This is a great idea, do you mean that we get to play our transcriptions, along with the original , to the group ? I’ve spotted these people on instagram who sing their transcriptions of famous jazz tunes , it’s all fun and shows good timing etc What do you mean by « sharing « transcriptions? I never write mine down, too lazy so I couldn’t share that…

Great I’ll try to be there . Just listened to Victor Hoff’s SG playing it’s inspiring ….

Thanks very much Matt! I’m so glad that I asked you the question, I was practising putting things through the cycle of fifths, ten years ago, but I had completely forgotten that I did that and also had no idea why. So I’m going to go back to it, especially as now I have to play in more difficult keys , in what I used to Call « the underworld » of my cycle , which gets neglected in gypsy jazz for example. It’s such a good point that we are all at different places in our journey and some need to re visit the basics, as I tackle girl from ipanaema in d flat etc etc . Each of us has to work out the right exercise for where we are « now », what we most need to learn, as well as the general workout of those zoom sessions which are basically fun! Ps it ties into my « learning new tunes » question as bringing back the cycle of fifths makes learning new tunes much easier, as you say , it’s everywhere in all music ( that I play )

Hi Matt, I have a question which reflects maybe the fact that I have not had a formal jazz education. When I first started learning Jazz, I learnt the cycle of fifths… now I recognise the cycle of 5 ths in lots of jazz standard chord progressions. And I talk to other musicians who say knowingly about a tune » it’s just cycle of fifths » and I nod, as if that helps! How do we put the cycle of fifths( or fourths going the other way) to good use in our improvisation over jazz standards? .

Love that !v inspiring …I think the next thing I transcribe might be Tomeka Reid, she has the best groove…

Wow Matt sorry I missed the live ut that’s a fantastic reply! So clear. It has changed my attitude to new tunes straight away! Like I’ve been a bit stressed when people mention new things but I can put it in that « good different exercise » category in my head. I’m very random on new tunes, sometimes I can improvise well on them and sometimes it goes pear shaped, that’s where the fear comes from. But ok I can do that, practice improvising over familiar stuff and secondly learn to be a bit more open to new stuff as well and make a practice of it…