Sept 2024 challenge Alan L

[Alan L]

If my calculations are correct, this is my 24th consecutive challenge! 🥳

I took some liberties and scrambled the chords up a bit, to get a AABA 32 bar form. I ended up using both the E and C 🤪 chord chart attached below.

Used mostly natural minor and pentatonics, with a splash of harmonic minor and dim7 substitution over the 5 chord 🤓 As usual, I used this as a training opportunity and worked up 3 positions of the fretboard.

Thanks for listening!

[snakechisler]

Great interpretation like the style and rhythm it really seemed in keeping with your composition

Bravo thanks for sharing

[AndréM]

Awesome composition, very jazzy.
Love your drums track, did you make it?

AndréM

AndréM

[Alan L]

iReal Pro

[Guido]

Loved your jazzy composition and how you crafted and played the whole piece, with a great rhythm base and lovely melodic ideas over it! I chose too to use both chords, C and E, good choice. Brilliantly original and very enjoyable to listen to!

Guido

[Juxi]

Jazzy and groovy, Alan. Made me smile. 👍🏽👍🏽😊

Bluesige Grüße
Juxi

[Michael L]

Hi Alan, loved it! Great jazzy swing and nice melodic soloing on top. Great groove and bounce.

[Andre H]

It’s got a Tom Waits feel. It’s beautiful!! Love it!

[sunjamr]

YES I loved it! That’s maybe the coolest improv I’ve heard so far for this challenge. Well done!

Sunjamr Steve

[Dieter]

Wow, that grooves – fine jazzy playing.

Dieter

[Martyn in France]

Very nicely played Alan. You have the ability of waiting and not jumping in on beat one, it makes for quite a jazzy feel. This is really good and as I listen it gets better and better as you play more. Your run around 2.57 is so tasteful. Excellent job Alan.
Martyn

[Serena C]

What a nice jazzy vibe Alan, you did a great work! Very interesting creative process! Congrats on your 24th consecutive submission, great way to celebrate it!

If I wasn't making mistakes I wouldn't be the kind of player I want to be. Perfection is dangerous.
It's all about taking risks, sometimes you get to some place, sometimes you get to a different place. (Brian May)

[Bill]

That swings Alan! Love the backing from iReal Pro, thought that bass player sounded familiar 🙂
Cool exercise and nice playing, great work!

[Mike W]

Great work Alan – jazzy composition with real swing – got my toe tapping straight away. Well done.

[David H]

First of all, 24, congrats. If my head is bopping, and it is, then you have a winner here! Great rhythm and lead work.

[JoLa]

That was so fun to listen to! Love the snappy notes with jazzy melodies, awesome work on that one, Alan.

🎸JoLa

[Bob Utberg]

Alan!
And this is a COMPLIMENT!
I can see this comp getting credit to YOU in a James Bond movie or the TV series Agent Man
Super solid backing track and awesome leads

Bob U. (aka Bobby Ut)

[Jennifer D]

Me too!

[KenG]

Alan that was terrific. I couldn’t help but notice the clarity of your notes. No buzz at all. For most here, that’s probably no big deal but it’s something I struggle with as a relative beginner. So I’ll probably watch your video more than another few times and try to zoom in.

That aside, nice rhythm, fun melody, and great submission in every aspect.

Never Stop Learning. Ever.

[Manfred M]

What a cool improvisation, Alan. Really cool jazzy impro ideas and played with so much skill and confidence. And it grooves and swings in every second. I enjoyed it very much!

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Manfred

[Andy N]

Love that swing! My foot was tapping all the way through that!
Really excellent improvisation 👏👏👏
I’ll need to check out iReal Pro too 👍

[Laurel C]

That had bounce and to keep up with the backing track that takes stamina and accurate picking. Congrats great work on your milestone.

[Martin W]

Congrats on your 24th challenge, nice groove , with some equally nice jazz improvisation, you make every note count , I like that dynamic snap you introduce in parts .

Martin

[Jennifer D]

I really enjoyed that Alan!

[Tom D]

You have an incredible feel for that jazz swing sound Alan. And on top of that your vocabulary and effective dynamics create cool and surprising lines. Really awesome and inspiring.🙏🏻 Congrats on 24 straight challenges. You bring so much to AM. Cheers, Tom

[charjo]

Love how you made that into an exercise and a great sounding composition. Well done, Alan.
John

[Pap]

Nice groove and well played. Cheers Pap

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