Took my first Jazz solo!

[Sellars]

YEsterday we were jamming outside a pub, when some people came in who had been to a New Orleans Jazz concert. They requested some Jazz, and we started to play "When the sun goes down". My mandolin mentor tricked me into taking a solo (whell he had me on a point of no return) so I took the break, and, concerning it was my first, went reasonably well. At least I harvested some applause.

Hooray!


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[ira]

congrats!

[bluesmandolinman]

to harvest some applause is better than cash http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif

enjoy !

[michaell]

Way to go!!!

[Ted Eschliman]

Nice!
(Of course, once he's experienced applause after a solo, we'll never get him back to the farm...)

[John Rosett]

wow! applause!
usually when i take a solo in a jazz context, i get the slack jaw and the glazed eyes.
i do a duo with a guitarist at a fancy restaurant. it's all acoustic, and the restaurant is owned by a jazz bassist, so we can play what we want. every time we play, at least one person asks the waitress if we could turn down.
john

[EricEJazz]

Congrats! Jazz is so much fun to play. Keep it up! It only gets more fun from here!

--Eric Elias
www.ericelias.net