Improvisation, March 5, 2023.

“Quadrangle”, by Jackie McLean.

Jackie McLean: "Let Freedom Ring".

 "Getting away from the conventional and much overused chord changes was my personal dilemma. Until recently this was the reason why many things I composed in 1955 left me helpless when it came to a basis for improvisation, for example, Quadrangle and A Fickle Sonance. Both of these tunes were just recently recorded. I used I Got Rhythm for the solo section in Quadrangle. These changes do not fit the personality of the tune at all. Today when I play Quadrangle, I use sections of scales and modes. I those the outstanding notes of the compositions and build a scale or a motif to fit the feeling of the tune. Today I am going through a big change composition wise, and in improvising." ~Jackie McLean, "Let Freedom Ring"". Extract from the liner notes. Original vinyl LP from my collection, circa 1982.

Playing the spaces, continued.

Playing the spaces.

Inventions on interval sequences.

Polyphony. Piano and percussion.