The Best Definition Of Jazz Improvisation I've Ever Heard

This is sort of an overview video for my channel as it pertains to how I approach playing and teaching jazz improvisation. Above all, learning to improvise is a personal journey, but it involves years of study combined with curiosity and experimentation. The best approach is to enjoy the ride when learning how to improvise. Arthur Rhames was a VIRTUOSO improviser on 3 different instruments (saxophone, guitar, and piano), who unfortunately passed in his early thirties in 1989 before he really could get his due. There are still some amazing clips of him playing and practicing on TH-cam, please go check them out! His definition of jazz improvisation blew my mind when I heard it, and though mere words can't encapsulate an art form as complex and vast as jazz, his words come the closest to describing the process that an improviser goes through when performing, imo. Please like, comment, share, and subscribe! Thanks for the love y'all been showing me while I'm just starting out on this channel, it is much appreciated!!
Tito Carrillo currently serves as jazz trumpet professor at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign: music.illinois...

[@user-vb8no9in1c]

I love your humility before the beautiful complexity of the music.

[@johnniebutler7584]

Teach Tito Teach

[@pepramon6429]

Thanks for your lessons and explanations!!!

[@rob-shell]

Tito, this is a fantastic video. Thank you for your education and work.

[@madhavraghu]

Just got recommended this video, as a trumpet player I'm excited to see future videos from this channel

[@geikenberry]

You taught me this years ago, and I'm so grateful for it! What always stuck with was that muscle memory and intuitive recall of licks, vocabulary, ideas, etc (not to mention technical and tone exercises) is what actually allows a player to be expressive in the moment of improvisation.

[@jazzmindwithtitocarrillo605]

Thanks for this Glenn! Hugs to you and fam 🙏🏽

[@zachwolfe8884]

That's a great definition!

[@DocBrownGuitar]

Nicely done, Tito! Great to hear someone talking about Arthur Rhames.

[@apeschell]

Like 100!!

[@blow-by-blow-trumpet]

Liked, liked and recommended!

[@AcevedoDMA]

I *love* the video! Can’t wait to share it with my jazz classes!

[@jazzmindwithtitocarrillo605]

Thanks Andre!

[@tonyadkins4155]

Superb content and presentation thank you!

[@jazzmindwithtitocarrillo605]

Much appreciated Tony! 🙏🏽

[@bobball4013]

I believe, after listening to the entire video, has to do with Authors 3rd point. Technical understanding of repetitive patterns and jazz theoretical concepts.

[@bobball4013]

At about 1:21 in this TH-cam video is a real cool lick. What do you practice for that kind of lick?