Does Anyone Play the head to "Freedom Jazz Dance"?

musicman5string · #1 10-15-2006, 07:37 PM

I used to play this on electric, inspired by Jaco's version. Hard. Real hard head. Then I heard Miroslav Vitous' play it on upright....Jeezuz.....at a pretty qucik clip too.

Can anyone here actually play it on upright? I've tried but it seems like a mountain of practice, the rewards of which I'm not really sure....

tappingtrance · #2 10-15-2006, 07:43 PM

Yes, I play it and have worked through several different fingerings. Love the tune.

Zachmozach · #3 10-17-2006, 12:45 AM

That tune's easy on electric. Not so much on upright but I really haven't messed with it on upright.

Marcus Johnson · #4 10-17-2006, 05:43 AM

musicman5string · #5 10-17-2006, 10:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Zachmozach

That tune's easy on electric.

LOL.

Alex Spradling · #6 10-18-2006, 12:14 AM

I got it after shedding it for awhile. Brian Bromberg does a killer solo version of this. All the 4ths make it pretty tricky on upright. The first lick isn't terribly tricky if you grab the G octave harmonic after the Eb.

Gilbert F · #7 10-22-2006, 12:20 PM

I do. It's actually not as hard as you'd think it would be. Just get your right hand ready for some serious string crossings!

deaf pea · #8 10-22-2006, 01:59 PM

Yeah, me too (on electric) . . .

first recording by me, with Bert Wilson(sax), and Zytron(drums) in '72. I can play it a LOT more cleanly, now (AND faster, too!)

Jaco? Jaco had a version of FJD?

Zachmozach · #9 10-22-2006, 03:47 PM

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Originally Posted by deaf pea

Jaco? Jaco had a version of FJD?

I think it was on the live in NY recordings.

Ben Rolston · #10 11-05-2006, 06:07 PM

Its not as hard as it seems to get all the notes, but it is hard of course to play it well.