How Long Should My Jazz Solos Be?

Learn Jazz Standards Podcast

Brent Vaartstra: Jazz Musician, Author, and Entrepreneur

Music Commentary, Jazz, Jazz Improvisation, Jazz Saxophone, Jazz Theory, Jazz Bass, Jazz Piano, Education, Music, Jazz Guitar, Jazz Solo, Jazz Standards, Jazz Trumpet, How To

4.8 • 536 Ratings

🗓️ 17 June 2024

⏱️ 11 minutes

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In this episode, Brent addresses a great question from listener Mani Murray about the appropriate length of a solo in different musical settings. Brent emphasizes that a solo should last as long as it remains interesting and musically compelling. He discusses how to gauge when to end a solo, focusing on maintaining the quality of the music and avoiding the tendency to overplay. Brent also shares practical tips for different scenarios, such as jam sessions and gigs, highlighting the importan...

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0:34.8	Now, on to today's episode.
0:52.3	Music the show notes. Now, on to today's episode. All right, my friends, what's going on here? Brent from Learn Jazz Standards.
0:55.4	Welcome to another episode of the Learn Jazz Standards podcast.
0:58.1	I'm answering your jazz and music questions five days a week to help you have more fun than ever playing music and to shorten the learning curve in your jazz journey.
1:06.4	We're kicking off the week with a great question.
1:08.7	This one is from Moni Murray.
1:11.8	Let's give it a listen. This one is from Moni Murray. Let's give it a listen.
1:21.4	Hello, this is Moni here. I'm a student for the earlier year. I have a question regarding playing a solo in a group. What is acceptable when one solo is taking turns?
1:34.0	I've gotten so many variable reports on how many bars and how long size of group, whether it dictates, how long is solo, or mainly in a jam session
1:52.7	where you sometimes don't know most of the musicians, if not, none of them, really.
2:01.2	What is the proper behavior where you don't play too short, you don't play too long?
2:09.8	Just general etiquettes discussing that would be very helpful.
2:14.1	All right, great question.
2:15.4	So when we're talking about how long of a solo I should take. You know,
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