Jim McNeely on "Scales I Thought I Invented - Oops!!!"

Legendary composer Jim McNeely explores exciting "new" scales and sounds he thought he had invented, only to discover that Béla Bartók, Chick Corea, and Olivier Messiaen had gotten there first... oops!
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Pianist, composer and arranger Jim McNeely is Chief Conductor of the Frankfurt Radio (HR) Big Band, and Composer-in-Residence with the Vanguard Jazz Orchestra. His work as a writer has earned him ten Grammy nominations, in addition to past work with the Danish Radio Big Band, Carnegie Hall Jazz Band and the Metropole Orchestra (Netherlands). As a pianist, McNeely has recorded with Thad Jones, Mel Lewis, Stan Getz, Bob Brookmeyer, David Liebman and more.
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AUDIO CREDITS
Intro: “Chance Encounter”, composed by Daniel Jamieson. Performed by Danjam Orchestra, on the album “Sudden Appearance” (2011) OA2 Records. danjam.ca/
Referenced Audio: “The Brain”, composed by Chick Corea. Performed by Chick Corea on the album “Sundance” (1972). Groove Merchant.
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Referenced Audio: “Concerto for Orchestra: III. Elegia. Andante non troppo”, composed by Béla Bartók.
Example 1 & Closing: “Rough Night”, composed by Jim McNeely. Performed by the The Danish Radio Jazz Orchestra & Jim McNeely on the album "Nice Work" (2000). Dacapo Records.
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PHOTO CREDITS
Jim McNeely photo by Suresh Photos

[@ross-harmonica]

Jim was my combo teacher at the Stanford Jazz Workshop in 1985. He also taught the theory class there. I learned a few things from him!

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What a great experience! He's joined us on the website for 7 full-length masterclasses, all available in the archives - www.jazzcomposerspresent.com/archives

[@firethorn1536]

One of the major pioneers of the second scale discussed was Alexander Tcherepnin back in the 1920s - in fact the scale is often named after him. It naturally arises from combining the two modes of the hexatonic major/minor scale (the first scale in the video), which Tcherepnin seems to have been somewhat obsessed with in his younger years. There's an excellent dissertation: "The Nine-Step Scale of Alexander Tcherepnin" (Veenstra, 2009) for those interested.

[@JazzComposersPresent]

That's amazing information - thanks! Looking forward to Jim discussing it further at his full-length event on July 9th -- www.jazzcomposerspresent.com