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Finding the "clave" in bebop tunes & using rhythmic vocabulary
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✨Carmen covered:
* Clave - what is it?
-Usage in Cuban music and Latin jazz
-2-3 vs 3-2;
-son and rumba clavesconnection to New Orleans/ragtime/etc

* Bebop tunes in traditional (Cuban) clave
-using traditional clave in improvisation
-examples: Green Chimneys, Rhythm-a-Ning, Moose the Mooche

* Broader usage of “clave” in bebop
-finding rhythmic skeleton based on hits/accents
-points of arrival/departure for lines
-examples: Anthropology (PDFs), Oleo

* Rhythmic vocabulary (words, phrases)
-“bebop” words as speech/cells
-examples: Oop Bop Sh’Bam, Groovin High
-ways to use these as motives, in lines, etc

???? WRITES CARMEN:
"We will discuss rhythmic frameworks for improvisation, specifically looking at the "clave"- like structures inherent in bebop tunes, and the ways we can practice improvising using these rhythms rather than only thinking about chord changes.

This is something I feel is often overlooked in discussions of bebop and jazz vocabulary in general.

We will first briefly discuss the clave in Cuban music and then transferring the concept over to bebop tunes like Anthropology, Oleo, Rhythm-a-ning, etc."

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✨ About CARMEN STAAF:
A rising force in the NYC and global music scenes, Carmen has performed and recorded with some of the most influential and important musicians of our era.

Currently, she is the pianist & MD for NEA Jazz Master Dee Dee Bridgewater.

Her past major performances have included the Playboy Jazz Festival in a two-piano setting with the legendary Herbie Hancock and Wayne Shorter, Jazz at Lincoln Center with Wynton Marsalis and the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra, and the Kennedy Center alongside Kenny Barron and Fred Hersch.

She has been heard at the Village Vanguard, Blue Note, SFJazz and major jazz festivals around the world including the Newport, Monterey, Montreux and North Sea Jazz Festivals, among many others.

Carmen graduated with a double degree from Tufts University (Anthropology) and the New England Conservatory (Jazz Performance), and immediately thereafter became one of the youngest faculty members ever hired by Berklee College of Music, joining their piano department in 2005.

After spending some years touring and recording while based in New York (including winning the Mary Lou Williams Jazz Pianist competition), she was accepted to the prestigious Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz Performance, where she was mentored by the most important living jazz musicians.

Carmen co-leads the group Science Fair with drummer Allison Miller; the band's eponymous debut album features Ambrose Akinmusire, Dayna Stephens and Matt Penman.

She also performs regularly with Allison Miller's Boom Tic Boom, violinist Jenny Scheinman and Allison Miller’s Parlour Game (with Tony Scherr), drummer Jeff Williams, and vocalist/composer Thana Alexa, in addition to her musical direction for Dee Dee Bridgewater.

Carmen’s most recent album as a leader is “Science Fair” (Sunnyside), which was released in 2018 to wide critical and audience acclaim (NY Times “Best Jazz of 2018”, LA Times “Best of 2018”, 4.5 stars in DownBeat).

Parlour Game released its debut album, “Parlour Game,” in August 2019. The Carmen Staaf Trio, featuring Michael Formanek and Jeff Williams, is releasing “Woodland” on Newvelle Records in June 2020.

An active educator, Carmen has held faculty positions at Berklee College of Music, the New School, Stanford Jazz Institute, Swarnabhoomi Academy of Music (Chennai, India), Jacob’s Pillow, Litchfield Jazz Camp, and the New York Jazz Academy, and has led masterclasses around the globe.

She was also tapped, with Herbie's approval, to provide transcriptions for Herbie Hancock's Masterclass.com performances and lessons.

✨MUSIC CREDIT????????????????????????
Carmen Staaf Trio with Ugonna Okegwo and Adam Cruz at Mezzrow on 11/15/23

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