would love to have been a fly on that wall! Two awesome talents, talking shop! I'm a fan of both.
Great video, love it. She sings so beautifully.
Thank you Vince! 🙂
nice video . thanks for producing it
Great Video. I don’t play Jazz, but do play improvisational music with other players. One thing we found that works really well for us, and is apparently a recent invention - talk! Yup, we have an actual discussion before getting things started about who will do what and when. Works great. But I realize you are talking about musical conversation. A completely different language than speech - LOL. The two of you are of my favs and thank you for taking the time to get together to demonstrate the language of music.
Woow! Now i see how you apply the things that your teach us at your curse, the jazz guitar roadmap 😃😁
Great sir ❤.
Small session but very deep
Let me add to all the glowing compliments on this video. Excellent concept, even better execution.
Thank you 🙂
can't wait to see you crush 1mil. getting a lot from the lessons!! thanks!!
Amazing !! Very natural and really important topic ...please more interviews like this !
Thank you 🙂
It’s pretty awesome listening to two of my favourite UA-cam personalities talking about my favourite subject. Thanks for all the talking points. It’s great you guys got together.
Glad you like it 🙂
I loved this video. I’ve learned over the years to always defer to the piano. It’s bigger and louder. Ha ha.
Thank you! Yes that is also how I think about it 🙂
Loved it! 😀 Please do a part II
Great video!
great conversation! I'm a guitar player and always take a back seat to the keys, I actually really like to focus in on the bass with shell voicings, I love the Freddy Green sound, so fun - toss in a punch or fill every once in a while - the soloist kind of picks the weird harmony stuff, the pianist can pick up on that a little better - I've learned all my chords with NO Fifths!
admire ure humbleness Jen ☝💪🙏
Very interesting vid. Cheers!
➡ If we should do another video what should it be on?
Check out the video on Aimee's channel: ua-cam.com/video/4wvWkP1_C68/v-deo.html
Great video Jens and Aimee!
Thank you James!
👍🏻 wow you guys are so intelligent, just blows my mind .
I play guitar and piano and accordion and you two are my favorite you tube teachers. Makes me so happy to see y'all play together and bring up this point, which I have struggled with in various musical situations...
@Username-JenslarsenGuitar sounds sketchy
thanks!
Oh, this was so great. I'm getting back to playing after a long time and Jens you've been more help that I can describe. And even though she's a keyboardist, so has Aimee. I follow you both closely and am enriched because of it. Seeing a video with you both is like some kind of alignment of the planets!
Thank you Dean! That is really great to hear! 🙂